Booker Prize Winners (60 books)

The Man Booker Prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK.

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Man Booker Prize Eligible Books by Year
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

Man Booker Longlist by Year:
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Man Booker Shortlist by Year:
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Man Booker Shortlist Non-Winners All Years
Man Booker Long and Shortlist Non-Winners All Years

Man Booker Winners All Years

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1	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.94 avg rating — 1,745,322 ratings score: 58,954, and 597 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 323,114 ratings score: 51,701, and 524 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 355,932 ratings score: 45,762, and 465 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie 3.97 avg rating — 132,372 ratings score: 33,034, and 337 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 163,005 ratings score: 32,876, and 336 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 3.86 avg rating — 138,861 ratings score: 26,174, and 268 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga 3.77 avg rating — 202,099 ratings score: 24,782, and 256 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee 3.86 avg rating — 116,446 ratings score: 23,466, and 242 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) by Hilary Mantel 3.91 avg rating — 231,764 ratings score: 22,908, and 237 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Possession by A.S. Byatt 3.90 avg rating — 84,134 ratings score: 22,063, and 228 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes 3.74 avg rating — 191,277 ratings score: 19,761, and 206 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) by Hilary Mantel 4.30 avg rating — 104,388 ratings score: 12,766, and 135 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally 4.34 avg rating — 165,390 ratings score: 12,649, and 132 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 59,855 ratings score: 11,877, and 126 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai 3.46 avg rating — 55,434 ratings score: 10,679, and 113 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst 3.78 avg rating — 31,577 ratings score: 9,603, and 102 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Sea by John Banville 3.55 avg rating — 34,882 ratings score: 9,599, and 103 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Bone People by Keri Hulme 4.04 avg rating — 23,914 ratings score: 9,183, and 97 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch 3.96 avg rating — 25,287 ratings score: 8,998, and 96 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey 3.83 avg rating — 24,147 ratings score: 8,563, and 91 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Vernon God Little by D.B.C. Pierre 3.61 avg rating — 33,694 ratings score: 7,947, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle 3.75 avg rating — 24,294 ratings score: 7,622, and 81 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan 4.04 avg rating — 62,765 ratings score: 7,531, and 80 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey 3.73 avg rating — 21,798 ratings score: 7,282, and 78 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton 3.75 avg rating — 85,367 ratings score: 7,186, and 77 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Gathering by Anne Enright 3.15 avg rating — 26,214 ratings score: 6,905, and 75 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Life & Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee 3.87 avg rating — 21,128 ratings score: 6,602, and 71 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 3.75 avg rating — 173,929 ratings score: 6,567, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Ghost Road (Regeneration, #3) by Pat Barker 4.09 avg rating — 18,280 ratings score: 6,500, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively 3.92 avg rating — 18,966 ratings score: 5,777, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner 3.61 avg rating — 25,628 ratings score: 5,341, and 59 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Famished Road by Ben Okri 3.73 avg rating — 13,554 ratings score: 4,917, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2) by J.G. Farrell 3.93 avg rating — 8,522 ratings score: 4,652, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo 4.26 avg rating — 262,665 ratings score: 4,603, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James 3.89 avg rating — 37,916 ratings score: 4,341, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Milkman by Anna Burns 3.53 avg rating — 70,138 ratings score: 4,183, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson 2.84 avg rating — 16,073 ratings score: 3,877, and 45 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Last Orders by Graham Swift 3.67 avg rating — 14,931 ratings score: 3,805, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1) by Barry Unsworth 4.13 avg rating — 7,483 ratings score: 3,775, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Sellout by Paul Beatty 3.75 avg rating — 74,537 ratings score: 3,523, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 418,276 ratings score: 3,031, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Troubles (Empire Trilogy, #1) by J.G. Farrell 3.84 avg rating — 5,939 ratings score: 2,835, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	In a Free State by V.S. Naipaul 3.50 avg rating — 5,388 ratings score: 2,768, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 3.55 avg rating — 8,589 ratings score: 2,716, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman 3.60 avg rating — 4,726 ratings score: 2,659, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Staying On (The Raj Quartet, #5) by Paul Scott 3.89 avg rating — 4,216 ratings score: 2,596, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer 3.31 avg rating — 3,335 ratings score: 2,526, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald 3.59 avg rating — 7,880 ratings score: 2,449, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 188,787 ratings score: 2,178, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Rites of Passage (To the Ends of the Earth, #1) by William Golding 3.58 avg rating — 4,466 ratings score: 1,867, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	G. by John Berger 3.72 avg rating — 4,909 ratings score: 1,603, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 59,166 ratings score: 1,512, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis 3.31 avg rating — 4,152 ratings score: 1,321, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Prophet Song by Paul Lynch (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 81,712 ratings score: 1,320, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Promise by Damon Galgut 3.85 avg rating — 49,438 ratings score: 1,255, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens 3.70 avg rating — 1,633 ratings score: 1,216, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Saville by David Storey 3.55 avg rating — 1,093 ratings score: 1,069, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Something to Answer for by P.H. Newby 3.05 avg rating — 1,010 ratings score: 951, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Holiday by Stanley Middleton 3.35 avg rating — 1,002 ratings score: 923, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Orbital by Samantha Harvey 3.51 avg rating — 133,091 ratings score: 894, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Phillip (last edited Jun 10, 2009 06:10PM) (new)

Jun 10, 2009 06:09PM

The Handmaid's Tale should have won the Booker Prize but, regrettably, it lost out to The Old Devils so it shouldn't be on this list.

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message 2: by John (new)

Jul 10, 2009 07:25AM

The siege of Krishnapur is the only one I've read but it was great.

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message 3: by Bettie (new)

Feb 03, 2010 12:05PM

Judges to name winner of 'lost' Booker Prize

They are 22 writers who could not be more different. Half are dead, one was a Nobel prize winner, some have joined the literary canon and a smattering have wilted into near obscurity.

What unites this disparate bunch of Commonwealth and Irish writers is the fact that they all published an acclaimed novel in 1970, the year in which the Man Booker prize did not run.

Now, 40 years later, Man Booker judges are righting that wrong. They have drawn up a long-list of writers, revealed today, 11 of whom have since died. Judges will shortlist the writers in March and will announce in May the "lost" Booker victor of 1970. The winner will be decided by the international reading public by lodging a vote on the Man Booker Prize website. The winner, or the winner's nearest relative, will be given a bound copy of the winning book.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ent...

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message 4: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Feb 03, 2010 01:26PM

Love it.

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message 5: by Bettie (new)

Feb 03, 2010 01:30PM

Susanna wrote: "Love it."

So do I dear Susanna - won't be able to sleep with all the retro anticipation. Yes! I am that sad.

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message 6: by [deleted user] (last edited Feb 05, 2010 12:02PM) (new)

Feb 05, 2010 12:01PM

Have read only Master and Commander and it dint thrill me... not my thing.

I generally don't like the Booker winners.

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message 7: by Bettie (new)

Feb 05, 2010 12:03PM

Killthepopular wrote: "The siege of Krishnapur is the only one I've read but it was great."

Have to agree with you!

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message 8: by Bettie (new)

Feb 05, 2010 12:11PM

Hayes wrote: "Have read only Master and Commander and it dint thrill me... not my thing.

I generally don't like the Booker winners."

I'll go for the HE Bates - a couple of the others I fancy but they have already won with another story. Some folks like polls/lotteries/spin the bottle/keys in the ashtray, and this is a bit like that.

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message 9: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Feb 06, 2010 04:07PM

I've read two of those - Fire From Heaven and Master and Commander.

Master and Commander was OK, but all things considered, I think I prefer the Renault.

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message 10: by Tim (new)

Feb 06, 2010 04:21PM

wat about friday night lights

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message 11: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Feb 06, 2010 06:41PM

Tim wrote: "wat about friday night lights"

I don't believe it has won a Booker Prize.

Nor, I believe, is it eligible, as Mr. Bissinger is an American.

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message 12: by Ikra (new)

Dec 13, 2010 09:47PM

some books are not booker prize winners

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message 13: by Bettie (new)

Dec 14, 2010 03:24AM

IkraAmesta wrote: "some books are not booker prize winners"

You are right IkraAmesta if it is not on this list then it shouldn't be on here. There is another list named Non-winners.

:O)

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message 14: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Dec 14, 2010 03:11PM

Removed for not being a Booker Prize winner:

Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon
The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafron
Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri
Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett
The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls
The Paulo Freire Reader, by Paulo Freire
We Make the Road by Walking, by Paulo Freire
The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath

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message 15: by [deleted user] (new)

Sep 06, 2011 06:58PM

There are many (most indeed) that I haven't written, but every one I have is among my 5 star books. Obviously, I need to get the others!

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message 16: by Brian (new)

Oct 19, 2011 12:01AM

someone gonna add today's news? :) http://www.themanbookerprize.com/

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message 17: by Brian (new)

Oct 19, 2011 12:02AM

Also: should we make this a static list?

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message 18: by Phillip (new)

Oct 19, 2011 04:28AM

I've added Julian Barnes - which no-one would have been able to do if the list was static! Also, static lists seem to freeze all the voting as well, which makes them a bit pointless I think.

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message 19: by Bettie (last edited Oct 19, 2011 07:52AM) (new)

Oct 19, 2011 07:48AM

Good work Phillip - both here and on the Booker Non-Winners List.

ETA - have we started International Booker Winner list, and a corresponding longlist list?

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message 20: by Phillip (new)

Oct 19, 2011 08:15AM

Glad to be of service :¬)

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message 21: by Phillip (new)

Oct 16, 2012 04:09PM

Now with added Bring Up The Bodies, the 47th book to win the prize.

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message 22: by Kim (new)

Oct 16, 2012 06:32PM

I doubt that The Museum of Innocence won the Booker prize, given that the author is Turkish.

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message 23: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Oct 16, 2012 08:56PM) (new)

Oct 16, 2012 08:54PM

I suspect that as there are currently 50 books on the list, and 47 winners, that there are a few books on that don't belong.

ETA: They would seem to be The Museum of Innocence, and the two books in Turkish at the bottom of the list.

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message 24: by Kim (new)

Oct 16, 2012 09:07PM

Maybe whoever added "The Museum of Innocence" was confused. Pamuk has won the Nobel Prize for literature.

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message 25: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Oct 17, 2012 09:53AM

Y'all want me to remove them?

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message 26: by Katrina (new)

Nov 24, 2012 04:27PM

Deleted as they didn't win the Booker:
Devil at My Heels: A Heroic Olympian'... by Louis Zamperini
Yedi Kapılı Kırk Oda by Murathan Mungan
Nerantula by Panait Istrati

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message 27: by Anna (new)

Jan 23, 2013 12:01PM

The Poisonwood Bible, while a lovely book, is another that should not be on this list.

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message 28: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jan 23, 2013 08:58PM

Absolutely correct; in fact, it wasn't even eligible for the Booker, as Ms. Kingsolver is an American.

Removed.

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message 29: by Anish (new)

May 30, 2013 10:59PM

The Sense of an Ending is listed twice...

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message 30: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jun 01, 2013 11:39PM

I combined duplicates - that should have gotten it.

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message 31: by Beata (new)

Sep 27, 2013 11:10AM

Life of Pi is rated first....really?

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message 32: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Sep 27, 2013 11:30AM

A lot of people have read it, especially as there was a well-regarded movie of it as well.

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message 33: by Greg (new)

Dec 30, 2013 01:54PM

Barbara Pym, Quarter in Autumn, was shortlisted. Did not win. Perhaps should be deleted from this list of Winners.
Thanks,
Greg

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message 34: by Katrina (last edited Dec 31, 2013 01:20PM) (new)

Dec 31, 2013 01:14PM

Greg wrote: "Barbara Pym, Quarter in Autumn, was shortlisted. Did not win. Perhaps should be deleted from this list of Winners.
Thanks,
Greg"

deleted, along with Museum of Innocence, which also hasn't won.

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message 35: by Greg (new)

Jan 12, 2015 05:42PM

The Women of Brewster Place does not belong on this list.

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message 36: by ❀⊱RoryReads⊰❀ (last edited Feb 09, 2015 01:01AM) (new)

Feb 09, 2015 01:01AM

The Women of Brewster Place has been removed.

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message 37: by Pat (new)

Mar 04, 2015 11:46PM

There are books on here that have not won the Booker Prize-Chocolat!!!!

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message 38: by Greg (new)

Mar 09, 2015 12:59PM

Books #50-56 do not belong on this list. What's the point of the list?

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message 39: by Allie (new)

Mar 11, 2015 11:44AM

Removed:
-The Light Between Oceans
-Out Stealing Horses
-Chocolat
-Tuesdays with Morrie
-The professor and the Madman
-Love in the time of cholera
-The Goldfinch

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message 40: by Greg (new)

Mar 11, 2015 11:49AM

Allie wrote: "Removed:
-The Light Between Oceans
-Out Stealing Horses
-Chocolat
-Tuesdays with Morrie
-The professor and the Madman
-Love in the time of cholera
-The Goldfinch"
Thank you, Allie.

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message 41: by Phillip (new)

Sep 06, 2016 04:18AM

Troubles won the 'Lost' Man Booker Prize for 1970:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Ma...

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message 42: by Hugh (new)

Oct 03, 2016 11:37AM

this inspired me to create a much longer ordered list of the ones I have read - I decided to restrict votes to the top 12:

1 Possession
2 Midnight's Children
3 The Sea, The Sea
4 Bring up the Bodies
5 The Remains of the Day
6 Troubles
7 Staying On
8 The Narrow Road to the Deep North
9 Heat and Dust
10 Wolf Hall
11 Life and Times of Michael K
12 The Ghost Road
13 The Luminaries
14 True History of the Kelly Gang
15 The English Patient
16 A Brief History of Seven Killings
17 Moon Tiger
18 The Siege of Krishnapur
19 The Blind Assassin
20 Sacred Hunger
21 The Sense of an Ending
22 Oscar and Lucinda
23 The Elected Member
24 Last Orders
25 The Sea
26 The God of Small Things
27 The Conservationist
28 The Gathering
29 Schindler's Ark
30 Hotel du Lac
31 Disgrace
32 Holiday
33 The Inheritance of Loss
34 G.
35 Offshore
36 Rites of Passage
37 Amsterdam
38 Something To Answer For
39 The Finkler Question
40 In A Free State
41 The White Tiger

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message 43: by Greg (new)

Feb 06, 2018 01:56PM

I don’t believe “A Doll Like Me” belongs on the list.
BTW I’ve read 47 on this list ... so far.
Thanks, Greg

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message 44: by Katrina (new)

Mar 24, 2018 07:54PM

Greg wrote: "I don’t believe “A Doll Like Me” belongs on the list.
BTW I’ve read 47 on this list ... so far.
Thanks, Greg"

Deleted.

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message 45: by John (new)

Jan 02, 2019 06:31PM