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The Remains of the Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 623 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 4.14 — 389,665 ratings — published 1989
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 621 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,791,782 ratings — published 2001
The God of Small Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 589 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.96 — 344,157 ratings — published 1997
The Sense of an Ending (Hardcover)
by (shelved 561 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.75 — 200,028 ratings — published 2011
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
by (shelved 545 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.92 — 241,758 ratings — published 2009
The White Tiger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 517 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.77 — 207,290 ratings — published 2008
The Blind Assassin (Paperback)
by (shelved 495 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.96 — 167,791 ratings — published 2000
Shuggie Bain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 477 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 4.30 — 208,798 ratings — published 2020
Girl, Woman, Other (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 476 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 4.25 — 274,600 ratings — published 2019
Lincoln in the Bardo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 467 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.74 — 186,789 ratings — published 2017
Orbital (Hardcover)
by (shelved 459 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.47 — 173,731 ratings — published 2023
Disgrace (Paperback)
by (shelved 450 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.86 — 122,311 ratings — published 1999
Midnight’s Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 425 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.97 — 137,037 ratings — published 1981
The Luminaries (Hardcover)
by (shelved 425 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.75 — 87,746 ratings — published 2013
Milkman (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 416 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.53 — 73,902 ratings — published 2018
The English Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 394 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.86 — 142,894 ratings — published 1992
Possession (Paperback)
by (shelved 382 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.90 — 86,913 ratings — published 1990
Prophet Song (ebook)
by (shelved 381 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 4.02 — 95,440 ratings — published 2023
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
by (shelved 381 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 4.31 — 108,305 ratings — published 2012
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Paperback)
by (shelved 377 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 4.04 — 65,817 ratings — published 2013
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (Hardcover)
by (shelved 372 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.89 — 65,512 ratings — published 2022
Amsterdam (Paperback)
by (shelved 370 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.48 — 63,057 ratings — published 1998
The Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 367 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.55 — 36,747 ratings — published 2005
The Sellout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 358 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.74 — 77,376 ratings — published 2015
The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
by (shelved 357 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 4.20 — 468,735 ratings — published 2019
The Promise (Hardcover)
by (shelved 354 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.84 — 52,147 ratings — published 2021
The Inheritance of Loss (Paperback)
by (shelved 346 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.47 — 58,149 ratings — published 2005
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 329 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.89 — 39,882 ratings — published 2014
The Gathering (Paperback)
by (shelved 318 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.15 — 27,229 ratings — published 2007
The Line of Beauty (Paperback)
by (shelved 313 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.78 — 33,567 ratings — published 2004
Flesh (Hardcover)
by (shelved 274 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.68 — 105,665 ratings — published 2025
True History of the Kelly Gang (Paperback)
by (shelved 263 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.83 — 24,842 ratings — published 2000
The Sea, the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 261 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.97 — 27,273 ratings — published 1978
Hotel du Lac (Paperback)
by (shelved 256 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.60 — 28,001 ratings — published 1984
Vernon God Little (Paperback)
by (shelved 251 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.62 — 34,262 ratings — published 2003
Oscar and Lucinda (Paperback)
by (shelved 241 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.73 — 22,129 ratings — published 1988
The Finkler Question (Hardcover)
by (shelved 238 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 2.84 — 16,308 ratings — published 2010
Schindler’s List (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 4.34 — 167,955 ratings — published 1982
Moon Tiger (Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.92 — 20,729 ratings — published 1987
The Bone People (Paperback)
by (shelved 231 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 4.03 — 24,701 ratings — published 1984
Life & Times of Michael K (Paperback)
by (shelved 227 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.87 — 22,065 ratings — published 1983
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Paperback)
by (shelved 216 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.75 — 25,418 ratings — published 1993
Last Orders (Paperback)
by (shelved 201 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.67 — 15,365 ratings — published 1996
The Famished Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 192 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.73 — 13,981 ratings — published 1991
Offshore (Paperback)
by (shelved 181 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.59 — 8,471 ratings — published 1979
Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 180 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 4.07 — 526,390 ratings — published 2021
The Ghost Road (Regeneration, #3)
by (shelved 180 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 4.08 — 18,704 ratings — published 1995
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 178 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.93 — 8,915 ratings — published 1973
Heat and Dust (Paperback)
by (shelved 174 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.55 — 8,789 ratings — published 1975
In a Free State (Paperback)
by (shelved 173 times as booker-prize)
avg rating 3.50 — 5,600 ratings — published 1971
“I noticed that in a corner, across from where they ate with such innocent relish, sitting forlorn and abandoned, was the ghost of their son. He had lost both of his arms, one side of his face was squashed, and both his eyes had burst. He had bluish wings. He was the saddest ghost in the house.”
― The Famished Road
― The Famished Road
“To understand subjectivity in literary awards, think of these competitions as social media platforms and judging panels as their users. A book you submit to a literary award competition is like a post you share on social media—some praise its ideas, others reject them; some find it inspiring, others provoking; tragic to some, laughable to the rest.”
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