| Year |
Shortlist |
WINNER |
Read |
| Cover |
Title & Author |
Publisher |
| 2024 |
|
 |
Orbital Samantha Harvey |
 Jonathan Cape |
 |
| 2024 International Prize |
- Not a River Selva Almada (trans. Annie McDermott)
- Mater 2-10 Hwang Sok-yong (trans. Sora Kim-Russell & Youngjae Josephine Bae)
- What I'd Rather Not Think About Jente Posthuma (trans. Sarah Timmer Harvey)
- Crooked Plow Itamar Vieira Junior (trans. Johnny Lorenz)
- The Details Ia Genberg (trans. Kira Josefsson)
|
 |
Kairos Jenny Erpenbeck Translated from German by: Michael Hofmann |
 Granta Books |
|
| 2023 |
- The Bee Sting Paul Murray (Irish)
- Western Lane Chetna Maroo (British/Indian)
- This Other Eden Paul Harding (American)
- If I Survive You Jonathan Escoffery (American)
- Study for Obedience Sarah Bernstein (Canadian)
|
 |
Prophet Song Paul Lynch |
 Oneworld |
|
| 2023 International Prize |
- Still Born Guadalupe Nettel (trans. Rosalind Harvey)
- Standing Heavy GauZ' (trans. Frank Wynne)
- The Gospel According to the New World Maryse Condé (trans. Richard Philcox)
- Whale Cheon Myeong-kwan (trans. Chi-Young Kim)
- Boulder Eva Baltasar (trans. Julia Sanches)
|
 |
Time Shelter Georgi Gospodinov Translated from Bulgarian by: Angela Rodel |
 Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
|
| 2022 |
|
 |
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Shehan Karunatilaka |
 Sort Of Books |
|
| 2022 International Prize |
- Cursed Bunny Bora Chung (trans. Anton Hur)
- A New Name: Septology VI-VII Jon Fosse (trans. Damion Searls)
- Heaven Mieko Kawakami (trans. Samuel Bett and David Boyd
- Elena Knows Claudia Piñeiro (trans. Frances Riddle)
- The Books of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk (trans. Jennifer Croft)
|
 |
Tomb of Sand Geetanjali Shree Translated from Hindi by: Daisy Rockwell |
 Tilted Axis Press |
|
| 2021 |
|
 |
The Promise Damon Galgut |
Jonathan Cape |
|
| 2021 International Prize |
- The Dangers of Smoking in Bed Mariana Enríquez (trans. Megan McDowell)
- The Employees Olga Ravn (trans. Martin Aitken)
- When We Cease to Understand the World Benjamín Labatut (trans. Adrian Nathan West)
- In Memory of Memory Maria Stepanova (trans. Sasha Dugdale)
- The War of the Poor Éric Vuillard (trans. Mark Polizzotti)
|
 |
At Night All Blood Is Black David Diop Translated from French by: Anna Moschovakis |
 Pushkin Press |
|
| 2020 |
- The New Wilderness Diane Cook
- This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
- Burnt Sugar Avni Doshni
- The Shadow King Maaza Mengiste
- Real Life Brandon Taylor
|
 |
Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart |
 Grove Press |
|
| 2020 International Prize |
- The Enlightenment of The Greengage Tree Shokoofeh Azar (Iran) (trans. Anonymous)
- The Adventures of China Iron Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (Argentina) (trans. Iona Macintyre and Fiona Mackintosh)
- Tyll Daniel Kehlmann (Germany) (trans. Ross Benjamin)
- Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor (Mexico) (trans. Sophie Hughes)
- The Memory Police Yoko Ogawa (Japan) (trans. Stephen Snyder)
|
 |
The Discomfort of Evening Marieke Lucas Rijneveld Translated from Dutch by: Michele Hutchinson |
 Faber & Faber |
|
| 2019 |
- Ducks, Newburyport Lucy Ellmann
- An Orchestra of Minorities Chigozie Obioma
- Quichotte Salman Rushdie
- 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World Elif Shafak
|
 |
The Testaments Margaret Atwood |
 Chatto & Windus |
|
 |
Girl, Woman, Other Bernadine Evaristo |
 Hamish Hamilton |
|
| 2019 International Prize |
- The Years Annie Ernaux (France) (trans. Alison L Strayer)
- The Pine Islands Marion Poschmann (Germany) (trans.Jen Calleja)
- Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Olga Tokarczuk (Poland) (trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones)
- The Shape of the Ruins Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Columbia) (trans. Anne McLean)
- The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zeran (Chile) (trans. Sophie Hughes)
|
 |
Celestial Bodies Jokha Alharthi Translated from Arabic by: Marilyn Booth |
 Sandston Press |
|
| 2018 |
- Washington Black Esi Edugyan
- Everything Under Daisy Johnson
- The Mars Room Rachel Kushner
- The Overstory Richard Powers
- The Long Take Robin Robertson
|
 |
Milkman Anna Burns |
Faber & Faber |
|
| 2018 International Prize |
- Vernon Subutex 1 Virginie Despentes (France) (trans. Frank Wynne)
- The White Book Han Kang (South Korea) (trans. Deborah Smith)
- The World Goes On László Krasznahorkai (Hungary) (trans. John Batki, Ottilie Mulzet and George Szirtes)
- Like a Fading Shadow Antonio Muñoz Molina (Spain) (trans. Camilo A. Ramirez)
- Frankenstein in Baghdad Ahmed Saadawi (Iraq) (trans. Jonathan Wright)
|
 |
Flights Olga Tokarczuk Translated from Polish by: Jennifer Croft |
 Text Publishing |
|
| 2017 |
- 4 3 2 1 Paul Auster
- History of Wolves Emily Fridlund
- Exit West Mohsin Hamid
- Elmet Fiona Mozley
- Autumn Ali Smith
|
 |
Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders |
 Bloomsbury |
|
| 2017 International Prize |
- Compass Mathias Énard (France) (trans. Charlotte Mandell)
- The Unseen Roy Jacobsen (Norway) (trans. Don Bartlett and Don Shaw)
- Mirror, Shoulder, Signal Dorthe Nors (Denmark) (trans. Misha Hoekstra)
- Judas Amos Oz (Israel) (trans. Nicholas de Lange)
- Fever Dream Samanta Schweblin (Argentina) (trans. Megan McDowell)
|
 |
A Horse Walks Into A Bar David Grossman Translated from Hebrew by: Jessica Cohen |
Jonathan Cape |
|
| 2016 |
- Hot Milk Deborah Levy
- His Bloody Project Graeme Macrae Burnet
- Eileen Ottessa Moshfegh
- All That Man Is David Szalay
- Do Not Say We Have Nothing Madaleine Thien
|
 |
The Sellout Paul Beatty |
Oneworld |
 |
| 2016 International Prize |
- A General Theory of Oblivion José Eduardo Agualusa (Angola)(trans. Daniel Hahn)
- The Story of the Lost Child Elena Ferrante (Italy) (trans. Ann Goldstein)
- The Four Books Yan Lianke (China) (trans. Carlos Rojas)
- A Strangeness in My Mind Orhan Pamuk (Turkey) (trans. Ekin Oklap)
- A Whole Life Robert Seethaler (Austria) (trans. Charlotte Collins)
|
 |
The Vegetarian Han Kang Translated from Korean by: Deborah Smith |
 Portobello |
|
| 2015 |
- Satin Island Tom McCarthy
- The Fishermen Chigozie Obioma
- The Year of the Runaways Sunjeev Sahota
- A Spool of Blue Thread Anne Tyler
- A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara
|
 |
A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James |
Oneworld |
|
| 2014 |
- To Rise Again at a Decent Hour Joshua Ferris
- We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Karen Joy Fowler
- J Howard Jacobson
- The Lives of Others Neel Mukherjee
- How to be Both Ali Smith
|
 |
The Narrow Road to the Deep North Richard Flanagan |
 Vintage |
|
| 2013 |
- We Need New Names NoViolet Bulawayo
- Harvest Jim Crace
- The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri
- A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki
- The Testament of Mary Colm Tóibín
|
 |
The Luminaries Eleanor Catton |
Granta |
|
| 2012 |
- Swimming Home Deborah Levy
- The Lighthouse Alison Moore
- Umbrella Will Self
- The Garden of Evening Mists Tan Twan Eng
- Narcopolis Jeet Thayil
|
 |
Bring Up The Bodies Hilary Mantel |
 Fourth Estate |
 |
| The Best of Beryl Bainbridge Prize |
| 2011 |
- An Awfully Big Adventure Beryl Bainbridge
- Every Man for Himself Beryl Bainbridge
- The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
- The Dressmaker Beryl Bainbridge
|
 |
Master Geogie Beryl Bainbridge |
 Abacus |
|
| 2011 |
- Jamrach's Menagerie Carol Birch
- The Sisters Brother Patrick deWitt
- Half-Blood Blues Esi Edugyan
- Pigeon English Stephen Kelman
- Snowdrops A.D.Miller
|
 |
The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes |
Vintage |
|
| 2010 |
- Parrot and Olivier in America Peter Carey
- Room Emma Donoghue
- In a Strange Room Damon Galgut
- The Long Song Andrea Levy
- C Tom McCarthy
|
 |
The Finkler Question Howard Jacobson |
Bloomsbury |
|
| 2009 |
- The Children's Book A.S.Byatt
- Summertime J.M.Coetzee
- The Quickening Maze Adam Foulds
- The Glass Room Simon Mawer
- The Little Stranger Sarah Waters
|
 |
Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel |
Fourth Estate |
|
| 2008 |
- The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry
- Sea of Poppies Amitav Ghosh
- The Clothes of Their Backs Linda Grant
- The Northern Clemency Philip Hensher
- A Fraction of the Whole Steve Toltz
|
 |
The White Tiger Aravind Adiga |
 Atlantic |
|
| 2007 |
- Darkmans Nicola Barker
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid
- Master Pip Lloyd Jones
- On Chesil Beach Ian McEwan
- Animals's People Indra Sinha
|
 |
The Gathering Anne Enright |
Vintage |
|
| 2006 |
- The Secret River Kate Grenville
- Carry Me Down M.J.Hyland
- In the Country of Men Hisham Matar
- Mother's Milk Edward St Aubyn
- The Night Watch Sarah Waters
|
 |
The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai |
 Penguin |
|
| 2005 |
- Arthur & George Julian Barnes
- A Long Long Way Sebastian Barry
- Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
- The Accidental Ali Smith
- On Beauty Zadie Smith
|
 |
The Sea John Banville |
 Picador |
|
| 2004 |
- Bitter Fruit Achmat Dangor
- The Electric Michelangelo Sarah Hall
- Cloud Atlas David Mitchell
- The Master Colm Tóibín
- I'll Go To Bed at Noon Gerard Woodward
|
 |
The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst |
Picador |
|
| 2003 |
- Brick Lane Monica Ali
- Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood
- The Good Doctor Damon Galgut
- Notes on a Scandal Zoë Heller
- Astonishing Splashes of Colour Clare Morrall
|
 |
Vernon God Little D.B.C.Pierre |
Faber & Faber |
|
| 2002 |
- Family Matters Rohinton Mistry
- Unless Carol Shields
- The Story of Lucy Gault William Trevor
- Fingersmith Sarah Walters
- Dirt Music Tim Winton
|
 |
Life of Pi Yann Martel |
 Canongate |
|
| 2001 |
- Atonement Ian McEwen
- Oxygen Andrew Miller
- number9dream David Mitchell
- The Dark Room Rachel Seiffert
- Hotel World Ali Smith
|
 |
True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey |
Faber & Faber |
|
| 2000 |
- The Hiding Place Trezza Azzopardi
- The Keepers of Truth Michael Collins
- When We Were Orphans Kazuo Ishiguro
- English Passengers Matthew Kneale
- The Deposition of Father McGreevy Brian O'Doherty
|
 |
The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood |
Bloomsbury |
|
| 1999 |
- Fasting, Feasting Anita Desai
- Headlong Michael Frayn
- Andrew O'Hagen Our Fathers
- The Map of Love Ahdaf Souief
- The Backwater Lightship Colm Tóibín
|
 |
Disgrace J.M.Coetzee |
Vintage |
|
| 1998 |
- Master Georgie Beryl Bainbridge
- England, England Julian Barnes
- The Industry of Souls Martin Booth
- Breakfast on Pluto Patrick McCabe
- The Restrain of Beasts Magnus Mills
|
 |
Amsterdam Ian McEwen |
Vintage |
|
| 1997 |
- Quarantine Jim Crace
- The Underground Man Mick Jackson
- Grace Notes Bernard MacLaverty
- Europa Tim Parks
- The Essence of the Thing Madeleine St John
|
 |
The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy |
Fourth Estate |
|
| 1996 |
- Alias Grace Margaret Atwood
- Every Man For Himself Beryl Bainbridge
- Reading in the Dark Seamus Heane
- The Orchard on Fire Shena Mackay
- A Fince Balance Rohinto Mistry
|
 |
Last Orders Graham Swift |
Picador |
|
| 1995 |
- In Every Face I Meet Justin Cartwright
- The Moor's Last Sigh Salman Rushdie
- Morality Play Barry Unsworth
- The Riders Tim Winton
|
 |
The Ghost Road Pat Barker |
Penguin |
|
| 1994 |
- Reef Romesh Gunesekera
- Paradise Abdulrazak Gurnah
- The Folding Star Alan Hollinghurst
- Beside the Ocean of Time George Mackay Brown
- Knowledge of Angels Jill Paton Walsh
|
 |
How Late It Was, How Late James Kelman |
Vintage |
|
| 1993 |
- Under the Frog Tibor Fischer
- Scar Tissue Michael Ignatieff
- Remembering Babylon David Malouf
- Crossing the River Caryl Phillips
- The Stone Diaries Carol Shields
|
 |
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Roddy Doyle |
Vintage |
|
| Golden Booker Prize Winner 2018 |
| 1992 |
- Serenity House Christopher Hope
- The Butcher Boy Patrick McCabe
- Black Dogs Ian McEwen
- Daughters of the House Michèle Roberts
|
 |
The English Patient Michael Ondaatje |
Bloomsbury |
|
 |
Sacred Hunger Barry Unsworth |
Penguin |
|
| 1991 |
- Time's Arrow Martin Amis
- The Van Roddy Doyle
- Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry
- The Redundancy of Courage Timothy Mo
- Reading Turgenev William Trevor
|
 |
The Famished Road Ben Okri |
Vintage |
|
| 1990 |
- An Awfully Big Adventure Beryl Bainbridge
- The Gates of Angels Penelope Fitzgerald
- Amongst Women John McGahern
- Lies of Silence Brian Moore
- Solomon Gurski Was Here Mordecai Richler
|
 |
Possession A.S.Byatt |
Vintage |
|
| 1989 |
- Cat's Eye Margaret Atwood
- The Book of Evidence John Banville
- Jigsaw Sybille Bedford
- A Disaffection James Kelman
- Restoration Rose Tremain
|
 |
The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro |
Faber & Faber |
|
| 1988 |
- Utz Bruce Chatwin
- The Beginning of Spring Penelope Fitzgerald
- Nice Work David Lodge
- The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie
- The Lost Father Marina Warner
|
 |
Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey |
Faber & Faber |
|
| 1987 |
- Anthills of the Savannah Chinua Achebe
- Chatterton Peter Ackroyd
- Circles of Deceit Nina Bawden
- The Colour of Blood Brian Moore
- The Book and the Brotherhood Iris Murdoch
|
 |
Moon Tiger Penelope Lively |
Penguin |
|
| 1986 |
- The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood
- Gabriel's Lament Paul Bailey
- What's Bred in the Bone Robertson Davies
- An Artist of the Floating World Kazuo Ishiguro
- An Insular Possession Timothy Mo
|
 |
The Old Devils Kingsley Amis |
Vintage |
|
| 1985 |
- Illywhacker Peter Carey
- The Battle of Pollocks Crossing J.L.Carr
- The Good Terrorist Doris Lessing
- Last Letters from Hav Jan Morris
- The Good Apprentice Iris Murdoch
|
 |
The Bone People Keri Hulme |
Picador |
|
| 1984 |
- Empire of the Sun J.G.Ballard
- Flaubert's Parrot Julian Barnes
- In Custody Anita Desai
- According to Mark Penelope Lively
- Small World David Lodge
|
 |
Hotel du Lac Anita Brookner |
Penguin |
|
| 1983 |
- Rates of Exchange Malcolm Bradbury
- Flying to Nowhere John Fuller
- The Illusionist Anita Mason
- Shame Salman Rushdie
- Waterland Graham Swift
|
 |
Life & Times of Michael K J.M.Coetzee |
Vintage |
|
| 1982 |
- Silence Among the Weapons John Arden
- An Ice-Cream War William Boyd
- Constance or Solitary Practices Lawrence Durrell
- The 27th Kingdom Alice Thomas Ellis
- Sour Sweet Timothy Mo
|
 |
Schindler's Ark Thomas Keneally |
 Sceptre |
|
The Booker of Bookers Prize 1993
. . .
The Best of Booker Prize 2008 |
| 1981 |
- Good Behaviour Molly Keane
- The Sirian Experiments Doris Lessing
- The Comfort of Strangers Ian McEwen
- Rhine Journey Anne Schlee
- Loitering With Intent Muriel Spark
- The White Hotel D.M.Thomas
|
 |
Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie |
Vintage |
|
| 1980 |
- Earthly Powers Anthony Burgess
- Clear Light of Day Anita Desai
- The Beggar Maid Alice Munro
- No Country for Young Men Julia O'Faolain
- Pascali's Island Barry Unsworth
- A Month in the Country J.L.Carr
|
 |
Rites of Passage William Golding |
Faber & Faber |
|
| 1979 |
- Confederates Thomas Keneally
- A Bend in the River V.S.Naipaul
- Joseph Julian Rathbone
- Praxis Fay Weldon
|
 |
Offshore Penelope Fitzgerald |
Fourth Estate |
|
| 1978 |
- Jake's Thing Kingsley Amis
- Rumours of Rain André Brink
- The Bookshop Penelope Fitzgerald
- God on the Rocks Jane Gardem
- A Five-Year Sentence Bernice Rubens
|
 |
The Sea, The Sea Iris Murdoch |
Vintage |
|
| 1977 |
- Peter Smart's Confessions Paul Bailey
- Great Granny Webster Caroline Blackwood
- Shadows on Our Skin Jennifer Johnston
- The Road to Lichfeld Penelope Lively
- Quartet in Autumn Barbara Pym
|
 |
Staying On Paul Scott |
 Arrow |
|
| 1976 |
- An Instant in the Wind André Brink
- Rising R.C.Hutchinson
- The Doctor's Wife Brian Moore
- King Fisher Lives Julian Rathbone
- The Children of Dynmouth William Trevor
|
 |
Saville David Storey |
Vintage |
|
| 1975 |
- Gossip From the Forest Thomas Keneally
|
 |
Heat and Dust Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
Abacus |
|
| 1974 |
- Ending Up Kingsley Amis
- The Bottle Factory Outing Berly Bainbridge
- In Their Wisdom C.P.Snow
|
 |
The Conservationist Nadine Gordimer |
Bloomsbury |
|
 |
Holiday Stanley Middleton |
 Windmill Books |
|
| 1973 |
- The Dressmaker Beryl Bainbridge
- The Green Equinox Elizabeth Mavor
- The Black Prince Iris Murdoch
|
 |
The Siege of Krishnapur J.G.Farrell |
 Orion |
|
| 1972 |
- The Bird of Night Susan Hill
- The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Thomas Keneally
- Pasmore David Storey
|
 |
G John Berger |
Bloomsbury |
|
| 1971 |
- The Big Chapel Thomas Kilroy
- Briefing for a Descent into Hell Doris Lessing
- St. Urbain's Horsemen Mordecai Richler
- Goshawk Squadron Derek Robinson
- Mrs. Palfey at the Claremont Elizabeth Taylor
|
 |
In A Free State V.S.Naipaul |
Picador |
|
| The Lost Man Booker Prize |
| 1970 |
- The Birds on the Trees Nina Bawden
- The Bay of Noon Shirley Hazzard
- Fire From Heaven Mary Reneault
- The Driver's Seat Muriel Spark
- The Vivisector Patrick White
|
 |
Troubles J.G.Farrell |
Orion |
|
| 1970 |
- John Brown's Body A.L.Barker
- Eva Trout Elizabeth Bowen
- Bruno's Dream Iris Murdoch
- Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel William Trevor
- The Conjunction Terence Wheeler
|
 |
The Elected Member Bernice Rubens |
Abacus |
|
| 1969 |
- Figures in a Landcsape Barry England
- The Impossible Object Nicholas Mosley
- The Nice and the Good Iris Murdoch
- The Public Image Muriel Spark
- From Scenes Like These Gordon Williams
|
 |
Something to Answer For P.H.Newby |
Faber & Faber |
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