The Booker Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the English-speaking world. Established in 1969, it is awarded each year to the best original novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland. The winner receives £50’000. Renowned for its influence, the prize often brings international recognition to its winners and shortlisted authors, significantly boosting book sales and visibility. Over time, it has highlighted both established and emerging writers, shaping contemporary literature and reading trends.
Books read
1996 :
Last Orders – Graham Swift
1998 : Amsterdam – Ian McEwan
2019 :
Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardine Evaristo
2022 :
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida – Shehan Karunatilaka
2024 :
Orbital – Samantha Harvey
Books to read
1969 : Something to Answer For – P. H. Newby
1970 : The Elected Member – Bernice Rubens
1971 : In a Free State – V. S. Naipaul
1972 : G. – John Berger
1973 : The Siege of Krishnapur – J. G. Farrell
1974 : The Conservationist – Nadine Gordimer
Holiday – Stanley Middleton
1975 : Heat and Dust – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1976 : Saville – David Storey
1977 : Staying On – Paul Scott
1978 : The Sea, the Sea – Iris Murdoch
1979 : Offshore – Penelope Fitzgerald
1980 : Rites of Passage – William Golding
1981 : Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie
1982 : Schindler’s Ark – Thomas Keneally
1983 : Life & Times of Michael K – J. M. Coetzee
1984 : Hotel du Lac – Anita Brookner
1985 : The Bone People – Keri Hulme
1986 : The Old Devil – Kingsley Amis
1987 : Moon Tiger – Penelope Lively
1988 : Oscar and Lucinda – Peter Carey
1989 : The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
1990 : Possession – A. S. Byatt
1991 : The Famished Road – Ben Okri
1992 : The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje
Sacred Hunger – Barry Unsworth
1993 : Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha – Roddy Doyle
1994 : How Late It Was, How Late – James Kelman
1995 : The Ghost Road – Pat Barker
1997 : The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
1999 : Disgrace – J. M. Coetzee
2000 : The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood
2001 : True History of the Kelly Gang – Peter Carey
2002 : Life of Pi – Yann Martel
2003 : Vernon God Little – DBC Pierre
2004 : The Line of Beauty – Alan Hollinghurst
2005 : The Sea – John Banville
2006 : The Inheritance of Loss – Kiran Desai
2007 : The Gathering – Anne Enright
2008 : The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
2009 : Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel
2010 : The Finkler Question – Howard Jacobson
2011 : The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
2012 : Bring Up the Bodies – Hilary Mantel
2013 : The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton
2014 : The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Richard Flanagan
2015 : A Brief History of Seven Killings – Marlon James
2016 : The Sellout – Paul Beatty
2017 : Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders
2018 : Milkman – Anna Burns
2019 : The Testaments – Margaret Atwood
2020 : Shuggie Bain – Douglas Stuart
2021 : The Promise – Damon Galgut
2023 : Prophet Song – Paul Lynch
2025 : Flesh – David Szalay