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Logo of the Man Booker Prize as used in 2015.

The Booker Prize for Fiction is an annual award for the best original English-language novel published in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1969. It was known as the Booker McConnnell Prize from 1969 to 2001 and as the Man Booker Prize from 2003 to 2019.

When the prize was originally established, only works written by citizens of Commonwealth countries, Ireland and South Africa were eligible to receive it. Works written by citizens of Zimbabwe later became eligible for the award also. In 2014, all restrictions on which authors were eligible to receive the prize were lifted. Any novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom can now be considered for the award regardless of the author's nationality. In 2016, Paul Beatty became the first American to win the prize.

Each year, the prize committee releases its "short list" of novels considered for the award. The "long list" is sometimes released also.

In 1992, the decision was made that the prize would only be awarded to one author each year. In 2019, however, the judges decided to ignore that rule and the prize was divided between the Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood and the British novelist Bernardine Evaristo.

Winners[]

Year Title Author
2023 Prophet Song Paul Lynch (2014) revised Paul Lynch (Flag of Ireland Ireland)
2022 The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Shehan Karunatilaka Shehan Karunatilaka (Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka)
2021 The Promise Damon Galgut (2013) Damon Galgut (Flag of South Africa South Africa)
2020 Shuggie Bain DouglasStuart Douglas Stuart (Flag of the United Kingdom UK/Flag of the United States USA)
2019 The Testaments Margaret Atwood - Foire du Livre de Francfort (37025811914) Margaret Atwood (Flag of Canada Canada)
2019 Girl, Woman, Other Bernardine Evaristo Photo (cropped) Bernardine Evaristo (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
2018 Milkman AnnaBurns Anna Burns (Four Provinces Flag Flag of the United Kingdom Northern Ireland, UK)
2017 Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders by David Shankbone George Saunders (Flag of the United States USA)
2016 The Sellout PaulBeatty Paul Beatty (Flag of the United States USA)
2015 A Brief History of Seven Kings Marlon james 2014 Marlon James (Flag of Jamaica Jamaica)
2014 The Narrow Road to the Deep North RichardFlanagan 300w Richard Flanagan (Flag of Australia Australia)
2013 The Luminaries 2015.11.24. Eleanor Catton Fot Mariusz Kubik 02 Eleanor Catton (Flag of New Zealand New Zealand)
2012 Bring Up the Bodies HilaryMantel Hilary Mantel (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
2011 The Sense of an Ending JulianBarnes Julian Barnes (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
2010 The Finkler Question Howard-jacobson Howard Jacobson (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
2009 Wolf Hall HilaryMantel Hilary Mantel (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
2008 The White Tiger AravindAdiga Aravind Adiga (Flag of India India/Flag of Australia Australia)
2007 The Gathering Enright Anne koeln literaturhaus 181108 Anne Enright Flag of Ireland Ireland)
2006 The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai 2015 Kiran Desai (Flag of India India)
2005 The Sea John Banville 7 John Banville (Flag of Ireland Ireland)
2004 The Line of Beauty Alan hollinghurst 2011 Alan Hollinghurst (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
2003 Vernon God Little DBC Pierre (2004) by Guenter Prust DBC Pierre (Flag of Australia Australia)
2002 Life of Pi Yann martel 2007-10-25 Seattle WA USA Yann Martel (Flag of Canada Canada)
2001 True History of the Kelly Gang PeterCarey Peter Carey (Flag of Australia Australia)
2000 The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood 2015 Margaret Atwood (Flag of Canada Canada)
1999 Disgrace J.M. Coetzee J.M. Coetzee (Flag of South Africa South Africa)
1998 Amsterdam Ianmcewanauthor Ian McEwan (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1997 The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy W Arundhati Roy (Flag of India India)
1996 Last Orders GrahamSwift Graham Swift (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1995 The Ghost Road Pat Barker Pat Barker (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1994 How Late It Was, How Late JamesKelman James Kelman (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1993 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Doyleroddy33 Roddy Doyle (Flag of Ireland Ireland)
1992 Sacred Hunger Barry Unsworth Barry Unsworth (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1992 The English Patient Michael Ondaatje at Tulane 2010 Michael Ondaatje (Flag of Canada Canada)
1991 The Famished Road Ben Okri in Tallinn Ben Okri (Flag of Nigeria Nigeria)
1990 Possession AS Byatt Portrait A.S. Byatt (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1989 The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro by Kubik Kazuo Ishiguro (Flag of Japan Japan/Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1988 Oscar and Lucinda PeterCarey Peter Carey (Flag of Australia Australia)
1987 Moon Tiger Penelope Lively Penelope Lively (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1986 The Old Devils Kingsley Amis Kingsley Amis (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1985 The Bone People Keri Hulme Keri Hulme (Flag of New Zealand New Zealand)
1984 Hotel du Lac Anita Brookner Anita Brookner (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1983 Life & Times of Michael K J.M. Coetzee J.M. Coetzee (Flag of South Africa (1928-1994) South Africa)
1982 Schindler's Ark Thomas Keneally Festival Cine Sidney Thomas Keneally (Flag of Australia Australia)
1981 Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie (Flag of India India/Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1980 Rites of Passage William Golding 1983 William Golding (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1979 Offshore Penelope Fitzgerald Penelope Fitzgerald (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1978 The Sea, the Sea Iris Murdoch Iris Murdoch (Flag of Ireland Ireland/Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1977 Staying On Paul Scott Paul Scott (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1976 Saville David Storey David Storey (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1975 Heat and Dust Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Flag of the United Kingdom UK/Flag of Germany Germany)
1974 Holiday Stanley Middleton Stanley Middleton (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1974 The Conservationist Nadine Gordimer 01 Nadine Gordimer (Flag of South Africa (1928-1994) South Africa)
1973 The Siege of Krishnapur JGFarrell J.G. Farrell (Flag of the United Kingdom UK/Flag of Ireland Ireland)
1972 G John Berger-2009 (6) John Berger (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1971 In a Free State VS Naipal 2016 Dhaka V.S. Naipaul (Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago/Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1970 The Elected Member Bernice Rubens Bernice Rubens (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)
1970 Troubles JGFarrell J.G. Farrell (Flag of the United Kingdom UK/Flag of Ireland Ireland)
1969 Something to Answer For PHNewby P.H. Newby (Flag of the United Kingdom UK)

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