Recreation

The Man Booker Prize

This literary prize, formerly known as the Booker Prize, is sponsored by the Man Group and the Booker Prize Foundation (BPF) is responsible for its organisation and operation. The Man Booker Prize aims to reward the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. The Man Booker judges are selected from the country's finest critics, writers and academics to maintain the consistent excellence of the prize. The winner of the Man Booker Prize receives £50,000.

See the Man Booker Prize website at http://www.themanbookerprize.com/ and information on the Man Booker shortlist 2008

2008 shortlist

The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga
The Secret Scripture
Sebastian Barry
Sea of Poppies
Amitav Ghosh
The Clothes on their backs
Linda Grant
The Northern Clemency
Philip Hensher
A Fraction of the whole
Steve Toltz
The White Tiger Secret Scripture Sea of poppies Clothes on their backs Northern Clemency A fraction

2007

coverThe Gathering Winner
Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape)
Darkmans
Nicola Barker (4th Estate)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Mohsin Hamid (Hamish Hamilton)
Mister Pip
Lloyd Jones (John Murray)
On Chesil Beach
Ian McEwan (Jonathan Cape)
Animals People
Indra Sinha (Simon & Schuster)

2006

coverThe Inheritance of Loss Winner
Kiran Desai
The Secret River
Kate Grenville
Carry Me Down
M.J. Hyland
In the Country of Men
Hisham Matar
Mothers Milk
Edward St Aubyn
The Night Watch
Sarah Waters

2005

coverThe Sea Winner
John Banville
Arthur & George
Julian Barnes
A Long Long Way
Sebastian Barry
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Accidental
Ali Smith
On Beauty
Zadie Smith
 
 

2004

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2002

2001