50 books that won the Booker Prize

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Lifehacker publishes a list of works that have been awarded the most prestigious prize in the world of English literature. These books are worth reading for anyone who wants to understand modern English-language prose.

The Man Booker Prize was established in 1969 to reward the best English-speaking writers.

Previously, it was awarded to authors residing in one of the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland or Zimbabwe. Since 2014, only one main condition has been in effect - the novel must be written and published in English.

The winner receives 50 thousand pounds (3.6 million rubles). But the matter, of course, is not about money, but about prestige. The books are carefully selected, and the works of the winner and shortlisted participants are subsequently published all over the world. Several Booker winners have also received the Nobel Prize in Literature - William Golding, John Maxwell Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer and Vidiadhar Naipaul.

2010-th

• 2016: Sale by Paul Beatty.
• 2015: A Brief History of the Seven Kills, Marlon James (buy from Labirint →).
• 2014: The Narrow Road to the Far North by Richard Flanagan (buy from Liters →).
• 2013: "Luminaries", Eleanor Cutton (buy on Сhitai-gorod →).
• 2012: "Bring in the Bodies," Hilary Mantel.
• 2011: Anticipation of the End by Julian Barnes (buy from Litres →).
• 2010: The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson.

2000s

• 2009: Wolfhall, Hilary Mantel (buy at Litres →).
• 2008: "White Tiger", Aravind Adiga.
• 2007: The Gathering, Ann Enright.
• 2006: Legacy of the Ruined by Kiran Desai (buy from Labirint →).
• 2005: The Sea by John Banville.
• 2004: The Beauty Line, Alan Hollinghurst.
• 2003: "Vernon Lord Little", DC Pierre.
• 2002: Life of Pi, Yann Martel.
• 2001: The True Story of the Kelly Gang, Peter Carey.
• 2000: The Blind Killer by Margaret Atwood.

1990s

• 1999: "Disgrace," John Maxwell Coetzee.
• 1998: Amsterdam, Ian McEwan (buy from Liters →).
• 1997: "The God of Little Things", Arundati Roy (buy on Litres →).
• 1996: Last Orders by Graham Swift.
• 1995: Ghost Road by Pat Barker.
• 1994: "How Late It Is," James Kelman.
• 1993: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Roddy Doyle.
• 1992: The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje (buy from Liters →); Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth.
• 1991: The Hungry Road by Ben Okri (buy on Ebay →).
• 1990: "Possess", Antonia Bayette (buy at Liters →).

1980s

• 1989: "The Rest of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro (buy from Litres →).
• 1988: Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey.
• 1987: Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively.
• 1986: The Old Devils, Kingsley Amis (buy from Labirint →).
• 1985: Skeleton People by Keri Hume.
• 1984: The Lake Hotel, Anita Bruckner.
• 1983: The Life and Times of Michael K., John Maxwell Coetzee.
• 1982: Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally (buy from Labirint →).
• 1981: Children of Midnight by Salman Rushdie.
• 1980: Swimming Rituals by William Golding (Buy from Liters →).

1970s

• 1979: On the Water by Penelope Fitzgerald.
• 1978: "Sea, Sea", Iris Murdoch (buy on Liters →).
• 1977: Stay Till the End by Paul Scott.
• 1976: Saville by David Storey.
• 1975: Heat and Dust by Ruth Praver Jabwala.
• 1974: The Guardian by Nadine Gordimer; The Holiday, Stanley Middleton.
• 1973: The Siege of Krishnapur by James Gordon Farrell.
• 1972: "G." by John Burger (buy from Labirint →).
• 1971: Hanging, Vidiadhar Naipaul.
• 1970: "Chosen Member," Bernice Rubens.