The Booker Prize Shortlist & Winners 1969-2000
For people who are interested in a long-term challenge to read all of the Booker Prize longlisted books, but before 2001 there were only shortlisted books so I am going to separate these into two different lists. Please see the pinned comment for the 2001+ companion list link and the winners for each year!
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Link to Companion List Booker Prize Longlists 2001+
WINNERS 1969 - Something to Answer For by P.H. Newby 1970 The Lost Man Booker Prize - Troubles by J.G. Farrell 1970 - The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens 1971 - In a Free State by V.S. Naipaul 1972 - G. by John Berger 1973 - The Siege of Krishnapuer by J.G. Farrell 1974 - Holiday by Stnaley Middleton AND The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer 1975 - Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 1976 - Saville by David Storey 1977 - Staying On by Paul Scott 1978 - The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch 1979 - Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald 1980 - Rites of Passage by William Golding 1981 - Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie 1982 - Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally 1983 - Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee 1984 - Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner 1985 - The Bone People by Keri Hulme 1986 - The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis 1987 - Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively 1988 - Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey 1989 - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro 1990 - Possession by A.S. Byatt 1991 - The Famished Road by Ben Okri 1992 - Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth AND The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 1993 - Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle 1994 - How late it was, how late by James Kelman 1995 - The Ghost Road by Pat Barker 1996 - Last Orders by Graham Swift 1997 - The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 1998 - Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 1999 - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee 2000 - The Blind Assassin by Margarete Atwood
BOOKS OUT OF CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER - I have added these books to the list, but wanted to flag them since they aren't going to be in chronological order! 1970 - The Conjunction by Terence Wheeler 1971 - The Big Chapel by Thomas Kilroy 1974 - In Their Wisdom by C.P. Snow 1976 - King Fisher Lives by Julian Rathbone, The Doctor's Wife by Brian Moore, Rising by R.C. Hutchinson, An Instant in the Wind by Andre Brink 1977 - Peter Smart's Confessions by Paul Bailey 1978 - Rumours of Rain by Andre Brink 1982 - An Ice-Cream War by William Boyd, Silence Among the Weapons by John Arden 1985 - The Battle of Pollocks Crossing by J.L. Carr 1986 - An Insular Possession by Timothy Mo 1987 - The Colour of Blood by Brian Moore 1988 - The Lost Father by Marina Warner 1992 - Serenity House by Christopher Hope 1995 - In Every Face I Meet by Justin Cartwright
Definitely a great list for Pagebound!😊
