The Booker Prize

Awarded each year for what its judges consider the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.

2026

Shortlist - announced 2026-09-22

• Black Bag by Luke Kennard
• The Disappearers by Marlon James
• The End of Everything by M. John Harrison
• John of John by Douglas Stuart
• May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry
• The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout

Longlist - announced 2026-07-28

• The Disappearers by Marlon James
• The End of Everything by M. John Harrison
• Black Bag by Luke Kennard
• May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry
• The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
• John of John by Douglas Stuart
• Switzy by Emma Cline
• The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis
• Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman
• The Renovation by Kenan Orhan
• The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley
• All Them Dogs by Djamel White
• The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams

2025

Winner - announced 2025-11-10

• Flesh by David Szalay

Shortlist - announced 2025-09-23

• Flashlight by Susan Choi
• Flesh by David Szalay
• The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
• The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits
• Audition by Katie Kitamura
• The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller

Longlist - announced 2025-07-29

• Love Forms by Claire Adam
• The South by Tash Aw
• Universality by Natasha Brown
• One Boat by Jonathan Buckley
• Flashlight by Susan Choi
• The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
• Audition by Katie Kitamura
• The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits
• The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
• Endling by Maria Reva
• Flesh by David Szalay
• Seascraper by Benjamin Wood
• Misinterpretation by Ledia Xhoga

2024

Winner - announced 2024-11-12

• Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Shortlist - announced 2024-09-16

• Orbital by Samantha Harvey
• Held by Anne Michaels
• The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
• Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
• James by Percival Everett
• Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

Longlist - announced 2024-07-30

• Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
• Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
• James by Percival Everett
• Orbital by Samantha Harvey
• Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
• My Friends by Hisham Matar
• This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
• Held by Anne Michaels
• Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
• Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
• Playground by Richard Powers
• The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
• Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

2023

Winner - announced 2023-11-26

• Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

Shortlist - announced 2023-09-21

• Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
• If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
• This Other Eden by Paul Harding
• Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
• Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
• The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

Longlist - announced 2023-08-01

• A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
• Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
• Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
• The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
• If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
• How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney
• This Other Eden by Paul Harding
• Pearl by Siân Hughes
• All the Little Bird-Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
• Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
• In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
• Western Lane by Chetna Maroo
• The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

2022

Winner - announced 2022-10-17

• The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

Shortlist - announced 2022-09-06

• Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
• The Trees by Percival Everett
• Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
• The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
• Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
• Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

Longlist - announced 2022-07-26

• Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
• Trust by Hernan Diaz
• The Trees by Percival Everett
• Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
• Treacle Walker by Alan Garner
• The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
• Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
• Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet
• The Colony by Audrey Magee
• Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer
• Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
• After Sappho by Selby Wynn Schwartz
• Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout

2021

Winner - announced 2021-11-03

• The Promise by Damon Galgut

Shortlist - announced 2021-09-14

• A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
• The Promise by Damon Galgut
• No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
• The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed
• Bewilderment by Richard Powers
• Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

Longlist - announced 2021-07-27

• A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
• Second Place by Rachel Cusk
• The Promise by Damon Galgut
• The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
• Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
• An Island by Karen Jennings
• A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson
• No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
• The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed
• Bewilderment by Richard Powers
• China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
• Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
• Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford

2020

Winner - announced 2020-11-19

• Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

Shortlist - announced 2020-09-15

• The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
• This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga
• Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
• The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
• Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
• Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Longlist - announced 2020-07-28

• The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
• This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga
• Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
• Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze
• The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel
• Apeirogon by Colum McCann
• The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
• Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
• Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
• Real Life by Brandon Taylor
• Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler
• Love and Other Thought Experiments by Sophie Ward
• How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang

2019

Winner - announced 2019-10-14

• The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
• Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Shortlist - announced 2019-09-03

• The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
• Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
• Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
• An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
• Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
• 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak

Longlist - announced 2019-07-24

• The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
• Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry
• My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
• Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
• Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
• The Wall by John Lanchester
• The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
• Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
• An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
• Lanny by Max Porter
• Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
• 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
• Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson

2018

Winner - announced 2018-10-16

• Milkman by Anna Burns

Shortlist - announced 2018-09-20

• Milkman by Anna Burns
• Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
• Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
• The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
• The Overstory by Richard Powers
• The Long Take by Robin Robertson

Longlist - announced 2018-07-24

• Snap by Belinda Bauer
• Milkman by Anna Burns
• Sabrina by Nick Drnaso
• Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
• In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne
• Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
• The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
• The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
• Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
• The Overstory by Richard Powers
• The Long Take by Robin Robertson
• Normal People by Sally Rooney
• From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan

2017

Winner - announced 2017-10-17

• Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Shortlist - announced 2017-09-13

• 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
• History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
• Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
• Elmet by Fiona Mozley
• Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
• Autumn by Ali Smith

Longlist - announced 2017-07-27

• 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
• Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
• History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
• Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
• Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
• Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
• Elmet by Fiona Mozley
• The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
• Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
• Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
• Autumn by Ali Smith
• Swing Time by Zadie Smith
• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

2016

Winner - announced 2016-10-25

• The Sellout by Paul Beatty

Shortlist - announced 2016-09-13

• The Sellout by Paul Beatty
• Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
• His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
• Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
• All That Man Is by David Szalay
• Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien

Longlist - announced 2016-07-27

• The Sellout by Paul Beatty
• The Schooldays of Jesus by J.M. Coetzee
• Serious Sweet by A.L. Kennedy
• Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
• His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
• The North Water by Ian McGuire
• Hystopia by David Means
• The Many by Wyl Menmuir
• Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
• Work Like Any Other by Virginia Reeves
• My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
• All That Man Is by David Szalay
• Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien

2015

Winner - announced 2015-10-13

• A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

Shortlist - announced 2015-09-15

• A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
• Satin Island by Tom McCarthy
• The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
• The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota
• A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
• A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Longlist - announced 2015-07-29

• Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg
• The Green Road by Anne Enright
• A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
• The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami
• Satin Island by Tom McCarthy
• The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
• The Illuminations by Andrew O'Hagan
• Lila by Marilynne Robinson
• Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy
• The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota
• The Chimes by Anna Smaill
• A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
• A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

2014

Winner - announced 2014-10-14

• The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

Shortlist - announced 2014-09-09

• To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris
• The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
• We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
• J by Howard Jacobson
• The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee
• How to Be Both by Ali Smith

Longlist - announced 2014-07-23

• To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris
• The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
• We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
• The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
• J by Howard Jacobson
• The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth
• The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
• The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee
• Us by David Nicholls
• The Dog by Joseph O'Neill
• Orfeo by Richard Powers
• How to Be Both by Ali Smith
• History of the Rain by Niall Williams

2013

Winner - announced 2013-10-15

• The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

Shortlist - announced 2013-09-10

• We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
• The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
• Harvest by Jim Crace
• The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
• A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
• The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín

Longlist - announced 2013-07-23

• Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw
• We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
• The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
• Harvest by Jim Crace
• The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris
• The Kills by Richard House
• The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Unexploded by Alison MacLeod
• TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
• Almost English by Charlotte Mendelson
• A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
• The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
• The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín

2012

Winner - announced 2012-10-16

• Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Shortlist - announced 2012-09-11

• The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
• Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
• Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
• The Lighthouse by Alison Moore
• Umbrella by Will Self
• Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil

Longlist - announced 2012-07-25

• The Yips by Nicola Barker
• The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman
• Philida by André Brink
• The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
• Skios by Michael Frayn
• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
• Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
• Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
• The Lighthouse by Alison Moore
• Umbrella by Will Self
• Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil
• Communion Town by Sam Thompson

2011

Winner - announced 2011-10-18

• The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Shortlist - announced 2011-09-06

• The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
• Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
• The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
• Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
• Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
• Snowdrops by A.D. Miller

Longlist - announced 2011-07-26

• The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
• On Canaan's Side by Sebastian Barry
• Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
• The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
• Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
• A Cupboard Full of Coats by Yvvette Edwards
• The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst
• Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
• The Last Hundred Days by Patrick McGuinness
• Snowdrops by A.D. Miller
• Far to Go by Alison Pick
• The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers
• Derby Day by D.J. Taylor

2010

Winner - announced 2010-10-12

• The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson

Shortlist - announced 2010-09-07

• Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
• Room by Emma Donoghue
• In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut
• The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
• The Long Song by Andrea Levy
• C by Tom McCarthy

Longlist - announced 2010-07-27

• Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
• Room by Emma Donoghue
• The Betrayal by Helen Dunmore
• In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut
• The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
• The Long Song by Andrea Levy
• C by Tom McCarthy
• The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
• February by Lisa Moore
• Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
• Trespass by Rose Tremain
• The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
• The Stars in the Bright Sky by Alan Warner

2009

Winner - announced 2009-10-06

• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

Shortlist - announced 2009-09-08

• The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
• Summertime by J.M. Coetzee
• The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds
• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
• The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
• The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

Longlist - announced 2009-07-28

• The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
• Summertime by J.M. Coetzee
• The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds
• How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall
• The Wilderness by Samantha Harvey
• Me Cheeta by James Lever
• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
• The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
• Not Untrue and Not Unkind by Edward O'Loughlin
• Heliopolis by James Scudamore
• Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
• Love and Summer by William Trevor
• The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

2008

Winner - announced 2008-10-14

• The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

Shortlist - announced 2008-09-09

• The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
• The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
• Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
• The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant
• The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher
• A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz

Longlist - announced 2008-07-29

• The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
• Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold
• The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
• From A to X by John Berger
• The Lost Dog by Michelle de Kretser
• Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
• The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant
• A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif
• The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher
• Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
• The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
• Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
• A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz

2007

Winner - announced 2007-10-16

• The Gathering by Anne Enright

Shortlist - announced 2007-09-06

• Darkmans by Nicola Barker
• The Gathering by Anne Enright
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
• Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
• On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
• Animal's People by Indra Sinha

Longlist - announced 2007-08-07

• Darkmans by Nicola Barker
• The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
• Self Help by Edward Docx
• The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
• The Gathering by Anne Enright
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
• Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
• Gifted by Nikita Lalwani
• On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
• What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn
• Consolation by Michael Redhill
• Animal's People by Indra Sinha
• Winnie and Wolf by A.N. Wilson

2006

Winner - announced 2006-10-10

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

Shortlist - announced 2006-09-14

• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
• The Secret River by Kate Grenville
• Carry Me Down by M.J. Hyland
• In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
• Mother's Milk by Edward St Aubyn
• The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

Longlist - announced 2006-08-14

• Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey
• The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
• Gathering the Water by Robert Edric
• Get a Life by Nadine Gordimer
• The Secret River by Kate Grenville
• Carry Me Down by M.J. Hyland
• Kalooki Nights by Howard Jacobson
• Seven Lies by James Lasdun
• The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson
• In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
• So Many Ways to Begin by Jon McGregor
• The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud
• Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
• The Perfect Man by Naeem Murr
• Be Near Me by Andrew O'Hagan
• The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
• Mother's Milk by Edward St Aubyn
• The Ruby in Her Navel by Barry Unsworth
• The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

2005

Winner - announced 2005-10-10

• The Sea by John Banville

Shortlist - announced 2005-09-08

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

Longlist

• The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw
• The Sea by John Banville
• Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
• A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
• Slow Man by J.M. Coetzee
• In the Fold by Rachel Cusk
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
• All for Love by Dan Jacobson
• A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
• Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
• Saturday by Ian McEwan
• The People's Act of Love by James Meek
• Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
• The Accidental by Ali Smith
• On Beauty by Zadie Smith
• This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson
• This Is the Country by William Wall

2004

Winner - announced 2004-10-19

• The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

Shortlist - announced 2004-09-21

• Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor
• The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall
• The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
• The Master by Colm Tóibín
• I'll Go to Bed at Noon by Gerard Woodward

Longlist

• Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam
• Clear: A Transparent Novel by Nicola Barker
• The Island Walkers by John Bemrose
• Havoc, in Its Third Year by Ronan Bennett
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• Always the Sun by Neil Cross
• Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor
• Becoming Strangers by Louise Dean
• A Blade of Grass by Lewis DeSoto
• The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall
• Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson
• The Honeymoon by Justin Haythe
• The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
• The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
• Sixty Lights by Gail Jones
• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
• The Unnumbered by Sam North
• Snowleg by Nicholas Shakespeare
• Cherry by Matt Thorne
• The Master by Colm Tóibín
• I'll Go to Bed at Noon by Gerard Woodward

2003

Winner - announced 2003-10-14

• Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre

Shortlist - announced 2003-09-16

• Brick Lane by Monica Ali
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
• The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
• Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller
• Astonishing Splashes of Colour by Clare Morrall
• Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre

Longlist - announced 2003-08-15

• Brick Lane by Monica Ali
• Yellow Dog by Martin Amis
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
• Turn Again Home by Carol Birch
• Crossing the Lines by Melvyn Bragg
• Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee
• The Taxi Driver's Daughter by Julia Darling
• Schopenhauer's Telescope by Gerard Donovan
• The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
• The Romantic by Barbara Gowdy
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
• Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller
• The Nick of Time by Francis King
• Heligoland by Shena Mackay
• Astonishing Splashes of Colour by Clare Morrall
• Jazz Etc. by John Murray
• Something Might Happen by Julie Myerson
• Judge Savage by Tim Parks
• A Distant Shore by Caryl Phillips
• Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
• Waxwings by Jonathan Raban
• The Light of Day by Graham Swift
• Frankie & Stankie by Barbara Trapido

2002

Winner - announced 2002-10-22

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Shortlist - announced 2002-09-24

• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
• Unless by Carol Shields
• The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
• Dirt Music by Tim Winton

Longlist

• The Strange Case of Dr Simmonds & Dr Glas by Dannie Abse
• Shroud by John Banville
• Critical Injuries by Joan Barfoot
• Any Human Heart by William Boyd
• The Next Big Thing by Anita Brookner
• Peacetime by Robert Edric
• Spies by Michael Frayn
• Still Here by Linda Grant
• The Mulberry Empire by Philip Hensher
• Who's Sorry Now? by Howard Jacobson
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor
• Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
• Dorian by Will Self
• Unless by Carol Shields
• The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith
• To the Last City by Colin Thubron
• The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
• Dirt Music by Tim Winton

2001

Winner - announced 2001-10-17

• True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

Shortlist

• True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
• Atonement by Ian McEwan
• Oxygen by Andrew Miller
• number9dream by David Mitchell
• The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert
• Hotel World by Ali Smith

Longlist

• According to Queeney by Beryl Bainbridge
• If the Invader Comes by Derek Beaven
• A Son of War by Melvyn Bragg
• True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
• Shamrock Tea by Ciaran Carson
• The Element of Water by Stevie Davies
• The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer
• Dogside Story by Patricia Grace
• By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah
• How to Be Good by Nick Hornby
• Wolfy and the Strudelbakers by Zvi Jagendorf
• Translated Accounts by James Kelman
• Atonement by Ian McEwan
• The Blue Tango by Eoin McNamee
• Oxygen by Andrew Miller
• number9dream by David Mitchell
• Fairness by Ferdinand Mount
• Half a Life by V. S. Naipaul
• The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
• The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert
• Hotel World by Ali Smith
• The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri
• The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart
• The Leto Bundle by Marina Warner

2000

Winner - announced 2000-11-07

• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

Shortlist - announced 2000-10-05

• The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
• The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi
• The Keepers of Truth by Michael Collins
• When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
• English Passengers by Matthew Kneale
• The Deposition of Father McGreevy by Brian O'Doherty

1999

Winner - announced 1999-10-25

• Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

Shortlist - announced 1999-09-21

• Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
• Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai
• Headlong by Michael Frayn
• Our Fathers by Andrew O'Hagan
• The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif
• The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín

1998

Winner - announced 1998-10-27

• Amsterdam by Ian McEwan

Shortlist

• Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge
• England, England by Julian Barnes
• The Industry of Souls by Martin Booth
• Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe
• Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
• The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills

1997

Winner

• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Shortlist - announced 1997-09-15

• Quarantine by Jim Crace
• The Underground Man by Mick Jackson
• Grace Notes by Bernard MacLaverty
• Europa by Tim Parks
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
• The Essence of the Thing by Madeleine St John

1996

Winner - announced 1996-10-29

• Last Orders by Graham Swift

Shortlist

• Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
• Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge
• Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane
• The Orchard on Fire by Shena Mackay
• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
• Last Orders by Graham Swift

1995

Winner - announced 1995-11-07

• The Ghost Road by Pat Barker

Shortlist - announced 1995-09-28

• The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
• In Every Face I Meet by Justin Cartwright
• The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie
• Morality Play by Barry Unsworth
• The Riders by Tim Winton

1994

Winner - announced 1994-10-11

• How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman

Shortlist

• Reef by Romesh Gunesekera
• Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah
• The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst
• How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman
• Beside the Ocean of Time by George Mackay Brown
• Knowledge of Angels by Jill Paton Walsh

1993

Winner

• Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle

Shortlist

• Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle
• Under the Frog by Tibor Fischer
• Scar Tissue by Michael Ignatieff
• Remembering Babylon by David Malouf
• Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips
• The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields

1992

Winner records migrated from author timelines; this is not a complete list of nominations.

Winner

• Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth