List of winners and nominated authors of the Booker Prize

The following is a list of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction. The prize has been awarded each year since 1969 to the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland. In 2014, it was opened for the first time to any work published in the United Kingdom and written in (not translated into) the English language.

There have been three special awards celebrating the Booker's history. In 1993, the "Booker of Bookers" prize was awarded to Salman Rushdie for Midnight's Children (the 1981 winner) as the best novel to win the award in its first 25 years. Midnight's Children also won a public vote in 2008, on the prize's fortieth anniversary, for "The Best of the Booker". In 2018 a special "Golden Booker" was awarded celebrating 50 years of the award; this was won by Michael Ondaatje for The English Patient.

Winners, shortlists and longlists YearAwardAuthorTitlePublisherJudges1969WinnerSomething to Answer ForFaber & FaberW. L. Webb (chair)Webb was literary editor of The Guardian and a fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. Merritt Moseley (ed.), Booker Prize Novels, 1969–2005, Dictionary of Literary Biography volume 326 (Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2006), p. 3. David Farrer Frank Kermode Stephen Spender Dame Rebecca WestShortlistFigures in a LandscapeJonathan CapeImpossible ObjectHodder & StoughtonThe Nice and the GoodChatto & WindusThe Public ImageMacmillanFrom Scenes like TheseSecker & Warburg1970WinnerThe Elected MemberEyre & SpottiswoodeDavid Holloway (chair)Holloway was literary editor of The Daily Telegraph. Merritt Moseley (ed.), Booker Prize Novels, 1969–2005, Dictionary of Literary Biography volume 326 (Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2006), p. 12. Antonia Fraser Ross Higgins Richard Hoggart Dame Rebecca WestShortlistJohn Brown's BodyHogarthEva TroutJonathan CapeBruno's DreamChatto & WindusMrs. Eckdorf in O'Neill's HotelBodley HeadThe ConjunctionAngus & Robertson1970WinnerTroublesWeidenfeld & NicolsonRachel Cooke Katie Derham Tobias HillShortlistThe Birds on the TreesViragoThe Bay of NoonMacmillanFire from HeavenLongmanThe Driver's SeatMacmillanThe VivisectorJonathan CapeLonglistThe Hand-Reared BoyWeidenfeld & NicolsonA Little of What You Fancy?Michael JosephA Place in EnglandSecker & WarburgDown All the DaysSecker & WarburgBomberJonathan CapeThe CircleHutchinsonA Clubbable WomanHarperCollinsI'm the King of the CastleHamish HamiltonA Domestic AnimalLongmanThe Fire-DwellersMacmillanOut of the ShelterMacmillanA Fairly Honourable DefeatChatto & WindusFirefliesAndré DeutschMaster and CommanderCollinsHead to ToeMethuenA Guilty Thing SurprisedHutchinson1971Winner In a Free StateDeutschJohn Gross (chair) Saul Bellow John Fowles Lady Antonia Fraser Philip ToynbeeShortlist The Big ChapelFaber & Faber Briefing for a Descent into HellJonathan Cape St. Urbain's HorsemanWeidenfeld & Nicolson Goshawk SquadronHeinemann Mrs. Palfrey at the ClaremontChatto & Windus1972Winner G.Weidenfeld & NicolsonCyril Connolly (chair) George Steiner Elizabeth BowenShortlist The Bird of NightHamish Hamilton The Chant of Jimmie BlacksmithAngus & Robertson PasmoreLongman1973Winner The Siege of KrishnapurWeidenfeld & NicolsonKarl Miller (chair) Edna O'Brien Mary McCarthyShortlist The DressmakerDuckworth A Green EquinoxMichael Joseph The Black PrinceChatto & Windus1974Winners The ConservationistJonathan CapeIon Trewin (chair) A. S. Byatt Elizabeth Jane Howard HolidayHutchinsonShortlist Ending UpJonathan Cape The Bottle Factory OutingDuckworth In Their WisdomMacmillan1975Winner Heat and DustJohn MurrayAngus Wilson (chair) Peter Ackroyd Susan Hill Roy FullerShortlist Gossip from the ForestCollins1976Winner SavilleJonathan CapeWalter Allen (chair) Mary Wilson Francis KingShortlist An Instant in the WindW. H. Allen RisingMichael Joseph The Doctor's WifeJonathan Cape King Fisher LivesMichael Joseph The Children of DynmouthBodley Head1977Winner Staying OnHeinemannPhilip Larkin (chair) Beryl Bainbridge Brendan Gill David Hughes Robin RayShortlist Peter Smart's ConfessionsJonathan Cape Great Granny WebsterDuckworth Shadows on Our SkinHamish Hamilton The Road to LichfieldHeinemann Quartet in AutumnMacmillan1978Winner The Sea, the SeaChatto & WindusSir Alfred Ayer (chair) Derwent May P. H. Newby Angela Huth Clare BoylanShortlistKingsley AmisJake's ThingHutchinsonAndré BrinkRumours of RainW. H. AllenPenelope FitzgeraldThe BookshopDuckworthJane GardamGod on the RocksHamish HamiltonA Five-Year SentenceW. H. Allen1979WinnerPenelope FitzgeraldOffshoreCollinsLord Briggs (chair) Benny Green Michael Ratcliffe Hilary Spurling Paul TherouxShortlistThomas KeneallyConfederatesCollinsA Bend in the RiverDeutschJulian RathboneJosephMichael JosephFay WeldonPraxisHodder & Stoughton1980WinnerWilliam GoldingRites of PassageFaber & FaberDavid Daiches (chair) Ronald Blythe Margaret Forster Claire Tomalin Brian WenhamShortlistAnthony BurgessEarthly PowersHutchinsonJ. L. CarrA Month in the CountryHarvesterAnita DesaiClear Light of DayHeinemannAlice MunroThe Beggar MaidVikingJulia O'FaolainNo Country for Young MenVikingBarry UnsworthPascali's IslandMichael Joseph1981WinnerSalman RushdieMidnight's ChildrenJonathan CapeProfessor Malcolm Bradbury (chair) Brian Aldiss Joan Bakewell Samuel Hynes Hermione LeeShortlistMolly KeaneGood BehaviourDeutschThe Sirian ExperimentsJonathan CapeIan McEwanThe Comfort of StrangersJonathan CapeAnn SchleeRhine JourneyMacmillanMuriel SparkLoitering with IntentBodley HeadD. M. ThomasThe White HotelGollancz1982WinnerThomas KeneallySchindler's ArkHodder & StoughtonJohn Carey (chair) Paul Bailey Frank Delaney Janet Morgan Lorna SageShortlistJohn ArdenSilence among the WeaponsMethuenWilliam BoydAn Ice-Cream WarHamish HamiltonLawrence DurrellConstance or Solitary PracticesFaber & FaberAlice Thomas EllisThe 27th KingdomDuckworthTimothy MoSour SweetDeutsch1983WinnerJ. M. CoetzeeLife and Times of Michael KSecker & WarburgFay Weldon (chair) Angela Carter Terence Kilmartin Peter Porter Libby PurvesShortlistMalcolm BradburyRates of ExchangeSecker & WarburgJohn FullerFlying to NowhereSalamanderAnita MasonThe IllusionistHamish HamiltonSalman RushdieShameJonathan CapeGraham SwiftWaterlandHeinemann1984WinnerAnita BrooknerHotel du LacJonathan CapeProfessor Richard Cobb (chair) Anthony Curtis Polly Devlin John Fuller Ted RowlandsShortlistJ. G. BallardEmpire of the SunGollanczJulian BarnesFlaubert's ParrotJonathan CapeAnita DesaiIn CustodyHeinemannPenelope LivelyAccording to MarkHeinemannDavid LodgeSmall WorldSecker & Warburg1985WinnerKeri HulmeThe Bone PeopleHodder & StoughtonNorman St John-Stevas (chair) Nina Bawden J. W. Lambert Joanna Lumley Marina WarnerShortlistPeter CareyIllywhackerFaber & FaberJ. L. CarrThe Battle of Pollocks CrossingVikingThe Good TerroristJonathan CapeJan MorrisLast Letters from HavVikingIris MurdochThe Good ApprenticeChatto & Windus1986WinnerKingsley AmisThe Old DevilsHutchinsonAnthony Thwaite (chair) Edna Healey Isabel Quigley Gillian Reynolds Bernice RubensShortlistMargaret AtwoodThe Handmaid's TaleJonathan CapePaul BaileyGabriel's LamentJonathan CapeRobertson DaviesWhat's Bred in the BoneVikingKazuo IshiguroAn Artist of the Floating WorldFaber & FaberTimothy MoAn Insular PossessionChatto & Windus1987WinnerPenelope LivelyMoon TigerDeutschP. D. James (chair) Selina Hastings Allan Massie Trevor McDonald John B. ThompsonShortlistChinua AchebeAnthills of the SavannahHeinemannPeter AckroydChattertonHamish HamiltonCircles of DeceitMacmillanBrian MooreThe Colour of BloodJonathan CapeIris MurdochThe Book and the BrotherhoodChatto & Windus1988WinnerPeter CareyOscar and LucindaFaber & FaberThe Rt Hon Michael Foot (chair) Sebastian Faulks Philip French Blake Morrison Rose TremainShortlistBruce ChatwinUtzJonathan CapePenelope FitzgeraldThe Beginning of SpringCollinsDavid LodgeNice WorkSecker & WarburgSalman RushdieThe Satanic VersesVikingMarina WarnerThe Lost FatherChatto & Windus1989WinnerKazuo IshiguroThe Remains of the DayFaber & FaberDavid Lodge (chair) Maggie Gee Helen McNeil David Profumo Edmund WhiteShortlistMargaret AtwoodCat's EyeBloomsburyJohn BanvilleThe Book of EvidenceSecker & WarburgSybille BedfordJigsawHamish HamiltonJames KelmanA DisaffectionSecker & WarburgRose TremainRestorationHamish Hamilton1990WinnerA. S. ByattPossession: A RomanceChatto & WindusSir Denis Forman (chair) Susannah Clapp A. Walton Litz Hilary Mantel Kate SaundersShortlistBeryl BainbridgeAn Awfully Big AdventureDuckworthPenelope FitzgeraldThe Gate of AngelsCollinsJohn McGahernAmongst WomenFaber & FaberBrian MooreLies of SilenceBloomsburySolomon Gursky Was HereChatto & Windus1991WinnerBen OkriThe Famished RoadJonathan CapeJeremy Treglown (chair) Penelope Fitzgerald Jonathan Keates Nicholas Mosley Ann SchleeShortlistMartin AmisTime's ArrowJonathan CapeRoddy DoyleThe VanSecker & WarburgRohinton MistrySuch a Long JourneyFaber & FaberTimothy MoThe Redundancy of CourageChatto & WindusReading Turgenev(Novella from the collection Two Lives) Viking1992WinnersMichael OndaatjeThe English PatientBloomsburyVictoria Glendinning (chair) John Coldstream Valentine Cunningham Dr Harriet Harvey Wood Mark LawsonBarry UnsworthSacred HungerHamish HamiltonShortlistChristopher HopeSerenity HouseMacmillanPatrick McCabeThe Butcher BoyPicadorIan McEwanBlack DogsJonathan CapeMichèle RobertsDaughters of the HouseVirago1993WinnerRoddy DoylePaddy Clarke Ha Ha HaSecker & WarburgLord Gowrie (chair) Professor Gillian Beer Anne Chisholm Nicholas Clee Olivier ToddShortlistTibor FischerUnder the FrogPolygonMichael IgnatieffScar TissueChatto & WindusDavid MaloufRemembering BabylonChatto & WindusCaryl PhillipsCrossing the RiverBloomsburyCarol ShieldsThe Stone Diaries4th Estate1994WinnerJames KelmanHow Late It Was, How LateSecker & WarburgProfessor John Bayley (chair) Rabbi Julia Neuberger Dr Alastair Niven Alan TaylorAlan Taylor is an associate editor of the Sunday Herald. He was formerly a board member of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. He edited a diarist collection with his wife Irene that was published in 2011 entitled The Assassin's Cloak. James WoodShortlistRomesh GunesekeraReefGranta BooksAbdulrazak GurnahParadiseHamish HamiltonAlan HollinghurstThe Folding StarChatto & WindusGeorge Mackay BrownBeside the Ocean of TimeJohn MurrayJill Paton WalshKnowledge of AngelsGreen Bay1995WinnerPat BarkerThe Ghost RoadVikingGeorge Walden MP (chair) Kate Kellaway Peter Kemp Adam Mars-Jones Ruth RendellShortlistJustin CartwrightIn Every Face I MeetSceptreSalman RushdieThe Moor's Last SighJonathan CapeBarry UnsworthMorality PlayHamish HamiltonTim WintonThe RidersPicador1996WinnerGraham SwiftLast OrdersPicadorCarmen Callil (chair) Jonathan Coe Ian Jack A. L. Kennedy A. N. WilsonShortlistMargaret AtwoodAlias GraceBloomsburyBeryl BainbridgeEvery Man for HimselfDuckworthSeamus DeaneReading in the DarkJonathan CapeShena MackayThe Orchard on FireHeinemannRohinton MistryA Fine BalanceFaber & Faber1997WinnerArundhati RoyThe God of Small ThingsFlamingoProfessor Gillian Beer (chair) Rachel Billington Jason Cowley Jan Dalley Professor Dan JacobsonShortlistJim CraceQuarantineVikingMick JacksonThe Underground ManPicadorBernard MacLavertyGrace NotesJonathan CapeTim ParksEuropaSecker & WarburgMadeleine St JohnThe Essence of the Thing4th Estate1998WinnerIan McEwanAmsterdamJonathan CapeDouglas Hurd (chair) Professor Valentine Cunningham Penelope Fitzgerald Miriam Gross Nigella LawsonShortlistBeryl BainbridgeMaster GeorgieDuckworthJulian BarnesEngland, EnglandJonathan CapeMartin BoothThe Industry of SoulsDewi LewisPatrick McCabeBreakfast on PlutoPicadorMagnus MillsThe Restraint of BeastsFlamingo1999WinnerJ. M. CoetzeeDisgraceSecker & WarburgGerald Kaufman (chair) Shena Mackay John Sutherland Boyd Tonkin