I have a special fondness for the Booker because I think it saved contemporary literature for me. Before discovering the prize and the books it has acknowledged, my forays into contemporary lit had been very disappointing and I was beginning to think I should just stick to the classics. I have not always been wowed by their picks but it has certainly been more rewarding than otherwise. Booker Prize nominees and winners I have read and reviewed here are listed below.
Year | Placing | Title | Author |
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1977 | Winner | Staying On | Paul Scott |
1978 | Winner | The Sea, the Sea | Iris Murdoch |
1981 | Winner | Midnight’s Children | Salman Rushdie |
1986 | Shortlisted | The Handmaid’s Tale | Margaret Atwood |
1990 | Winner | Possession | AS Byatt |
1991 | Shortlisted | Such A Long Journey | Rohinton Mistry |
1996 | Shortlisted | A Fine Balance | Rohinton Mistry |
1997 | Winner | The God of Small Things | Arundhati Roy |
1998 | Winner | Amsterdam | Ian McEwan |
2002 | Shortlisted | Family Matters | Rohinton Mistry |
2006 | Winner | The Inheritance of Loss | Kiran Desai |
2007 | Shortlisted | Mister Pip | Lloyd Jones |
2007 | Shortlisted | The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Mohsin Hamid |
2008 | Longlisted | A Case of Exploding Mangoes | Mohammed Hanif |
2008 | Shortlisted | Sea of Poppies | Amitav Ghosh |
2008 | Winner | The White Tiger | Aravind Adiga |
2011 | Shortlisted | Half Blood Blues | Esi Edugyan |
2011 | Shortlisted | Pigeon English | Stephen Kelman |
2011 | Shortlisted | The Sisters Brothers | Patrick deWitt |
2011 | Winner | The Sense of an Ending | Julian Barnes |
2012 | Shortlisted | Narcopolis | Jeet Thayil |