The Booker nominations and winners 1969-2012 (261 titles)
I've read or listened to these 118
AUTHOR
TITLE
NOM YEAR
YEAR READ
EVALUATION
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Heat and Dust
won 1970
2011
Interesting story but with a weak ending.
Shirley Hazzard
The Bay of Noon
nom 1970
2010
A woman falls in love with a city. Beautiful.
Elizabeth Taylor
Mrs Palfry at the Claremont
nom 1971
2013
Compelling look at old age
David Storey
Pasmore
nom 1972
2007
an intense look at one man's dissolution. creepy!
Beryl Bainbridge
The Dressmaker
nom 1973
2005
interesting characters, but this book not as good as her later efforts.
Beryl Bainbridge
The Bottle Factory Outing
nom 1974
2005
wonderfully written, funny and moving
Brian Moore
The Doctor's Wife
nom 1976
2005
sad, but well written and enjoyable
Penelope Fitzgerald
The Bookshop
nom 1978
2007
short, sad and sweet
Jane Gardam
God on the Rocks
nom 1978
2012
An interesting, complicated little jewell
Penelope Fitzgerald
Offshore
won 1979
2007
funny and interesting
V.S. Naipul
A Bend in the River
nom 1979
2008
interesting but off-putting
J.L. Carr
A Month in the Country
nom 1980
2011
a perfect gem of a book
Alice Munro
The Beggar Maid
nom 1980
2012
masterful
Ian McEwan
The Comfort of Strangers
nom 1981
2005
creepy. disturbing. awful.
Muriel Spark
Loitering With Intent
nom 1981
2005
barely interesting. too light.
Thomas Keneally
Schindler's Ark
won 1982
2005
rivetting. A must read.
Peter Carey
Illywhacker
nom 1982
2008
Just silly. not worth it
Graham Swift
Waterland
nom 1983
1990
pretty good
Anita Brookner
Hotel du Lac
won 1984
2003
enjoyed it
Penelope Lively
According to Mark
nom 1984
2005
great characters!
J. G. Ballard
Empire of the Sun
nom 1984
2005
almost a young adult book
Kinglsey Amis
The Old Devils
won 1986
2013
not bac, not good
Penelope Lively
Moon Tiger
won 1987
2004
Absolutely fascinating. Very well written
Bruce Chatwin
Utz
nom 1988
2012
Brief and Enjoyable
A. S. Byatt
Possession
won 1990
1991
loved it
Beryl Bainbridge
An Awfully Big Adventure
nom 1990
2003
liked it alot
Mordecai Richler
Solomon Gursky was Here
nom 1990
2011
A real mess
Ben Okri/
The Famished Road
won 1991
2012
Tough but worth it
Martin Amis
Time's Arrow
nom 1991
1992
disappointing. His worst, in my opinion
Roddy Doyle
The Van
nom 1991
2009
A joy to read
Barrt Unsworth
Sacred Hunger
co-won 1992
2009
Liked it alot
Michael Ondaatje
The English Patient
co-won 1992
2010
a slog
Roddy Doyle
Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha
won 1993
2009
Disappointing
James Kelman
How Late it Was, How Late
won 1994
2005
A wild post-modern ride
Pat Barker
The Ghost Road
won 1995
2005
Intense and gut-wrenching
Barry Unsworth
Morality Play
nom 1995
2005
A delightful read
Graham Swift
Last Orders
won 1996
2004
Very Moving
Beryl Bainbridge
Every Man For Himself
nom 1996
2005
Very Entertaining
Arundhati Roy
The God of Small Things
won 1997
2006
Brilliant work of art
Tim Parks
Europa
nom 1997
2010
Readable but not edifying
Bernard MacLaverty
Grace Notes
nom 1997
2010
very well written and interesting
Ian McEwan
Amsterdam
won 1998
2003
liked it alot
Patrick McCabe
Breakfast on Pluto
nom 1998
2005
Painful and Disgusting
Magnus Mills
The Restraint of Beasts
nom 1998
2008
Slightly Kafkaesque
J.M Coetzee
Disgrace
won 1999
2005
Well written but depressing
Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin
won 2000
2004
well written but not to my taste
Michael Collins
The Keepers of Truth
nom 2000
2003
liked it very much
Kazuo Ishiguro
When We Were Orphans
nom 2000
2005
a disappointment
Peter Carey
True History of the Kelly Gang
won 2001
2004
Interesting but not great
Ian McEwan
Atonement
nom 2001
2003
very much enjoyed it
David Mitchell
number9dream
nom 2001
2004
liked it alot
Rachel Seiffert
The Dark Room
nom 2001
2011
stark and compelling
Andrew Miller
Oxygen
nom 2001
2012
moderately moving
Yann Martel
Life of Pi
won 2002
2004
Absolutely loved it!
Rohinton Mistry
Family Matters
nom 2002
2004
A Dickens like fun read
William Trevor
The Story of Lucy Gault
nom 2002
2005
enjoyable. Recalls Thomass Hardy
Carol Shields
Unless
nom 2002
2005
well written and very moving
Sarah Waters
Fingersmith
nom 2002
2010
a thrilling page turner
Tim Winton
Dirt Music
nom 2002
2010
interesting but somber
DBC Pierre
Vernon God Little
won 2003
2004
It was somewhat good
Zoe Heller
Notes on a Scandal
nom 2003
2004
Well written but repulsive
Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake
nom 2003
2004
very well written but severely depressing
Monica Ali
Brick Lane
nom 2003
2004
mildly enjoyed it
Damon Galgut
The Good Doctor
nom 2003
2004
It was fairly good
Clare Morrall
Astonishing Splashes of Colour
nom 2003
2005
I enjoyed it
Alan Hollinghurst
The Line of Beauty
won 2004
2005
Interesting but not great. Very gross
David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas
nom 2004
2004
It was outstanding!
Colm Toibin
The Master
nom 2004
2004
A real snoozer
Achmat Dangor
Bitter Fruit
nom 2004
2005
A very good read
Gerard Woodward
I'll Go To Bed at Noon
nom 2004
2005
not bad
Sarah Hall
The Electric Michaelangelo
nom 2004
2005
interesting writing style
John Banville
The Sea
won 2005
2005
well written and short
Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Let Me Go
nom 2005
2005
subtly fascinating
Zadie Smith
On Beauty
nom 2005
2005
absolutely delightful
Sebastian Barry
A Long Long Way
nom 2005
2005
very moving
Julian Barnes
Arthur & George
nom 2005
2006
fascinating
Ali Smith
The Accidental
nom 2005
2006
a near miss
Kiran Desai
The Inheritance of Loss
won 2006
2006
unsatisfying
Sarah Waters
The Night Watch
nom 2006
2006
interesting
Edward St Aubyn
Mother's Milk
nom 2006
2006
very entertaining
M.J. Hyland
Carry Me Down
nom 2006
2006
enjoyed it thorougly
Kate Grenville
The Secret River
nom 2006
2006
extremely educational
Hisham Matar
In the Country of Men
nom 2006
2007
emotionally involving
Anne Enright
The Gathering
won 2007
2007
well written but not enlightening
Ian McEwan
On Chesil Beach
nom 2007
2007
nasty and short
Lloyd Jones
Mister Pip
nom 2007
2007
remarkable achievement
Moshim Hamid
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
nom 2007
2007
not especially good
Nicola Barker
Darkmans
nom 2007
2008
a wonderful wild ride
Indra Sinha
Animal's People
nom 2007
2008
moving
Aravind Adiga
The White Tiger
won 2008
2008
a strong social indictment
Steve Toltz
A Fraction of the Whole
nom 2008
2008
not good
Sebastian Barry
The Secret Scripture
nom 2008
2008
well written and moving
Amitav Ghosh
Sea of Poppies
nom 2008
2009
Wonderful
Linda Grant
The Clothes on Their Backs
nom 2008
2009
Enjoyable
Philip Hensher
The Northern Clemency
nom 2008
2009
Nothing special
Hilary Mantel
Wolf Hall
won 2009
2009
very educational
Sarah Waters
The Little Stranger
nom 2009
2009
Creepy ghost story
J. M. Coetzee
Summertime
nom 2009
2010
Pretty good
A. S. Byatt
The Children's Book
nom 2009
2010
Wise and Wonderful
Simon Mawer
The Glass Room
nom 2009
2010
Almost excellent
Adam Foulds
The Quickening Maze
nom 2009
2010
Very sad
Howard Jacobson
The Finkler Question
won 2010
2010
Enjoyable
Andrea Levy
The Long Song
nom 2010
2010
Entertaining
Peter Carey
Parrot and Olivier in America
nom 2010
2010
Mildly Amusing
Tom McCarthy
C
nom 2010
2010
Pynchonesque, but not enough so
Emma Donoghue
Room
nom 2010
2010
Intense first half
Damon Galgut
In a Strange Room
nom 2010
2010
Powerful and absorbing
Julian Barnes
The Sense of an Ending
won 2011
2011
Literary and well written
Carol Birch
Jamrach's Menagerie
nom 2011
2011
A very good read
A.D. Miller
Snowdrops
nom 2011
2011
Quick and OK
Stephen Kelman
Pidgeon English
nom 2011
2011
Good book with a bad ending
Patrick DeWitt
The Sisters Brothers
nom 2011
2011
Thoroughly satisfying
Esi Edugyan
Half-Blood Blues
nom 2011
2012
Disappointing
Tan Twan Eng
The Garden of Evening Mists
nom 2012
2012
meditative history lesson
Hilary Mantel
Bring up the Bodies
won 2012
2012
Fascinating continuation to Henry VIII story
Deborah Levy
Swimming Home
nom 2012
2013
a quick read, not too bad
Alison Moore
The Lighthouse
nom 2012
2013
abstraactly interesting
Jeet Thayil
Narcopolis
nom 2012
2012
unreadable
Will Self
Umbrella
nom 2012
2013
unreadable
Personal Preference Ranking of the Booker Winners I've Read:
1 Yann Martel Life of Pi 2002
2 Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things 1997
3 A. S. Byatt Possession 1990
4 Penelope Lively Moon Tiger 1987
5 Thomas Keneally Schindler's Ark 1982
6 Hilary Mantel Bring up the Bodies 2012
7 Ian McEwan Amsterdam 1998
8 Pat Barker The Ghost Road 1995
9 Barry Unsworth Sacred Hunger 1992
10 Graham Swift Last Orders 1996
11 Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall 2009
12 Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending 2011
13 Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss 2006
14 Aravind Adiga The White Tiger 2008
15 James Kelman How Late It Was, How Late 1994
17 Howard Jacobson The Finkler Question 2010
18 Roddy Doyle Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha 1993
19 Anne Enright The Gathering 2007
10 Penelope Fitzgerald Offshore 1979
11 Margaret Atwood The Blind Assassin 2000
22 Anita Brookner Hotel du Lac 1984
23 Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Heat and Dust 1975
24 John Banville The Sea 2005
25 Michael Ondaatje The English Patient 1992
26 Kingsley Amis The Old Devils. 1986
27 Ben Okri, The Famished Road 1991
28 DBC Pierre Vernon God Little 2003
29 J.M Coetzee Disgrace 1999
30 Peter Carey True History of the Kelly Gang 2001
31 Alan Hollinghurst The Line of Beauty 2004
I have a copy of these 98
Iris Murdoch, The Nice and the Good. nominated in 1969
Muriel Spark, The Public Image. nominated in 1969
J. G. Farrell, Troubles. won in 1970.
Iris Murdoch, Bruno's Dream. Nominated in 1970
Mary Renault, Fire From Heaven. nominated in 1970
Nina Bawden, The Birds on the Trees. nominated in 1970
Muriel Spark, The Driver's Seat. nominated in 1970
Patrick White, The Vivisector. nominated in 1970
Doris Lessing, Briefing for a Descent into Hell. nominated in 1971
Mordecai Richler, St. Urbain's Horseman. nominated in 1971
V. S. Naipaul,In a Free State. won in 1971
Derek Robinson, Goshawk Squadron. nominated in 1971
Susan Hill, Bird of Night. nominated in 1972
Thomas Keneally, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith. nominated in 1972
John Berger, G. won in 1972
J. G. Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur. won in 1973
Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince. nominated in 1973
C.P. Snow, In Their Wisdom, nominated in 1974
Nadine Gordimer, The Conservationist co-won in 1974
Thomas Keneally, Gossip from the Forest. nominated in 1975
William Trevor, The Children of Dynmouth. nominated in 1976
David Storey, Saville. won in 1976
Paul Scott, Staying On. won in 1977
Barbara Pym, Quartet in Autumn. nominated in 1977
Penelope Lively, The Road to Lichfield. nominated in 1977
Kingsley Amis, Jake's Thing. nominated in 1978
Andre Brink, Rumours of Rain. nominated in 1978
Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea. won in 1978
Thomas Keneally, Confederates. nominated in 1979
Fay Weldon, Praxis. nominated in 1979
Anita Desai, Clear Light of Day. nominated in 1980
Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers. nominated in 1980
William Golding, Rites of Passage. won in 1980
Julia O' Faolain, No Country for Young Men.nominated in 1980
Doris Lessing, The Sirian Experiments. nominated in 1981
Molly Keane, Good Behaviour. nominated in 1981
Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children. won in 1981
Anne Schlee, Rhine Journey. nominated in 1981
D. M. Thomas, The White Hotel. nominated in 1981
Lawrence Durrell, Constance or Solitary Practices. nominated in 1982
Timothy Mo, Sour Sweet. nominated in 1982
J. M. Coetzee, Life and Times of Michael K. won in 1983
Malcolm Bradbury, Rates of Exchange. nominated in 1983
Anita Mason, The Illusionist. nominated in 1983
Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot. nominated in 1984
David Lodge, Small World. nominated in 1984
Keri Hulme, The Bone People won in 1985
Doris Lessing, The Good Terrorist. nominated in 1985
Iris Murdoch, The Good Apprentice. nominated in 1985
Robertson Davies, What's Bred in the Bone. nominated in 1986
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale. nominated in 1986
Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of the Floating World. nominated in 1986
Timothy Mo, An Insular Possession. nominated in 1986
Brian Moore, The Colour of Blood. nominated in 1987
Chinua Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah. nominated in 1987
Peter Ackroyd, Chatterton. nominated in 1987
Iris Murdoch, The Book and the Brotherhood. nominated in 1987
Nina Bawden, Circles of Deceit. nominated in 1987
Peter Carey, Oscar and Lucinda. won in 1988
David Lodge, Nice Work. nominated in 1988
Penelope Fitzgerald. The Beginning of Spring. nominated in 1988
Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses. nominated in 1988
Rose Tremain, Restoration. nominated in 1989
Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day. won in 1989
John Banville, The Book of Evidence. nominated in 1989
Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye. nominated in 1989
Brian Moore, Lies of Silence. nominated in 1990
Penelope Fitzgerald, The Gate of Angels. nominated in 1990
Timothy Mo, The Redundancy of Courage. nominated in 1991
William Trevor, Reading Turgenev (from Two Lives). nominated in 1991
Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey. nominated in 1991
Michele Roberts, Daughters of the House. nominated in 1992
David Malouf, Remembering Babylon. nominated in 1993
Tibor Fischer, Under the Frog. nominated in 1993
Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries. nominated in 1993
Michael Ignatieff, Scar Tissue. nominated in 1993
Caryl Phillips, Crossing the River. nominated in 1993
Alan Hollinghurst, The Folding Star. nominated in 1994
Jill Paton Walsh, Knowledge of Angels. nominated in 1994
Tim Winton, The Riders. nominated in 1995
Salman Rushdie, The Moor's Last Sigh. nominated in 1995
Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance. nominated in 1996
Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace. nominated in 1996
Shena Mackay, The Orchard on Fire. nominated in 1996
Seamus Deane. Reading in the Dark. nominated in 1996
Jim Crace, Quarantine. nominated in 1997
Mick Jackson, The Underground Man. nominated in 1997
Madeleine StJohn, The Essence of the Thing. nominated in 1997
Beryl Bainbridge, Master Georgie. nominated in 1998
Julian Barnes, England, England nominated in 1998
Martin Booth, The Industry of Souls. nominated in 1998
Ahdaf Soueif, The Map of Love. nominated in 1999
Michael Frayn, Headlong. nominated in 1999
Colm Toibin, The Blackwater Lightship. nominated in 1999
Anita Desai, Fasting, Feasting. nominated in 1999
Trezza Azzopardi, The Hiding Place. nominated in 2000
Matthew Kneale, English Passengers. nominated in 2000
Ali Smith, Hotel World. nominated in 2001
On the lookout for these 45
Kingsley Amis Ending Up 1974
John Arden Silence Among the Weapons 1982
Paul Bailey Gabriel's Lament 1986
Paul Bailey Peter Smart's Confessions 1977
A. L. Barker John Brown's Body 1970
Sybille Bedford Jigsaw - an Unsentimental Education 1989
Caroline Blackwood Great Granny Webster 1977
Elizabeth Bowen Eva Trout 1970
William Boyd An Ice-Cream War 1982
Andre Brink An Instant in the Wind 1976
George MacKay Brown Beside the Ocean of Time 1994
J. L. Carr The Battle of Pollocks Crossing 1985
Justin Cartwright In Every face I Meet 1995
Anita Desai In Custody 1984
Alice Thomas Ellis The 27th Kingdom 1982
Barry England Figures in a Landscape 1969
John Fuller Flying to Nowhere 1983
Romesh Gunesekera Reef 1994
Abdulrazak Gurnah Paradise 1994
Christopher Hope Serenity House 1992
R. C. Hutchinson Rising 1976
Jennifer Johnston Shadows on Our Skin 1977
James Kelman A Disaffection 1989
Thomas Kilroy The Big Chapel 1971
Elizabeth Mavor The Green Equinox 1973
Patrick McCabe The Butcher Boy 1992
Ian McEwan Black Dogs 1992
John McGahern Amongst Women 1990
Stanley Middleton Holiday 1974 cw
Jan Morris Last Letters from Hav 1985
Nicholas Mosley Impossible Object 1969
P. H. Newby Something to Answer For 1969 w
Brian O'Doherty The Deposition of Father McGreevy 2000
Andrew O'Hagan Our Fathers 1999
Julian Rathbone Joseph 1979
Julian Rathbone King Fisher Lives 1976
Bernice Rubens A Five Year Sentence 1978
Bernice Rubens The Elected Member 1970 w
Salman Rushdie Shame 1983
William Trevor Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel 1970
Barry Unsworth Pascali's Island 1980
Marina Warner The Lost Father 1988
T. W. Wheeler The Conjunction 1970
G. M. Williams From Scenes Like These 1969
