The Man Booker Prize

The Man Booker Prize, previously known as the Booker Prize, is awarded annually with a prize of £50,000.

Man Booker Prize

Considered by many to be the world's most important literary award, The Man Booker Prize rewards the very best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.

Recent Winners

	Winner of the Man Booker 2018 Milkman by Anna Burns In this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister becomes the last thing she ever wanted to be. Milkman is a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness. It is the story of inaction with enormous consequences.
	Winner of the Man Booker 2017 Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders This story focuses on a single night in the life of Abraham Lincoln: an actual moment in 1862 when the body of his 11-year-old son was laid to rest in a Washington cemetery. From this seed of historical truth, realism collides with the supernatural domain in a both hilarious and terrifying way.
	Winner of Man Booker 2016 The Sellout by Paul Beatty A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court. "Outrageous, hilarious and profound" Simon Schama, Financial Times.
	Winner of the Man Booker 2015 A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James This epic novel is a study of violence and politics and the musical legacy of Kingston of the 1970's. Inspired by the assassination attempt on Bob Marley this complex fictional history is told by 75 characters and voices.
	Winner of the Man Booker 2014 The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan A love story unfolds over half a century between a doctor and his uncle's wife. At the heart of the story is the construction of the now infamous Thailand-Burma railway in World War II.
	Winner of the Man Booker 2013 The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton An historical novel set in Hokitika during the 1860s. The Luminaries is a murder mystery on a grand scale.
	Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel The sequel to her 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller Wolf Hall, this novel delves into the heart of Tudor history. Follow the dramatic trial of the Queen, Ann Boleyn, and her suitors for adultery and treason.
	Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2011 The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes by Julian Barnes Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school and they all swore to stay friends for life. Now Tony is retired. He's had a good life - but memory is imperfect, as a lawyer's letter is about to prove.
	Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2010 The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson Funny, furious, unflinching, this extraordinary novel is a scorching story of friendship and loss, exclusion and belonging, and the wisdom that comes with age.
	Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir and wants a divorce the Pope refuses to grant. Enter Oliver Cromwell: briber, charmer and bully, with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and events.

The Man Booker International Prize

The Man Booker International Prize was established in 2005, biannually rewarding an author for a body of work originally written in any language so long as it is widely available in English.

From 2016, the prize became a translation prize, awarded annually for a single work of fiction, translated into English and published in the UK. Underlining the importance of translation, the £50,000 prize is divided equally between author and translator.