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Man Booker Prize

Started in 1969, the Man Booker Prize is awarded to the best novel written in English by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. Judges are selected from the country's finest critics, writers, and academics to maintain the consistent excellence of the prize. In 1993, Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children won the prestigious Best of the Booker.

Awards for 2012

1. Man Booker Prize

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      Bring Up the Bodies (A John MacRae Book)

      Hilary MantelHilary Mantel 9780805090031
   Staff Pick: Would the sequel live up to expectations? Actually, yes. Hilary Mantel's talent for rich detail and sensuous atmosphere is still apparent, and Bring Up the Bodies is, in some ways, a much more gripping, riveting, and textured read than Wolf Hall. For one thing, the plotting is tighter. We know what's going to happen, but watching Cromwell plotting, planning, and out-maneuvering his rivals and enemies still makes for extremely fascinating reading.
   Recommended by Sheila N., Powell's City of Books

Past Winners

1. 2011

   
   The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes

   

   Used Hardcover $10.95
   

2. 2010

   
   The Finkler Question Howard Jacobson

   

   Used Trade Paper $2.95
   

3. 2009

   
   Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel

   

   Used Hardcover $11.50
   

4. 2008

   
   The White Tiger Aravind Adiga

   

   Used Trade Paper $3.50
   

5. 2007

   
   The Gathering Anne Enright

   

   Used Trade Paper $2.50
   

6. 2005

   
   The Sea: A Novel John Banville

   

   Used Hardcover $3.95
   

7. 2004

   
   The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst

   

   Used Hardcover $6.95
   

8. 2003

   
   Vernon God Little DBC Pierre Used Hardcover $2.95
   

9. 2002

   
   Life of Pi Yann Martel

   

   Used Hardcover $9.95
   

10. 2001

    
    True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey

    

    Used Hardcover $7.95
    

11. 2000

    
    The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood

    

    Used Hardcover $4.95
    

12. 1999

    
    Disgrace J M Coetzee Used Hardcover $8.95
    

13. 1998

    
    Amsterdam Ian McEwan

    

    Used Trade Paper $5.50
    

14. 1997

    
    The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy

    

    Used Trade Paper $5.50
    

15. 1996

    
    Last Orders Graham Swift

    

    Used Trade Paper $3.95
    

16. 1995

    
    The Ghost Road Pat Barker

    

    Sale Trade Paper $4.98
    

17. 1994

    
    How Late It Was, How Late James Kelman Used Trade Paper $7.50
    

18. 1993

    
    Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Roddy Doyle

    

    Used Trade Paper $3.50
    

19. 1992

    
    The English Patient Michael Ondaatje

    

    Used Trade Paper $4.50
    

20. 1992

    
    Sacred Hunger (Norton Paperback Fiction) Barry Unsworth

    

    Used Trade Paper $4.50
    

21. 1991

    
    The Famished Road Ben Okri

    

    Used Trade Paper $7.95
    

22. 1990

    
    Possession: A Romance A S Byatt Used Hardcover $7.95
    

23. 1989

    
    The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro

    

    Used Trade Paper $3.50
    

24. 1987

    
    Moon Tiger Penelope Lively Used Trade Paper $4.95
    

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