Man Booker Prize Eligible 2012
Since it proved popular last year, I'm starting another list for novels eligible for this year's Man Booker Prize.

Please do not add a book unless you are fairly sure it is eligible according to the official rules (see: http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/about/rules-and-entry) Basically that means any full-length novel by a citizen of the Commonwealth, the Republic of Ireland or Zimbabwe, written in English and published in the UK between 1 October 2011 and 30 September 2012.


1 The Light Between Oceans
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 38,404 ratings
2 Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 14,026 ratings
3 The Unlikely Pilgrimage of ...
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 20,647 ratings
4 The Chemistry of Tears
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3.02 of 5 stars 3.02 avg rating — 1,478 ratings
5 Death Comes To Pemberley
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3.11 of 5 stars 3.11 avg rating — 33,044 ratings
6 The Casual Vacancy
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3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 72,885 ratings
7 NW
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3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 5,699 ratings
8 The Panopticon
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 222 ratings
9 Narcopolis
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3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 1,515 ratings
10 Sweet Tooth
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3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 12,871 ratings
11 Capital
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3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 2,524 ratings
12 How It All Began
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3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 2,296 ratings
13 Absolution
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 383 ratings
14 The Red House
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2.87 of 5 stars 2.87 avg rating — 4,991 ratings
15 The Lighthouse
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3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 1,332 ratings
16 The Garden of Evening Mists
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 1,933 ratings
17 Snake Ropes
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3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 145 ratings
18 Lionel Asbo: State of England
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3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 1,240 ratings
19 Rhumba
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3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings
20 Hawthorn & Child
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 192 ratings
21 Angelmaker
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4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 2,420 ratings
21 The Land of Decoration
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3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 1,222 ratings
23 Life! Death! Prizes!
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 103 ratings
24 The Bellwether Revivals
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 722 ratings
25 Ancient Light
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3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 747 ratings
26 Waiting for Sunrise
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3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 1,936 ratings
27 Swimming Home
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3.24 of 5 stars 3.24 avg rating — 2,352 ratings
28 The Teleportation Accident
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3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 816 ratings
29 Skios
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3.11 of 5 stars 3.11 avg rating — 1,054 ratings
30 The Marlowe Papers. by Ros ...
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 105 ratings
31 Care of Wooden Floors
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3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 604 ratings
32 Painter of Silence
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3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 481 ratings
33 Merivel: A Man of His Time
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 211 ratings
34 The Girl Who Fell From The Sky
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3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 1,357 ratings
35 The Yips
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3.18 of 5 stars 3.18 avg rating — 187 ratings
35 This is Life
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 217 ratings
37 John Saturnall's Feast
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3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 511 ratings
38 Coward's Tale
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 132 ratings
38 The Book of Answers
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings
40 Umbrella
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3.19 of 5 stars 3.19 avg rating — 395 ratings
40 The Uninvited Guests
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3.04 of 5 stars 3.04 avg rating — 3,304 ratings
42 The Secret Keeper
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 19,278 ratings
43 The Spider King's Daughter
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3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 77 ratings
44 Philida
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3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 308 ratings
45 Scenes from an Early Life
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3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 45 ratings
46 Hinterland: A Novel
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 105 ratings
46 The Heart Broke In
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3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 405 ratings
48 Sarah Thornhill
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 614 ratings
48 The Man Who Rained
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3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 217 ratings
48 Signs of Life
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3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 88 ratings
48 The Uninvited
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3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 490 ratings
52 Alys, Always
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3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 884 ratings
52 Ignorance
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3.14 of 5 stars 3.14 avg rating — 123 ratings
52 Bared to You (Crossfire, #1)
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 127,221 ratings
55 How the Trouble Started
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3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings
56 Various Pets Alive and Dead
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3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 470 ratings
56 The Watch
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3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 524 ratings
58 Konstantin
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3.13 of 5 stars 3.13 avg rating — 31 ratings
58 My Policeman
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 154 ratings
60 The Missing Shade of Blue
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 37 ratings
61 The Roundabout Man
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 77 ratings
62 A Lady Cyclist's Guide to K...
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3.26 of 5 stars 3.26 avg rating — 1,381 ratings
63 The Forrests
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3.23 of 5 stars 3.23 avg rating — 351 ratings
64 Flight
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3.06 of 5 stars 3.06 avg rating — 17 ratings
65 Communion Town
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3.13 of 5 stars 3.13 avg rating — 150 ratings
66 That Deadman Dance: A Novel
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3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 222 ratings
66 Kimberly's Capital Punishment
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3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
68 Pig Iron
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 36 ratings
69 The Casablanca Case
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
70 Pure
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3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 22 ratings
71 Harmattan
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4.55 of 5 stars 4.55 avg rating — 22 ratings
72 The Silver Dark Sea
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 53 ratings
73 The Big Music
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
74 The House of Rumour
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 102 ratings
75 The Liars' Gospel
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 127 ratings
76 This is Paradise
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3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
77 The Prisoner of Paradise
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3.28 of 5 stars 3.28 avg rating — 25 ratings
78 The Thoughts & Happenings o...
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3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 179 ratings
79 The Greatcoat
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3.01 of 5 stars 3.01 avg rating — 820 ratings
80 Silver: Return to Treasure ...
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3.31 of 5 stars 3.31 avg rating — 268 ratings
81 The Fever Tree
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 531 ratings
82 The Game Is Altered
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3.2 of 5 stars 3.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
82 Beautiful Lies
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3.05 of 5 stars 3.05 avg rating — 219 ratings
82 The Colour of Milk
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 384 ratings
82 The English Monster
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 254 ratings
82 The Testimony
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 87 ratings
87 Landfall
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2.74 of 5 stars 2.74 avg rating — 43 ratings
87 Reflected in You (Crossfire...
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4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 82,903 ratings
89 Incidents in the Life of Ma...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 80 ratings
90 In the Orchard, the Swallows
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 195 ratings
90 Autumn Laing
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3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 189 ratings
92 The Light of Amsterdam
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3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 121 ratings
92 The Quiddity of Will Self
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 40 ratings
94 A Perfectly Good Man
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 548 ratings
95 Aftertaste: A Novel in Five...
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 482 ratings
96 Zoo Time
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2.91 of 5 stars 2.91 avg rating — 165 ratings
96 Bereft
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 549 ratings
98 Another Country
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2.55 of 5 stars 2.55 avg rating — 29 ratings
99 Mo Said She Was Quirky
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3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 52 ratings
100 Jack Glass
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 166 ratings
152 books · 217 voters · list created February 5th, 2012 by Phillip Edwards (votes) .
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Comments (showing 1-9 of 9) (9 new)

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message 1: by Bettie (new)

Bettie Thank you Phillip


message 2: by Paul (new)

Paul Pettet Great list


message 3: by Alan (new)

Alan Isn't Charlotte Rogan American? I'm not sure The Lifeboat is eligible. Although I did read and enjoy it!


message 4: by Phillip (new)

Phillip Edwards I think you're right Alan. A strict librarian will probably come along and remove it.


message 5: by Bettie (new)

Bettie The shortlist

Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil (Faber & Faber)

Swimming Home by Deborah Levy (And Other Stories)

Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (Fourth Estate)

The Lighthouse by Alison Moore (Salt)

Umbrella by Will Self (Bloomsbury)

The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (Myrmidon Books)


message 6: by James (new)

James Pretty sure that Rebecca and 1984 (the only two I've read on the list, which is why I noticed them) aren't eligible for this year's Booker. Am I okay to remove them?


message 7: by Phillip (new)

Phillip Edwards Yes please James. Also Labyrinth, Beloved, Sanctus, The Book of Human Skin, The Sky's Dark Labyrinth, The Canterbury Tales, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Clockwork Universe! I think Mike must have voted on the wrong list!


message 8: by James (new)

James All gone, along with 1984, Rebecca and the previously requested The Lifeboat.


message 9: by Phillip (new)

Phillip Edwards Thanks, James!


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