Listopia


Booker Prize Winners
The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The prize aims to reward the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the UK, the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.

--vote for your favorite reads from amongst the winners--
Tags: booker-prize, fiction, and prize-winners

1
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel 89 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
2
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy 76 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
3
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood 55 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
4
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro 51 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
5
The English Patient
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje 47 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
6
Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie 40 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
7
Possession: A Romance
Possession: A Romance
by A.S. Byatt 35 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
8
Disgrace
Disgrace
by J.M. Coetzee 31 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
9
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
by Ian McEwan 23 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
10
Schindler's List
Schindler's List
by Thomas Keneally 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
11
The White Tiger
The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga 18 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
12
The Inheritance of Loss
The Inheritance of Loss
by Kiran Desai 17 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
13
The Gathering
The Gathering
by Anne Enright 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
14
The Bone People
The Bone People
by Keri Hulme 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
15
The Sea
The Sea
by John Banville 15 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
16
The Line of Beauty
The Line of Beauty
by Alan Hollinghurst 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
17
The Sea, The Sea
The Sea, The Sea
by Iris Murdoch 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
18
The Ghost Road
The Ghost Road
by Pat Barker 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
19
True History of the Kelly Gang: A Novel
True History of the Kelly Gang: A Novel
by Peter Carey 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
20
Vernon God Little
Vernon God Little
by D.B.C. Pierre 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
21
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
by Roddy Doyle 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
22
Hotel Du Lac
Hotel Du Lac
by Anita Brookner 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
23
Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar and Lucinda
by Peter Carey 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
24
The Siege of Krishnapur
The Siege of Krishnapur
by J.G. Farrell 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
25
Moon Tiger
Moon Tiger
by Penelope Lively 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
26
Life and Times of Michael K
Life and Times of Michael K
by J.M. Coetzee 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
27
The Famished Road
The Famished Road
by Ben Okri 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
28
The Conservationist
The Conservationist
by Nadine Gordimer 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
29
How Late It Was, How Late: A Novel
How Late It Was, How Late: A Novel
by James Kelman 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
30
G.: A Novel
G.: A Novel
by John Berger 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
31
Staying On
Staying On
by Paul Scott 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
32
Heat and Dust
Heat and Dust
by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
33
Sacred Hunger
Sacred Hunger
by Barry Unsworth 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
34
Offshore
Offshore
by Penelope Fitzgerald 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
35
The Old Devils
The Old Devils
by Kingsley Amis 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
36
Last Orders
Last Orders
by Graham Swift 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
37
In a Free State: A Novel
In a Free State: A Novel
by V.S. Naipaul 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
38
Rites of Passage
Rites of Passage
by William Golding 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
39
Saville
Saville
by David Storey 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
39
Something to Answer for
Something to Answer for
by P.H. Newby 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
41
Holiday
Holiday
by Stanley Middleton 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
42
The Elected Member
The Elected Member
by Bernice Rubens 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
List started by: Jessica (votes)
Lists are re-scored approximately every 500 seconds



Esha
Esha
61 books
6 friends
Darcy
Darcy
364 books
25 friends
Coco
Coco
34 books
4 friends
Laurie
Laurie
153 books
2 friends
Ricardo
Ricardo
21 books
7 friends
Peter
Peter
272 books
7 friends
Cn
Cn
407 books
0 friends
Malcolm
Malcolm
8 books
0 friends

More voters…


comments (showing 1-3 of 3) (3 new)

dateDown_arrow    newest »

message 1: by Asksmommy (new)

Nophoto-u-25x33 Beautiful and sad!


message 2: by Phillip (last edited Jun 10, 2009 06:10PM) (new)

949843 The Handmaid's Tale should have won the Booker Prize but, regrettably, it lost out to The Old Devils so it shouldn't be on this list.


message 3: by Killthepopular (new)

2252836 The siege of Krishnapur is the only one I've read but it was great.


back to top



flag as offensive (?)

Please sign in to vote on this list.





Must be signed in to see friends votes.