How Many Booker Prize Books Have You Read?

[Laura]

I've read 8 so far-
Margaret Atwood- The Blind Assassin
Julian Barnes- The Sense of an Ending
Kiran Desai- The Inheritance of Loss
Alan Hollinghurst- The Line of Beauty
Kazuo Ishiguro- The Remains of the Day
Yann Martel- Life of Pi
Ian McEwan- Amsterdam
Michael Ondaatje- The English Patient

And one from the long/short list
Nick Hornby- How to be good

[Bev]

I have read 5, but plan to read more:
Kazuo Ishiguro- The Remains of the Day
Hilary Mantel - Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel - Bring up the Bodies
A.S. Byatt - Possession: A Romance
Thomas Keneally - Schindler's List

Long / Short List:
Patrick deWitt - The Sisters Brothers
George Mackay Brown - Beside the Ocean of Time

[Georgesear]

I have read seven and liked most of them. I'm saving Bring up the Bodies for next Christmas because I loved Wolf Hall so much. My goal for 2013 is to read another 10 Booker winners.

The Sense of an Ending
Wolf Hall
Life of Pi
Amsterdam
The God of Small Things
The Ghost Road
The Remains of the Day

[Laura]

Georgesear wrote: "I have read seven and liked most of them. I'm saving Bring up the Bodies for next Christmas because I loved Wolf Hall so much. My goal for 2013 is to read another 10 Booker winners.

The Sense of ..."

Good goal! I just found a copy of Wolf Hall at my Mum's holiday home so I'll definitely read it at some point, although it would be nice to wait until the third one is released so I can read them all at once

[Ab]

I want to read 10 more Booker winners this year!

So far, I've read --
Winners:
J G Farrell: The Siege of Krishnapur
Salman Rushdie: Midnight’s Children
A S Byatt: Possession
Roddy Doyle: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Arundhati Roy: The God of Small Things
Ian McEwan: Amsterdam
J M Coetzee: Disgrace
Peter Carey: True History of the Kelly Gang
Yann Martel: The Life of Pi
Kiran Desai: The Inheritance of Loss
Aravind Adiga: The White Tiger
Howard Jacobson: The Finkler Question

Shortlist:
J G Ballard - Empire of the Sun
Salman Rushdie - The Moor’s Last Sigh
Rohinton Mistry - A Fine Balance
Michael Frayn - Headlong
Matthew Kneale - English Passengers
Ian McEwan - Atonement
Mohsin Hamid - The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Amitav Ghosh - Sea of Poppies
Adam Foulds - The Quickening Maze
Emma Donoghue - Room
Julian Barnes - Flaubert’s Parrot
Patrick deWitt - The Sisters Brothers
Carol Birch - Jamrach's Menagerie

[Brenda]

at least 11 - amazing writing and stories!

[Elizabeth]

I collect the short list and currently own 153 but have a long way to go. Early years are hard to find in the US.

[Ab]

Elizabeth wrote: "I collect the short list and currently own 153 but have a long way to go. Early years are hard to find in the US."

Do you read them or just collect them.

[Andry]

I've read nine so far:
1. Possession
2. The Famished Road
3. The English Patient
4. The Blind Assassin
5. Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha
6. The God of Small Things
7. Disgrace
8. The True History of the Kelly Gang
9. Life of Pi

I've read three of the Shortlists:
1. Room
2. Rumours of Rain
3. An Instant in the Wind

I loved all of them except Paddy Clark HaHaHa. It was hard to read.

[Elizabeth]

I both read and collect.

[Antonomasia]

Hello! New to the group. There are quite a lot of Booker books I've abandoned over the years - I tend not to like the winners much; the only winner I really enjoyed was Remains of the Day. Whereas several of my favourite books have been on shortlists.
I actually haven't finished a Booker winner for 20 years! - I read Paddy Clarke the winter just after it won. I've read embarrassingly few even of the shortlisted books, really, given my age.

These are the books I've finished. Italics= finished and added since post first made.

Winners
Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending (2011)
Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty (2004)
Roddy Doyle, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993)
A.S. Byatt, Possession (1990)
Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day (1989)
Peter Carey, Oscar & Lucinda (1988)
Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac (1984)
Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea (1978)

Shortlisted
Nicola Barker, Darkmans (2007)
Ali Smith, The Accidental (2005)
Zadie Smith, On Beauty (2005)
David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas (2004)
Monica Ali, Brick Lane (2003)
Zoe Heller, Notes on a Scandal (2003)
Sarah Waters, Fingersmith (2002)
Ian McEwan, Atonement (2001)
Ali Smith, Hotel World (2001)
Tibor Fischer, Under the Frog (1993)
Roddy Doyle, The Van (1991)
Beryl Bainbridge, An Awfully Big Adventure (1990)
Rose Tremain, Restoration (1989)
David Lodge, Nice Work (1988)
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale (1986)
J.G. Ballard, Empire of the Sun (1984)
Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot (1984)
David Lodge, Small World (1984)
J.L. Carr, A Month in the Country (1980)

Longlisted
Rachel Joyce, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2012)
Rachel Cusk, In The Fold (2005)
Nicola Barker, Clear (2004)
Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003)
Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass (2001)

[Elizabeth]

Have you read any of the short lists by Sebastian Barry?

[Antonomasia]

Nope; what did you think of them?

I read Sense of an Ending today after realising how long it had been since I read a winner.

[Ktornbjerg]

Hi there!

Yet another new group member here.

Of the winners, I have read only five:

Michael Ondaatje: The English Patient
Yann Martel: Life of Pi
John Banville: The Sea
Anne Enright: The Gathering
Julian Barnes: The Sense of an Ending

[Janet]

How was the Sea?

[Ann Helen]

I've read five (and a half) of the winners. I never finished the Conservationist.

Winners:

Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending (2011)
Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger (2008)
Yann Martel, Life of Pi (2002)
J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace (1999)
Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day (1989)
Nadine Gordimer, The Conservationist (1974)

Shortlisted:

Deborah Levy, Swimming Home (2012)
A.D. Miller, Snowdrops (2011)
Stephen Kelman, Pigeon English (2011)
Patrick DeWitt, The Sisters Brothers (2011)
Carol Birch, Jamrach's Menagerie (2011)
Sarah Waters, The Little Stranger (2009)
Simon Mawer, The Glass Room (2009)
Ian McEwan, On Chesil Beach (2007)
Mohsin Hamid, The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007)
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (2005)
Julian Barnes, England, England (1998)

I couldn't find an overview of the longlisted books, but I did read a few last year: The Teleportation Accident (Ned Beauman), Skios (Michael Frayn) and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Rachel Joyce).

My favorite out of all the books might be The Sisters Brothers, but it is difficult to choose. I love Ishiguro, Barnes and Beauman.

[Elida (elidaleser)]

I've read five (and a half) of the winners. I never finished Wolf Hall.

Winners:

Julian Barnes: The Sense of an Ending (2011)
Hilary Mantel: Wolf Hall (2009)
Anne Enright: The Gathering (2007)
Yann Martel: Life of Pi (2002)
J.M. Coetzee: Life and Times of Michael K (1983)
Nadine Gordimer: The Conservationist (1974)

Shortlisted:

Deborah Levy: Swimming Home (2012)
Alison Moore: The Lighthouse (2012)
A.D. Miller: Snowdrops (2011)
Carol Birch: Jamrach's Menagerie (2011)
Esi Edugyan: Half Blood Blues (2011)
Stephen Kelman: Pigeon English (2011)
Patrick deWitt: The Sisters Brothers (2011)
J.M. Coetzee: Summertime (2009)
Mohsin Hamid: The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2007)

Longlisted:

Michael Frayn: Skios (2012)
Colm Toibin: Brooklyn (2009)
Philip Pullman: The Amber Spyglass (2001)

I have a lot of short- and longlist books on my want-to-read-list, and some of the winners too. I liked The Sisters Brothers when I read it, and The Sense of an Ending.