Man Booker Prize Winners and Nominees

Since 1969, the Booker Prize has been Britain's most ferocious literary argument — and its most reliable one. Every year, a jury fights over a shortlist, a winner is announced, and readers spend the next twelve months either agreeing passionately or disagreeing even more so. What nobody argues about, years later, is the staying power. The God of Small Things. The Remains of the Day. Midnight's Children. Wolf Hall. Americanah. The White Tiger. These are the novels that defined their decades, that English teachers assign and book clubs return to and serious readers keep on their shelves for life. Unlike almost any other prize, the Booker has a habit of being right — not just about what is good now, but about what will still matter in twenty years. This collection brings together every winner from over five decades of the world's most talked-about literary prize. If you've read one, you already know why you need the rest.