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Booker Prize Shortlisted Books

Because the nominees are just as interesting as the winners.

Full list of the Booker Prize shortlisted books since 1969, in order. (Doesn't include the winners)

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

2019 • 165 Readers • 320 pages 4

4 3 2 1

4 3 2 1
ByPaul Auster

2017 • 134 Readers • 995 pages 4.2

A Bend in the River

A Bend in the River
ByV.S. Naipaul

1979 • 58 Readers • 326 pages 3.8

According to Mark

According to Mark
ByPenelope Lively

1984 • 4 Readers • 217 pages

A Disaffection

A Disaffection
ByJames Kelman

1989 • 14 Readers • 352 pages 3

A Fine Balance

A Fine Balance
ByRohinton Mistry

1995 • 274 Readers • 818 pages 4.4

A Five Year Sentence

A Five Year Sentence
ByBernice Rubens

1978 • 7 Readers • 192 pages 4.3

A Fraction of the Whole

2008 • 49 Readers • 711 pages 4.1

A Green Equinox

A Green Equinox
ByElizabeth Mavor

1973 • 5 Readers • 196 pages

Alias Grace

Alias Grace
ByMargaret Atwood

1996 • 368 Readers • 636 pages 3.9

A Little Life

A Little Life
ByHanya Yanagihara()

2015 • 1,828 Readers • 720 pages 4.1

All That Man Is

All That Man Is
ByDavid Szalay

2016 • 45 Readers • 437 pages 3.8

A Long Long Way

#3 of 4 in Dunne Family

A Long Long Way
BySebastian Barry

2005 • 14 Readers • 292 pages 3.6

Amongst Women

Amongst Women
ByJohn McGahern

1990 • 19 Readers • 184 pages 2.8

An Artist of The Floating World

1986 • 156 Readers • 208 pages 3.8

An Awfully Big Adventure

An Awfully Big Adventure
ByBeryl Bainbridge

1989 • 7 Readers • 210 pages 3.5

An Ice-Cream War

An Ice-Cream War
ByWilliam Boyd

1982 • 11 Readers • 416 pages 4.3

Animal's People

Animal's People
ByIndra Sinha

2007 • 14 Readers • 387 pages 3.2

An Instant in the Wind

1975 • 3 Readers • 250 pages 4.5

An Insular Possession

1986 • 3 Readers • 728 pages 2

An Orchestra of Minorities

2019 • 50 Readers • 363 pages 3.5

Anthills of the Savannah

20 Readers 3.3

A Passage North

A Passage North
ByAnuk Arudpragasam

2021 • 61 Readers • 290 pages 3.7

Arthur & George

Arthur & George
ByJulian Barnes

2005 • 48 Readers • 505 pages 3.4

A Spool of Blue Thread

2015 • 77 Readers • 387 pages 3.5

Astonishing Splashes of Colour

2003 • 7 Readers • 354 pages 3

A Tale for the Time Being

2013 • 488 Readers • 432 pages 4

Atonement

Atonement
ByIan McEwan

2001 • 712 Readers • 144 pages 3.9

Autumn

#1 of 2 in Seasonal

Autumn
ByAli Smith

1988 • 183 Readers • 208 pages 3.8

Beside the Ocean of Time

Beside the Ocean of Time
ByGeorge Mackay Brown

1994 • 6 Readers • 217 pages 4

Bewilderment

Bewilderment
ByRichard Powers

2021 • 203 Readers • 278 pages 4.1

Bitter Fruit

Bitter Fruit
ByAchmat Dangor

2001 • 6 Readers • 281 pages 3

Black Dogs

Black Dogs
ByIan McEwan

1992 • 19 Readers • 176 pages 3.1

Brick Lane

Brick Lane
ByMonica Ali

2003 • 55 Readers • 413 pages 3.6

Briefing for a Descent Into Hell

1971 • 17 Readers • 250 pages 3.3

Bruno's Dream

Bruno's Dream
ByIris Murdoch

2011 • 4 Readers • 304 pages

Burnt Sugar

Burnt Sugar
ByAvni Doshi

2019 • 82 Readers • 264 pages 3.3

C

C
ByTom McCarthy

2010 • 28 Readers • 320 pages 3.3

Carry Me Down

Carry Me Down
ByM.J. Hyland

2006 • 11 Readers • 352 pages 3.7

Cat's Eye

Cat's Eye
ByMargaret Atwood

1988 • 185 Readers • 445 pages 3.9

Chatterton

Chatterton
ByPeter Ackroyd

1987 • 8 Readers • 234 pages 3.7

Circles of Deceit

Circles of Deceit
ByNina Bawden

1987 • 2 Readers • 224 pages

Clear Light of Day

Clear Light of Day
ByAnita Desai

1980 • 16 Readers • 183 pages 4

Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas
ByDavid Mitchell

2003 • 1,179 Readers • 509 pages 3.9

Confederates

Confederates
ByThomas Keneally

1979 • 7 Readers • 408 pages 5

Constance, or Solitary Practices

#3 of 3 in The Avignon Quintet

1982 • 3 Readers • 393 pages

Creation Lake

Creation Lake
ByRachel Kushner

4 • 139 Readers • 311 pages 3.7

Crossing The River

Crossing The River
ByCaryl Phillips

1993 • 5 Readers • 256 pages

Darkmans

#2 of 2 in Thames Gateway

Darkmans
ByNicola Barker

2007 • 17 Readers • 838 pages 4.2

Daughters of the House

Daughters of the House
ByMichèle Roberts

1992 • 2 Readers • 172 pages

Dirt Music

Dirt Music
ByTim Winton

2001 • 26 Readers • 401 pages 4.2

Do Not Say We Have Nothing

2016 • 137 Readers • 474 pages 4.2

Ducks, Newburyport

Ducks, Newburyport
ByLucy Ellmann

2019 • 121 Readers • 1,020 pages 4

Earthly Powers

Earthly Powers
ByAnthony Burgess

1980 • 23 Readers • 649 pages 5

Eileen

Eileen
ByOttessa Moshfegh

2015 • 411 Readers • 260 pages 3.5

Elmet

Elmet
ByFiona Mozley

2017 • 64 Readers • 311 pages 3.8

Empire Of The Sun

#1 of 2 in Empire of the Sun

Empire Of The Sun
ByJ.G. Ballard

1984 • 96 Readers • 351 pages 3.9

Ending Up

Ending Up
ByKingsley Amis

1974 • 6 Readers • 184 pages

England, England

England, England
ByJulian Barnes

1998 • 13 Readers • 275 pages 3.8

English Passengers

English Passengers
ByMatthew Kneale

2000 • 34 Readers 3.8

Europa

Europa
ByTim Parks

1997 • 1 Reader • 272 pages

Eva Trout

Eva Trout
ByElizabeth Bowen

1968 • 8 Readers • 324 pages

Every Man For Himself

Every Man For Himself
ByBeryl Bainbridge

1996 • 6 Readers • 224 pages 2.5

Everything Under

Everything Under
ByDaisy Johnson

2018 • 78 Readers • 269 pages 3

Exit West

Exit West
ByMohsin Hamid

2017 • 423 Readers • 242 pages 3.8

Family Matters

Family Matters
ByRohinton Mistry

2001 • 38 Readers • 487 pages 3.5

Fasting, Feasting

Fasting, Feasting
ByAnita Desai

1999 • 18 Readers • 240 pages 3.8

Figures in a Landscape

Figures in a Landscape
ByBarry England

1968 • 5 Readers • 206 pages

Fingersmith

Fingersmith
BySarah Waters

2002 • 394 Readers • 548 pages 4

Fire from Heaven

#1 of 3 in Alexander the Great

Fire from Heaven
ByMary Renault

1969 • 102 Readers • 427 pages 4.4

Flaubert's Parrot

Flaubert's Parrot
ByJulian Barnes

1984 • 44 Readers • 229 pages 3.4

Flying to Nowhere

Flying to Nowhere
ByJohn Fuller

1983 • 3 Readers • 97 pages

From Scenes Like These

From Scenes Like These
ByGordon M. Williams

1968 • 1 Reader • 317 pages

Gabriel's lament

Gabriel's lament
ByBailey, Paul

1 Reader

Glory

Glory
ByNoViolet Bulawayo

2022 • 65 Readers • 405 pages 3.4

God on the Rocks

God on the Rocks
ByJane Gardam

1978 • 10 Readers • 195 pages 5

Good Behavior

Good Behavior
ByMolly Keane

1981 • 3 Readers • 245 pages 4

Goshawk Squadron

Goshawk Squadron
ByRobinson, Derek

Gossip from the Forest

Gossip from the Forest
ByThomas Keneally

1986 • 4 Readers • 240 pages 4.5

Grace Notes

Grace Notes
ByBernard MacLaverty

1997 • 6 Readers • 288 pages

Great Circle

Great Circle
ByMaggie Shipstead

2021 • 233 Readers • 593 pages 3.9

Great Granny Webster

Great Granny Webster
ByCaroline Blackwood

1977 • 27 Readers • 129 pages 4

Half-Blood Blues

Half-Blood Blues
ByEsi Edugyan

2011 • 11 Readers • 321 pages 3.5

Harvest

Harvest
ByJim Crace

2013 • 42 Readers • 208 pages 3.5

Headlong

Headlong
ByMichael Frayn

1999 • 11 Readers • 352 pages 3.1

Held

Held
ByAnne Michaels

2023 • 34 Readers • 241 pages 3.4

His Bloody Project

His Bloody Project
ByGraeme Macrae Burnet

2015 • 96 Readers • 289 pages 4

History of Wolves

History of Wolves
ByEmily Fridlund

2017 • 97 Readers • 288 pages 3.7

Hotel World

Hotel World
ByAli Smith

2001 • 33 Readers • 238 pages 3.6

Hot Milk

Hot Milk
ByDeborah Levy

2015 • 93 Readers • 253 pages 3.5

How to Be Both

How to Be Both
ByAli Smith

2014 • 126 Readers • 384 pages 3.7

If I Survive You

If I Survive You
ByJonathan Escoffery

2022 • 98 Readers • 194 pages 3.8

I'll Go to Bed at Noon

#2 of 3 in The Jones Trilogy

I'll Go to Bed at Noon
ByGerard Woodward

2004 • 3 Readers • 437 pages

Illywhacker

Illywhacker
ByPeter Carey

1985 • 14 Readers • 569 pages 4.5

Impossible Object

Impossible Object
ByNicholas Mosley

1985 • 1 Reader • 230 pages

In a Strange Room

In a Strange Room
ByDamon Galgut

2010 • 21 Readers • 180 pages 3.5

In Custody

In Custody
ByAnita Desai

1984 • 7 Readers • 242 pages 3

In Every Face I Meet

In Every Face I Meet
ByJustin Cartwright

1995 • 2 Readers • 218 pages

In the Country of Men

In the Country of Men
ByHisham Matar

2006 • 12 Readers • 246 pages

In Their Wisdom

In Their Wisdom
ByC.P. Snow

1974 • 2 Readers • 345 pages