Booker Prize Winners and Short Lists

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You can start and finish this challenge whenever you like!

This is a challenge, with no time limit, to read all the Booker Prize winners and all the books that made the Booker Prize shortlists since the prize's inception (1969).  List will be updated yearly. Bonus challenge books are the books from the longlists.

Challenge Books

13

The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens

The Elected Member

Bernice Rubens

14

John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benet

John Brown's Body

Stephen Vincent Benet

15

Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen

Eva Trout

Elizabeth Bowen

16

Bruno's Dream by Iris Murdoch

Bruno's Dream

Iris Murdoch

17

Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel by William Trevor

Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel

William Trevor

18

The Conjunction by Terence Wheeler

The Conjunction

Terence Wheeler

19

In a Free State by V.S. Naipaul

In a Free State

V.S. Naipaul

20

The Big Chapel by Thomas Kilroy

The Big Chapel

Thomas Kilroy

21

Briefing for a Descent Into Hell by Doris Lessing

Briefing for a Descent Into Hell

Doris Lessing

22

St. Urbain's Horseman by Mordecai Richler

St. Urbain's Horseman

Mordecai Richler

23

Goshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson

Goshawk Squadron

Derek Robinson

24

Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor

Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont

Elizabeth Taylor