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2011
The Sense Of An Ending
by Barnes, JulianBy an acclaimed writer at the height of his powers, The Sense of an Ending extends a streak of extraordinary books that began with the best-selling Arthur & George and continued with Nothing to Be Frightened Of and, most recently, Pulse.
2010
The Finkler Question
by Jacobson, HowardWinner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize. Julian Treslove, a professionally unspectacular former BBC radio producer, and Sam Finkler, a popular Jewish philosopher, writer, and television personality, are old school friends.
2009
Wolf Hall
by Mantel, HilaryIn the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII's court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the king's favor and ascend to the heights of political power -- England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. 2009 Man Booker Prize winner.
2008
The White Tiger
by Adiga, AravindBalram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over a week, he tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life. 2008 Man Booker Prize winner.
2007
The Gathering
by Enright, AnneThis 2007 Booker Prize winner is about a large Irish family gathering for a wake, where memories warp and secrets fester through 3 generations.
2006
The Inheritance Of Loss
by Desai, KiranThis winner of the Booker Prize is a masterpiece in Anglo-Indian fiction.
2005
The Sea
by Banville, JohnSoon after his wife dies, a middle-aged Irishman goes to the seaside town where he spent his summer holidays as a child.
2004
The Line Of Beauty
by Hollinghurst, AlanNovel set in the 1980's about a young British gay man coming of age in a world of wealth and politics. Booker prize winner.
2003
Vernon God Little
by Pierre, DbcWhen 16 kids are shot on high school grounds, everyone looks for someone to blame. Meet Vernon Little, who's pinned as an accomplice. So he takes off for Mexico. A Man Booker prize winner.
2002
2001
True History Of The Kelly Gang
by Carey, PeterThe legendary Australian Ned Kelly speaks for himself, scribbling his story on pieces of paper as he flees from the police. Winner of the Booker prize.
2000
The Blind Assassin
by Atwood, MargaretThree wonderfully rich stories weave together, gradually revealing their interplay through secrets surrounding the Chase family, a rich and influential Ontario family.
1999
Disgrace
by Coetzee, J. M.Disgrace--set in post--apartheid Cape Town and on a remote farm in the Eastern Cape--is deft, lean, quiet, and brutal. See long synopsis.
1998
1997
The God Of Small Things
by Roy, ArundhatiThe international publishing sensation of 1997 -- translated into 18 languages -- a magical, sophisticated tour de force.The God of Small Things heralds a voice so powerful and original that it burns itself into the reader's memory.
1996
Last Orders
by Swift, GrahamFour men gather in a London pub to carry out the last orders of their friend, and deliver his ashes to the sea. Their errand becomes an extraordinary journey into their pasts.
1995
The Ghost Road
by Barker, PatSet in World War II, this novel is about 2 men divided by class and experience but sharing a mutual respect and empathy. One is Lieutenant Billy Prior, and the other is his doctor.
1994
How Late It Was, How Late
by Kelman, JamesThe gritty story of a fist-fighting, alcoholic ex-con named Sammy who is beaten senseless by the Glasgow police and plunged into a netherworld of darkness. Booker prize winner.
1993
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
by Doyle, RoddyTen year old Paddy Clarke is from a working class Irish family. He has a creeping realization that his parents marriage is ending and his life will change.
1992
Sacred Hunger
by Unsworth, BarryWinner of the Booker Prize A historical novel set in the eighteenth century, Sacred Hunger is a stunning, engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed in the British Empire as it entered fully into the slave trade and spread it hroughout
The English Patient
by Ondaatje, MichaelWith ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end of World War II.
1991
The Famished Road
by Okri, BenThe story of Azaro, a spirit child who is born only to live for a short while before returning to the idyllic world of his spirit companions. A Booker prize winner.
1990
Possession: A Romance
by Byatt, A. S.Two contemporary literary scholars discover and investigate a secret romance between two Victorian poets - brilliant, funny, fascinating.
1989
1988
Oscar And Lucinda
by Carey, PeterThe Booker Prize-winning novel--now a major motion picture from Fox Searchlight Pictures.This sweeping, irrepressibly inventive novel, is a romance, but a romance of the sort that could only take place in nineteenth-century Australia.
