Another one of my weird goals in life is to read all the novels which have been awarded the Man Booker Prize.
- 1969 P H Newby – Something to Answer For
- 1970 Bernice Rubens – The Elected Member
- 1971 V S Naipaul – In a Free State
- 1972 John Berger – G
- 1973 J G Farrell – The Siege of Krishnapur
- 1974 Nadine Gordimer – The Conservationist
- Stanley Middleton – Holiday
- 1975 Ruth Prawer Jhabvala – Heat and Dust
- 1976 David Storey – Saville
- 1977 Paul Scott – Staying On
- 1978 Iris Murdoch - The Sea, the Sea
- 1979 Penelope Fitzgerald – Offshore
- 1980 William Golding – Rites of Passage
1981 Salman Rushdie – Midnight’s Children- 1982 Thomas Keneally – Schindler’s Ark
- 1983 J M Coetzee – Life & Times of Michael K
- 1984 Anita Brookner – Hotel du Lac
- 1985 Keri Hulme – The Bone People
- 1986 Kingsley Amis – The Old Devils
- 1987 Penelope Lively – Moon Tiger
- 1988 Peter Carey – Oscar and Lucinda
- 1989 Kazuo Ishiguro – The Remains of the Day
- 1990 A S Byatt – Possession
- 1991 Ben Okri – The Famished Road
- 1992
Michael Ondaatje – The English Patient - Barry Unsworth – Sacred Hunger
- 1993 Roddy Doyle – Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
- 1994 James Kelman, -How Late It Was, How Late
- 1995 Pat Barker – The Ghost Road
- 1996 Graham Swift – Last Orders
- 1997
Arundhati Roy – The God of Small Things - 1998
Ian McEwan – Amsterdam - 1999
J M Coetzee – Disgrace - 2000 Margaret Atwood – The Blind Assassin
- 2001 Peter Carey -True History of the Kelly Gang
- 2002
Yann Martel – The Life of Pi - 2003
DBC Pierre – Vernon God Little - 2004 Alan Hollinghurst – The Line of Beauty
- 2005
John Banville – The Sea - 2006
Kiran Desai – The Inheritance of Loss - 2007
Anne Enright – The Gathering - 2008
Aravind Adiga – The White Tiger 2009 Hilary Mantel – Wolf Hall- 2010 Howard Jacobson – The Finkler Question
2011 Julian Barnes – The Sense of an Ending
I’ve crossed out the ones I have already read.
I can recommend The Siege of Krishnapur, the 1973 winner – a literary Carry On Up the Khyber.
Thanks for the rec. I’ll remember to get a copy if I ever see it…
Weird goal? My goal must be weirder because I intend to read all the Pulitzer, Booker, NBCC, and IMPAC winners.
Hahaha…well, it’s good to set goals…gives life direction
Of course I’m probably never gonna be able to read all the past Booker winners… 
Good luck to us and our ambitious reading goals
I suppose this means I win the grand prize for weirdness because I’ve set out to read 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read. Good luck to both you both in your reading goals. They seem quite doable to me.
No, your goal is admirable. I’d set that goal too only I know that I will never be able to achieve it. Yes, my reading goals seem doable enough, yet I doubt I can even accomplish that much! Oh well, it’s fun trying anyway
I’m looking forward to what you think about Wolf Hall. I loved it. But the “he” thing bugged me.
I’m curious but I’m not ready to pick it up yet….it’s just so thick…lol
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Alan Hollinghurst’s “The Line of Beauty” is one of my favorite novels of all time. I love a beautifully crafted novel with some fabulous gay undertones in it. I’m excited to read what you think of it.
I’m glad you think so highly of it. I was actually putting it off because I didn’t know what it was about, and it’s pretty thick. Your recommendation sounds encouraging