The Man Booker Prize

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The Booker Prize, recently known as the Man Booker Prize, is generally recognised as the most prestigious literary award in the world.

Established in 1969, it provides readers with the opportunity to review the year's best fiction. Often highly controversial, the prize attracts much media attention and high book sales. Many book collectors of modern fiction try to build a complete set of all shortlisted and winning titles.

A longlist is announced in the summer followed by the shortlist in September and the final award in late October. The prize is given to the best novel in the English Language published anywhere in the world.

During its 40 years the prize has been won by some of the most famous contemporary writers such as Salman Rushdie, J M Coetzee, Peter Carey, Kazuo Ishiguro, Graham Swift, Pat Barker, A S Byatt, Michael Ondaatje, Iris Murdoch, VS Naipaul and Margaret Atwood. Only J M Coetzee, Peter Carey and Hilary Mantel have won it twice.

Firsts in Print offers a wide range of Booker titles and would be pleased to help you fill the gaps in your collection.

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The International Booker Prize in turn is recognised as the most prestigious international literary award for translated fiction.

Established in 2005, it has existed in its current format since 2016, awarding a prize to the writer and translator of the best piece of writing of the previous year.

International Booker Prize Winner 2020 announced:

The Discomfort of Evening - Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

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Booker Prize Shortlist 2020 announced:

The New Wilderness - Diane Cook

This Mournable Body - Tsitsi Dangaremgba

Burnt Sugar - Avni Doshi

The Shadow King - Maaza Mengiste

Real Life - Brandon Taylor

Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart

Longlisted books | Previous years' short-listed books | Previous years' long-listedbooks