Booker Prize Winners Rankings
All Booker Prize winning novels, rankable by reader preference.
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🌍 World Ranking
▲ Top 5
#1
Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie (1981)
+5
#2
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)
+4
#3
Life of Pi - Yann Martel (2002)
+3
#4
George Saunders - Lincoln in the Bardo (2017)
+2
#5
Eleanor Catton - The Luminaries (2013)
+1
▼ Bottom 5
#1
Hilary Mantel - Wolf Hall (2009)
-5
#2
Julian Barnes - The Sense of an Ending (2011)
-4
#3
Paul Beatty - The Sellout (2016)
-3
#4
Richard Flanagan - The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2014)
-2
#5
Marlon James - A Brief History of Seven Killings (2015)
-1
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Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie (1981)+5
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro (1989)+4
Life of Pi - Yann Martel (2002)+3
George Saunders - Lincoln in the Bardo (2017)+2
Eleanor Catton - The Luminaries (2013)+1
Something to Answer For - P.H. Newby (1969)—
The Elected Member - Bernice Rubens (1970)—
In a Free State - V.S. Naipaul (1971)—
G - John Berger (1972)—
The Siege of Krishnapur - J.G. Farrell (1973)—
The Conservationist - Nadine Gordimer (1974)—
Heat and Dust - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1975)—
Saville - David Storey (1976)—
Staying On - Paul Scott (1977)—
The Sea, The Sea - Iris Murdoch (1978)—
Offshore - Penelope Fitzgerald (1979)—
Rites of Passage - William Golding (1980)—
Schindler's Ark - Thomas Keneally (1982)—
Life & Times of Michael K - J.M. Coetzee (1983)—
Hotel du Lac - Anita Brookner (1984)—
The Bone People - Keri Hulme (1985)—
The Old Devils - Kingsley Amis (1986)—
Moon Tiger - Penelope Lively (1987)—
Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey (1988)—
Possession - A.S. Byatt (1990)—
The Famished Road - Ben Okri (1991)—
The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje (1992)—
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Roddy Doyle (1993)—
How Late It Was, How Late - James Kelman (1994)—
The Ghost Road - Pat Barker (1995)—
Last Orders - Graham Swift (1996)—
The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy (1997)—
Amsterdam - Ian McEwan (1998)—
Disgrace - J.M. Coetzee (1999)—
The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood (2000)—
True History of the Kelly Gang - Peter Carey (2001)—
Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre (2003)—
The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst (2004)—
The Sea - John Banville (2005)—
Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss (2006)—
Anne Enright - The Gathering (2007)—
Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger (2008)—
Howard Jacobson - The Finkler Question (2010)—
Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies (2012)—
Anna Burns - Milkman (2018)—
Bernardine Evaristo / Margaret Atwood - Girl, Woman, Other / The Testaments (2019)—
Marlon James - A Brief History of Seven Killings (2015)-1
Richard Flanagan - The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2014)-2
Paul Beatty - The Sellout (2016)-3
Julian Barnes - The Sense of an Ending (2011)-4
Hilary Mantel - Wolf Hall (2009)-5