| 53 |
2018 |
Anna Burns |
United Kingdom / Northern Ireland |
Milkman |
| 52 |
2017 |
George Saunders |
USA |
Lincoln in the Bardo – Novel |
| 51 |
2016 |
Paul Beatty |
USA |
The Sellout – Comic Novel |
| 50 |
2015 |
Marlon James |
Jamaica |
A Brief History of Seven Killings-Novel |
| 49 |
2014 |
Richard Flanagan |
Australia |
The Narrow Road to the Deep North-Historical Novel |
| 48 |
2013 |
Eleanor Catton |
Canada, (Born-New Zealand) |
The Luminaries-Historical Novel |
| 47 |
2012 |
Hilary Mantel |
United Kingdom |
Bring Up the Bodies-Historical Novel |
| 46 |
2011 |
Julian Barnes |
United Kingdom |
The Sense of an Ending-Novel |
| 45 |
2010 |
Howard Jacobson |
United Kingdom |
The Finkler Question-Comic Novel |
| 44 |
2009 |
Hilary Mantel |
United Kingdom |
Wolf Hall-Historical Novel |
| 43 |
2008 |
Aravind Adiga |
India |
The White Tiger-Novel |
| 42 |
2007 |
Anne Enright |
Ireland |
The Gathering-Novel |
| 41 |
2006 |
Kiran Desai |
India |
The Inheritance of Loss-Novel |
| 40 |
2005 |
John Banville |
Ireland |
The Sea-Novel |
| 39 |
2004 |
Alan Hollinghurst |
United Kingdom |
The Line of Beauty-Historical Novel |
| 38 |
2003 |
DBC Pierre |
Australia |
Vernon God Little-Black comedy |
| 37 |
2002 |
Yann Martel |
Canada |
Life of Pi-Fantasy and adventure Novel |
| 36 |
2001 |
Peter Carey |
Australia |
True History of the Kelly Gang-Historical Novel |
| 35 |
2000 |
Margaret Atwood |
Canada |
The Blind Assassin-Historical Novel |
| 34 |
1999 |
J. M. Coetzee |
South Africa |
Disgrace-Novel |
| 33 |
1998 |
Ian McEwan |
United Kingdom |
Amsterdam-Novel |
| 32 |
1997 |
Arundhati Roy |
India |
The God of Small Things-Novel |
| 31 |
1996 |
Graham Swift |
United Kingdom |
Last Orders-Novel |
| 30 |
1995 |
Pat Barker |
United Kingdom |
The Ghost Road-War Novel |
| 29 |
1994 |
James Kelman |
United Kingdom |
How Late It Was, How Late-Stream of consciousness |
| 28 |
1993 |
Roddy Doyle |
Ireland |
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha-Novel |
| 27 |
1992 |
Michael Ondaatje |
Canada |
The English Patient-Historiographic metafiction |
| 26 |
1992 |
Barry Unsworth |
United Kingdom |
Sacred Hunger-Historical Novel |
| 25 |
1991 |
Ben Okri |
Nigeria |
The Famished Road-Magic realism |
| 24 |
1990 |
A. S. Byatt |
United Kingdom |
Possession-Historical Novel |
| 23 |
1989 |
Kazuo Ishiguro |
United Kingdom |
The Remains of the Day-Historical Novel |
| 22 |
1988 |
Peter Carey |
Australia |
Oscar and Lucinda-Historical Novel |
| 21 |
1987 |
Penelope Lively |
United Kingdom |
Moon Tiger-Novel |
| 20 |
1986 |
Kingsley Amis |
United Kingdom |
The Old Devils-Comic Novel |
| 19 |
1985 |
Keri Hulme |
New Zealand |
The Bone People-Mystery Novel |
| 18 |
1984 |
Anita Brookner |
United Kingdom |
Hotel du Lac-Novel |
| 17 |
1983 |
J. M. Coetzee |
South Africa |
Life and Times of Michael K- Novel South Africa |
| 16 |
1982 |
Thomas Keneally |
Australia |
Schindler’s Ark-Biographical Novel |
| 15 |
1981 |
Salman Rushdie |
United Kingdom |
Midnight’s Children-Magic realism |
| 14 |
1980 |
William Golding |
United Kingdom |
Rites of Passage-Novel |
| 13 |
1979 |
Penelope Fitzgerald |
United Kingdom |
Offshore-Novel |
| 12 |
1978 |
Iris Murdoch |
Ireland (Born-United Kingdom) |
The Sea, the Sea-Philosophical Novel |
| 11 |
1977 |
Paul Scott |
United Kingdom |
Staying On-Novel |
| 10 |
1976 |
David Storey |
United Kingdom |
Saville-Novel |
| 9 |
1975 |
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
United Kingdom (Born-Germany) |
Heat and Dust-Historical Novel |
| 8 |
1974 |
Nadine Gordimer |
South Africa |
The Conservationist-Novel |
| 7 |
1974 |
Stanley Middleton |
United Kingdom |
Holiday-Novel |
| 6 |
1973 |
J. G. Farrell |
United Kingdom (Born-Ireland) |
The Siege of Krishnapur-Novel |
| 5 |
1972 |
John Berger |
United Kingdom |
G.-Experimental Novel |
| 4 |
1971 |
V. S. Naipaul |
United Kingdom (Born- Trinidad and Tobago) |
In a Free State-Short story |
| 3 |
1970 |
J. G. Farrell |
United Kingdom ;(Born- Ireland) |
Troubles-Novel |
| 2 |
1970 |
Bernice Rubens |
United Kingdom |
The Elected Member-Novel |
| 1 |
1969 |
P. H. Newby |
United Kingdom |
Something to Answer For-Novel |