Booker Prize Shortlist

1.
Jake's Thing
Jake's Thing 3.17 avg rating — 689 ratings
2.
Ending Up
Ending Up 3.58 avg rating — 922 ratings
3.
The Old Devils
The Old Devils 3.31 avg rating — 4,054 ratings
4.
Cat’s Eye
Cat’s Eye 3.95 avg rating — 71,397 ratings
5.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,067 ratings
6.
The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 400,479 ratings
7.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,937 ratings
8.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,164 ratings
9.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,256 ratings
10.
The Dressmaker
The Dressmaker 3.54 avg rating — 830 ratings
11.
An Awfully Big Adventure
An Awfully Big Adventure 3.57 avg rating — 1,348 ratings
12.
The Bottle Factory Outing
The Bottle Factory Outing 3.37 avg rating — 2,459 ratings
13.
The Book of Evidence (The Freddie Montgomery Trilogy, #1)
The Book of Evidence (The Freddie Montgomery Trilogy, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 5,888 ratings
14.
The Sea
The Sea 3.55 avg rating — 34,124 ratings
15.
Every Man for Himself
Every Man for Himself 3.48 avg rating — 1,884 ratings
16.
England, England
England, England 3.32 avg rating — 6,348 ratings
17.
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending 3.74 avg rating — 188,374 ratings
18.
Arthur & George
Arthur & George 3.72 avg rating — 18,624 ratings
19.
Flaubert's Parrot
Flaubert's Parrot 3.65 avg rating — 16,252 ratings
20.
A Long Long Way (Dunne Family #3)
A Long Long Way (Dunne Family #3) 4.14 avg rating — 8,527 ratings
21.
The Secret Scripture
The Secret Scripture 3.84 avg rating — 22,628 ratings
22.
Illywhacker
Illywhacker 3.78 avg rating — 3,070 ratings
23.
True History of the Kelly Gang
True History of the Kelly Gang 3.83 avg rating — 23,798 ratings
24.
Parrot and Olivier in America
Parrot and Olivier in America 3.44 avg rating — 7,567 ratings
25.
Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar and Lucinda 3.73 avg rating — 21,640 ratings
26.
Summertime
Summertime 3.78 avg rating — 6,763 ratings
27.
Life & Times of Michael K
Life & Times of Michael K 3.87 avg rating — 20,649 ratings
28.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating — 114,205 ratings
29.
The Sea, the Sea
The Sea, the Sea 3.96 avg rating — 24,391 ratings
30.
The Black Prince
The Black Prince 3.95 avg rating — 6,692 ratings
31.
The Nice and the Good
The Nice and the Good 3.86 avg rating — 2,571 ratings
32.
The Good Apprentice
The Good Apprentice 3.85 avg rating — 1,707 ratings
33.
Bruno's Dream
Bruno's Dream 3.81 avg rating — 1,216 ratings
34.
The Bookshop
The Bookshop 3.27 avg rating — 25,956 ratings
35.
Offshore
Offshore 3.59 avg rating — 7,634 ratings
36.
The Beginning of Spring
The Beginning of Spring 3.71 avg rating — 3,484 ratings
37.
The Gate of Angels
The Gate of Angels 3.61 avg rating — 2,683 ratings
38.
Troubles (Empire Trilogy, #1)
Troubles (Empire Trilogy, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 5,787 ratings
39.
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2)
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 8,351 ratings
40.
Hotel World
Hotel World
by: Ali Smith
3.59 avg rating — 7,877 ratings
41.
The Accidental
The Accidental
by: Ali Smith
3.37 avg rating — 13,494 ratings
42.
Autumn (Seasonal Quartet, #1)
Autumn (Seasonal Quartet, #1)
by: Ali Smith
3.66 avg rating — 79,592 ratings
43.
How to be Both
How to be Both
by: Ali Smith
3.66 avg rating — 26,692 ratings
44.
Loitering with Intent
Loitering with Intent 3.79 avg rating — 5,070 ratings
45.
The Driver's Seat
The Driver's Seat 3.60 avg rating — 12,086 ratings
46.
Reading Turgenev
Reading Turgenev 3.92 avg rating — 512 ratings
47.
Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel
Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel 3.60 avg rating — 289 ratings
48.
The Story of Lucy Gault
The Story of Lucy Gault 3.77 avg rating — 7,820 ratings
49.
The Children of Dynmouth
The Children of Dynmouth 3.98 avg rating — 1,091 ratings
50.
The Master
The Master 3.84 avg rating — 11,580 ratings
51.
The Testament of Mary
The Testament of Mary 3.65 avg rating — 18,184 ratings
52.
The Blackwater Lightship
The Blackwater Lightship 3.94 avg rating — 8,109 ratings
53.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,121 ratings
54.
The Children's Book
The Children's Book 3.68 avg rating — 18,832 ratings
55.
The Line of Beauty
The Line of Beauty 3.77 avg rating — 30,643 ratings
56.
The Folding Star
The Folding Star 3.70 avg rating — 2,523 ratings
57.
An Instant in the Wind
An Instant in the Wind 4.07 avg rating — 866 ratings
58.
Rumours Of Rain
Rumours Of Rain 3.95 avg rating — 464 ratings
59.
Hotel du Lac
Hotel du Lac 3.61 avg rating — 24,745 ratings
60.
Clear Light of Day
Clear Light of Day 3.72 avg rating — 4,002 ratings
61.
Fasting, Feasting
Fasting, Feasting 3.35 avg rating — 5,203 ratings
62.
In Custody
In Custody 3.37 avg rating — 2,082 ratings
63.
Milkman
Milkman 3.53 avg rating — 68,155 ratings
64.
The Gathering
The Gathering 3.14 avg rating — 25,673 ratings
65.
The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating — 200,083 ratings
66.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,152 ratings
67.
Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1)
Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1) 4.12 avg rating — 7,406 ratings
68.
Morality Play
Morality Play 3.78 avg rating — 4,437 ratings
69.
Pascali's Island
Pascali's Island 3.50 avg rating — 418 ratings
70.
The Famished Road
The Famished Road
by: Ben Okri
3.73 avg rating — 13,392 ratings
71.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating — 256,275 ratings
72.
Lies of Silence
Lies of Silence 3.23 avg rating — 2,769 ratings
73.
The Doctor's Wife
The Doctor's Wife 3.77 avg rating — 962 ratings
74.
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries 3.89 avg rating — 41,486 ratings
75.
Unless
Unless 3.63 avg rating — 16,938 ratings
76.
An Orchestra of Minorities
An Orchestra of Minorities 3.69 avg rating — 6,159 ratings
77.
The Fishermen
The Fishermen 3.88 avg rating — 21,350 ratings
78.
The Promise
The Promise 3.85 avg rating — 48,157 ratings
79.
In a Strange Room
In a Strange Room 3.66 avg rating — 4,775 ratings
80.
The Good Doctor
The Good Doctor 3.68 avg rating — 4,765 ratings
81.
Small World (The Campus Trilogy, #2)
Small World (The Campus Trilogy, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 6,312 ratings
82.
Nice Work (The Campus Trilogy, #3)
Nice Work (The Campus Trilogy, #3) 3.86 avg rating — 5,921 ratings
83.
Saville
Saville 3.53 avg rating — 1,070 ratings
84.
Pasmore
Pasmore 3.52 avg rating — 122 ratings
85.
Vernon God Little
Vernon God Little 3.61 avg rating — 33,413 ratings
86.
Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain 4.30 avg rating — 180,966 ratings
87.
The Luminaries
The Luminaries 3.75 avg rating — 84,461 ratings
88.
Washington Black
Washington Black 3.95 avg rating — 70,652 ratings
89.
Half Blood Blues
Half Blood Blues 3.70 avg rating — 17,537 ratings
90.
Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo 3.75 avg rating — 169,914 ratings
91.
Last Orders
Last Orders 3.67 avg rating — 14,707 ratings
92.
Waterland
Waterland 3.90 avg rating — 9,871 ratings
93.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,519 ratings
94.
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2)
Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 102,600 ratings
95.
A Month in the Country
A Month in the Country
by: J.L. Carr
4.09 avg rating — 23,464 ratings
96.
The Battle of Pollocks Crossing
The Battle of Pollocks Crossing
by: J.L. Carr
3.59 avg rating — 146 ratings
97.
How Late It Was, How Late
How Late It Was, How Late 3.60 avg rating — 4,633 ratings
98.
A Disaffection
A Disaffection 3.82 avg rating — 741 ratings
99.
Harvest
Harvest
by: Jim Crace
3.58 avg rating — 9,363 ratings
100.
Quarantine
Quarantine
by: Jim Crace
3.68 avg rating — 4,085 ratings