Saturday, June 06, 2009

The Booker

Kimbofo over at Reading Matters put together this list of books shortlisted for the Booker Prize. And since I can't resist lists, here it is:
(I've bolded the ones I've read)

Of the 224 listed, I've read 43 (with another 3 borrowed from the library just this week).

A Bend in the River - V.S. Naipaul 1979
A Disaffection - James Kelman 1989
A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry 1996
A Five-Year Sentence - Bernice Rubens 1978
A Fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz 2008
A Long Long Way - Sebastian Barry 2005
A Month in the Country - J.L. Carr 1980
According to Mark - Penelope Lively 1984
Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood 1996
Amongst Women - John McGahern 1990
Amsterdam - Ian McEwan 1998 Winner
An Artist of the Floating World - Kazuo Ishiguro 1986
An Awfully Big Adventure - Beryl Bainbridge 1990
An Ice-Cream War - William Boyd 1982
An Instant in the Wind - Andre Brink 1976
An Insular Possession - Timothy Mo 1986
Animal's People - Indra Sinha 2007
Anthills of the Savannah - Chinua Achebe 1987
Arthur & George - Julian Barnes 2005 (just borrowed this)
Astonishing Splashes of Colour - Clare Morrall 2003
Atonement - Ian McEwan 2001
Beside the Ocean of Time - George Mackay Brown 1994
Bird of Night - Susan Hill 1972
Black Dogs - Ian McEwan 1992
Breakfast on Pluto - Patrick McCabe 1998
Brick Lane - Monica Ali 2003
Briefing for a Descent into Hell - Doris Lessing 1971
Bruno's Dream - Iris Murdoch 1970
Carry Me Down - M.J. Hyland 2006
Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood 1989
Chatterton - Peter Ackroyd 1987
Circles of Deceit - Nina Bawden 1987
Clear Light of Day - Anita Desai 1980
Confederates - Thomas Keneally 1979
Constance or Solitary Practices - Lawrence Durrell1982
Crossing the River - Caryl Phillips 1993
Darkmans - Nicola Barker 2007
Daughters of the House - Michele Roberts 1992
Dirt Music - Tim Winton 2002
Disgrace - J.M. Coetzee 1999 Winner
Earthly Powers - Anthony Burgess 1980
Empire of the Sun - J.G. Ballard 1984
Ending Up - Kingsley Amis 1974
England England - Julian Barnes 1998
English Passengers - Matthew Kneale 2000
Europa - Tim Parks 1997
Eva Trout - Elizabeth Bowen 1970
Every Man for Himself - Beryl Bainbridge 1996
Family Matters - Rohinton Mistry 2002
Fasting, Feasting - Anita Desai 1999
Figures in a Landscape - Barry England 1969
Fingersmith - Sarah Waters 2002 (just borrowed this)
Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes 1984
Flying to Nowhere - John Fuller 1983
From Scenes Like These - G.M. Williams 1969
G - John Berger 1972 Winner
Gabriel's Lament - Paul Bailey 1986
God on the Rocks - Jane Gardam1978
Good Behaviour - Molly Keane 1981
Goshawk Squadron - Derek Robinson 1971
Gossip from the Forest - Thomas Keneally 1975
Grace Notes - Bernard MacLaverty 1997
Great Granny Webster - Caroline Blackwood 1977
Headlong - Michael Frayn 1999
Heat and Dust - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 1975 Winner (just borrowed this)
Holiday - Stanley Middleton 1974 Winner
Hotel du Lac - Anita Brookner 1984 Winner
Hotel World - Ali Smith 2001
How Late It Was, How Late - James Kelman 1994 Winner
Illywhacker - Peter Carey 1985
Impossible Object - Nicholas Mosley 1969
In a Free State - V.S. Naipaul 1971 Winner
In Custody - Anita Desai 1984
In Every Face I Meet - Justin Cartwright 1995
In the Country of Men - Hisham Matar 2006
In Their Wisdom - C.P. Snow 1974
Jake's Thing - Kingsley Amis 1978
Jigsaw - an Unsentimental Education - Sybille Bedford 1989
John Brown's Body - A.L. Barker 1970
Joseph - Julian Rathbone 1979
King Fisher Lives - Julian Rathbone 1976
Knowledge of Angels - Jill Paton Walsh 1994
Last Letters from Hav - Jan Morris 1985
Last Orders - Graham Swift 1996 Winner
Lies of Silence - Brian Moore 1990
Life and Times of Michael K. - J.M. Coetzee 1983 Winner
Life of Pi - Yann Martel 2002 Winner
Loitering with Intent - Murial Spark 1981
Master Georgie - Beryl Bainbridge 1998
Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie 1981 Winner
Mister Pip - Lloyd Jones 2007
Moon Tiger - Penelope Lively 1987 Winner
Morality Play - Barry Unsworth 1995
Mother's Milk - Edward St Aubyn 2006
Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel - William Trevor 1970
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont - Elizabeth Taylor 1971
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro 2005
Nice Work - David Lodge 1988
No Country for Young Men - Julia O'Faolain 1980
Notes on a Scandal - Zoe Heller 2003
number9dream - David Mitchell 2001
Offshore - Penelope Fitzgerald 1979 Winner
On Beauty - Zadie Smith 2005
On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan 2007
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood 2003
Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey 1988 Winner
Our Fathers - Andrew O'Hagan 1999
Oxygen - Andrew Miller 2001
Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha - Roddy Doyle 1993 Winner
Paradise - Abdulrazak Gumah 1994
Pascali's Island - Barry Unsworth 1980
Pasmore - David Storey 1972
Peter Smart's Confessions - Paul Bailey 1977
Possession - A.S. Byatt 1990 Winner
Praxis - Fay Weldon 1979
Quarantine - Jim Crace 1997
Quartet in Autumn - Barbara Pym 1977
Rates of Exchange - Malcolm Bradbury 1983
Reading in the Dark - Seamus Deane 1996
Reading Turgenev - William Trevor 1991
Reef - Romesh Gunesekera 1994
Remembering Babylon - David Malouf 1993
Restoration - Rose Tremain 1989
Rhine Journey - Ann Schlee 1981
Rising - R.C. Hutchison 1976
Rites of Passage - Wlliam Golding 1980 Winner
Rumours of Rain - Andre Brink 1978
Sacred Hunger - Barry Unsworth 1992 Winner
Saville - David Storey 1976 Winner
Scar Tissue - Michael Ignatieff 1993
Schindler's Ark - Thomas Keneally 1982 Winner
Sea of Poppies - Amitav Ghosh 2008
Serenity House - Christopher Hope 1992
Shadows on Our Skin - Jennifer Johnston 1977
Shame - Salman Rushdie 1983
Silence Amongst the Weapons - John Arden 1982
Small World - David Lodge 1984
Solomon Gursky Was Here - Mordecai Richler 1990
Something to Answer For - P.H. Newby 1969 Winner
Sour Sweet - Timothy Mo 1982
St. Urbain's Horseman - Mordecai Richler 1971
Staying On - Paul Scott 1977 Winner
Such a Long Journey - Rohinton Mistry 1991
The 27th Kingdom - Alice Thomas Ellis 1982
The Accidental - Ali Smith 2005
The Battle of Pollocks Crossing - J.L. Carr 1985
The Beggar Maid - Alice Munro 1980
The Beginning of Spring - Penelope Fitzgerald 1988
The Big Chapel - Thomas Kilroy 1971
The Black Prince - Iris Murdoch 1973
The Blackwater Lightship - Colm Tóibín 1999
The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood 2000 Winner
The Bone People - Keri Hulme 1985 Winner
The Book and the Brotherhood - Iris Murdoch 1987
The Book of Evidence - John Banville 1989
The Bookshop - Penelope Fitzgerald 1978
The Bottle Factory Outing - Beryl Bainbridge 1974
The Butcher Boy - Patrick McCabe 1992
The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith - Thomas Keneally 1972
The Children of Dynmouth - William Trevor 1976
The Clothes on Their Backs - Linda Grant 2008
The Colour of Blood - Brian Moore 1987
The Comfort of Strangers - Ian McEwan 1981
The Conjunction - T. W. Wheeler 1970
The Conservationist - Nadine Gordimer 1974 Winner
The Dark Room - Rachel Seiffert 2001
The Deposition of Father McGreevy - Brian O'Doherty 2000
The Doctor's Wife - Brian Moore 1976
The Dressmaker - Beryl Bainbridge 1973
The Elected Member - Bernice Rubens 1970 Winner
The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje 1992 Winner
The Essence of the Thing - Madeleine St John 1997
The Famished Road - Ben Okri 1991 Winner
The Folding Star - Alan Hollinghurst 1994
The Gate of Angels - Penelope Fitzgerald 1990
The Gathering - Anne Enright 2007 Winner
The Ghost Road - Pat Barker 1995 Winner
The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy 1997 Winner
The Good Apprentice - Iris Murdoch 1985
The Good Doctor - Damon Galgut 2003
The Good Terrorist - Doris Lessing 1985
The Green Equinox - Elizabeth Mavor 1973
The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood 1986
The Hiding Place - Trezza Azzopardi 2000
The Illusionist - Anita Mason 1983
The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai 2006 Winner
The Keepers of Truth - Michael Collins 2000
The Lost Father - Marina Warner 1988
The Map of Love - Adhaf Soueif 1999
The Moor's Last Sigh - Salman Rushdie 1995
The Nice and the Good - Iris Murdoch 1969
The Night Watch - Sarah Waters 2006
The Northern Clemency - Philip Hensher 2008
The Old Devils - Kingsley Amis 1986 Winner
The Orchard on Fire - Shena Mckay 1996
The Public Image - Muriel Spark 1969
The Redundancy of Courage - Timothy Mo 1991
The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Moshin Hamid 2007
The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro 1989 Winner
The Restraint of Beasts - Magnus Mills 1998
The Riders - Tim Winton 1995
The Road to Lichfield - Penelope Lively 1977
The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie 1988
The Sea - John Banville 2005 Winner
The Sea, The Sea - Iris Murdoch 1978 Winner
The Secret Scripture - Sebastian Barry 2008
The Secret River - Kate Grenville 2006
The Siege of Krishnapur - J.G. Farrell 1973 Winner
The Sirian Experiments - Doris Lessing 1981
The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields 1993
The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor 2002
The Underground Man - Mick Jackson 1997
The Van - Robby Doyle 1991
The White Hotel - D.M. Thomas 1981
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga 2008 Winner
Time's Arrow - Martin Amis 1991
True History of the Kelly Gang - Peter Carey 2001 Winner
Under the Frog - Tibor Fischer 1993
Unless - Carol Shields 2002
Utz - Bruce Chatwin 1988
Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre 2003 Winner
Waterland - Graham Swift 1983
What's Bred in the Bone - Robertson Davies 1986
When We Were Orphans - Kazuo Ishiguro 2000

No comments: