COLLECTING THE BOOKER PRIZE

1969 - 2007

Winners and short listed titles make a rewarding collection. For over 30 years, the annually awarded Booker Prize has been a focal point of autumn literary activity for publishers, readers and collectors alike. It has been exciting, stimulating, contentious and, just occasionally, down right dull.

There is a real challenge in collecting the 209 titles, which comprise the short lists and winners since 1969. They represent a test of searching and reading unmatched by single author or genre collecting, partly because although the theme of the Booker is the best literary fiction of its particular year, changes in reading and writing styles over nearly thirty years create an image of the major trends of a period that has seen enormous change.

Nowhere are these changes reflected better than in the fiction of the period.

In the list that follows, every book that has reached the short list stage and, of course, the winning titles are listed. Very probably, readers will already have some or many of these titles in first edition, as many authors have become household names through their Booker Prize involvement. Interestingly enough, as if to confound the decision of that year’s panel of judges, many of the now best-known titles were not chosen as winners at the time. Subsequent publicity, however, has proved that any publicity is good for an author in terms of books sold. The lists now also include, from 2002 onwards, 'Long List' titles.

Some note on the procedures for compiling the short list may now be of interest.

In February each year, the management committee selects the year’s panel of four judges and a chairman. The judges come from various walks of generally literary life and also include one `person in the street often an actor.

The important factor is that they are all readers and will read all the books submitted to them for consideration by the publishers. This leads to the next and difficult point for both publishers and judges. Each publisher can select two books from his year’s publications, along with one each by a previous Booker Winner (if published by that house). Every publisher can also bring to the panels attention further titles and the judges must call in books from these additional lists. This starts to accumulate a considerable total of books and to extend the sum further, judges can call in for reading titles not raised by the publishers themselves, although few extra titles appear via this route and ultimately 100 118 titles appear on a long list to be read by each judge. The panel will then meet to discuss arriving at a short list of 6 titles, following a long list published in August.

It is at about this time that activity by both dealers and collectors in assembling their own short lists is intense, as soon as the short list is announced that activity becomes frenetic! This is particularly so when, as often happens, an unknown or unexpected author appears on the shortlist. In this instance, the chances of a large initial print run are unlikely (the more so today with most publishers reducing hardback print runs). This creates a difficulty (or exciting challenge!) in tracking down what has overnight become a desirable book. Beware second impressions, later issue dust wrappers (with reviews) and/or endorsements printed following the Booker short list announcement.

Finally and not until the afternoon of the evening presentation dinner does the panel assemble to discuss and decide the winner. After some (I am sure) hard discussion and no doubt gentle persuasion the two hours of discussion leads to an announcement to an often surprised winner. At least reactions are genuine in this situation.

Despite the many hurdles (or perhaps because of them) in assembling a complete collection of these books, I believe that collecting and, of course, reading the full set of these titles is one of the most rewarding goals attainable by any collector of the past forty years.

Enjoy yourself, and don't be surprised if you meet me at a book fair reaching for that same elusive title. I do still have a few to find!

By ©Chris Fruin

1969

P.H. Newby

Something to Answer For (Winner)

F/F

£200

Nicholas Mosley

The Impossible Object

VG/VG

£45

Iris Murdoch

The Nice and the Good

F/F

£50

Muriel Spark

The Public Image

VG/VG

£22

B. England

Figures in a Landscape

VG/VG

£50

G. M. Williams

From Scenes Like These

-

-

1970

Bernice Rubens

The Elected Member (Winner)

-

-

A.L. Barker

John Brown's Body

VG/VG

£40

Elizabeth Bowen

Eva Trout

VG/VG

£30

Iris Murdoch

Bruno's Dream

VG/VG

£30

William Trevor

Mrs Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel

VG/F

£75

T.W. Wheeler

The Conjunction

-

-

1971

V.S. Naipaul

In a Free State (Winner)

F/F

£65

T. Kilroy

The Big Chapel

VG/VG

£65

Doris Lessing

Briefing for a Descent Into Hell

NF/NF

£20

Mordecai Richler

St. Urbain's Horseman

-

-

Derek Robinson

Goshawk Squadron

F/F

£45

Elizabeth Taylor

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

VG/VG

£35

1972

John Berger

G (Winner)

NF/NF

£90

Susan Hill

Bird of Night

VG/VG

£35

Thomas Keneally

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

-

-

David Storey

Pasmore

F/F

£18

1973

J.G. Farrell

The Siege of Krishnapur (Winner)

NF/F

£75

Beryl Bainbridge

The Dressmaker

-

-

Elizabeth Mavor

The Green Equinox

-

-

Iris Murdoch

The Black Prince

F/F

£55

1974 Joint Winners

Nadine Gordimer

The Conservationist (Winner)

VG/VG

£50

Stanley Middleton

Holiday (Winner)

-

-

Kingsley Amis

Ending Up

NF/NF

£20

Beryl Bainbridge

The Bottle Factory Outing

F/F

£30

C.P. Snow

In Their Wisdom

F/F

£20

1975

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Heat and Dust (Winner)

F/VG

£45

Thomas Keneally

Gossip From the Forest

VG/VG

£40

1976

David Storey

Saville (Winner)

NF/F

£35

Andre Brink

An Instant in the Wind

NF/F

£30

R.C. Hutchinson

Rising

VG/VG

£45

Brian Moore

The Doctor's Wife

F/F

£35

Julian Rathbone

King Fisher Lives

F/F

£45

William Trevor

The Children of Dynmouth

F/F

£65

1977

Paul Scott

Staying On (Winner)

F/F

£50

Paul Bailey

Peter Smart's Confessions

F/F

£30

Caroline Blackwood

Great Granny Webster

VG/VG

£20

Jennifer Johnston

Shadows On Our Skin

-

-

Penelope Lively

The Road To Litchfield

NF/F

£70

Barbara Pym

Quartet in Autumn

NF/F

£45

1978

Iris Murdoch

The Sea, The Sea (Winner)

F/F

£80

Kingsley Amis

Jake's Thing

F/F

£20

Andre Brink

Rumours of Rain

VG/VG

£50

Penelope Fitzgerald

The Bookshop

-

-

Jane Gardam

God On The Rocks

F/F

£55

Bernice Rubens

A Five-Year Sentence

VG/VG

£25

1979

Penelope Fitzgerald

Offshore (Winner)

F/F

£65

Thomas Keneally

Confederates

F/F

£35

V.S. Naipaul

A Bend in The River

NF/F

£30

Julian Rathbone

Joseph

-

-

Fay Weldon

Praxis

F/F

£20

1980

William Golding

Rites of Passage (Winner)

F/F

£25

Anthony Burgess

Earthly Powers

F/F

£18

J.L. Carr

A Month in the Country

-

-

Anita Desai

Clear Light of Day

-

-

Alice Munro

The Beggar Maid

F/F

£60

Julia O’Faolain

No Country For Young Men

F/F

£50

Barry Unsworth

Pascali's Island

F/F

£80

1981

Salman Rushdie

Midnight's Children (Winner)

F/F

£800

Molly Keane

Good Behaviour

VG/VG

£18

Doris Lessing

The Sirian Experiments

F/F

£20

Ian McEwan

The Comfort of Strangers

F/F

£55

Anne Schlee

Rhine Journey

F/F

£50

Muriel Spark

Loitering With Intent

F/F

£20

D.M. Thomas

The White Hotel

F/F

£80

1982

Thomas Keneally

Schindler's Ark (Winner)

F/F

£100

John Arden

Silence Among The Weapons

F/F

£20

William Boyd

An Ice-Cream War

F/F

£30

Lawrence Durrell

Constance, or Solitary Practices

F/F

£20

Alice Thomas Ellis

The 27th Kingdom

F/F

£40

Timothy Mo

Sour Sweet

F/F

£75

1983

J.M. Coetzee

Life and Times of Michael K (Winner)

F/F

£70

Malcolm Bradbury

Rates of Exchange

F/F

£20

John Fuller

Flying to Nowhere

F/F

£20

Anita Mason

The Illusionist

F/F

£15

Salman Rushdie

Shame

F/F

£25

Graham Swift

Waterland

F/F

£120

1984

Anita Brookner

Hotel du Lac (Winner)

F/F

£65

J.G. Ballard

Empire of the Sun

F/F

£25

Julian Barnes

Flaubert's Parrot

F/F

£220

Anita Desai

In Custody

F/F

£30

Penelope Lively

According to Mark

F/F

£15

David Lodge

Small World

NF/F

£35

1985

Keri Hulme

The Bone People (Winner) (True First Larger Print)

F/F

£65

Peter Carey

Illywhacker

F/F

£30

J.L. Carr

The Battle of Pollocks Crossing

F/F

£16

Doris Lessing

The Good Terrorist

F/F

£20

Jan Morris

Last Letters From Hav

F/F

£15

Iris Murdoch

The Good Apprentice

F/F

£18

1986

Kingsley Amis

The Old Devils (Winner)

F/F

£25

Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

F/F

£55

Paul Bailey

Gabriel's Lament

F/F

£20

Robertson Davies

What's Bred In The Bone

F/F

£30

Kazuo Ishiguro

An Artist of the Floating World (1^ST State)

F/F

£125

Timothy Mo

An Insular Possession

F/F

£20

1987

Penelope Lively

Moon Tiger (Winner)

F/F

£65

Chinua Achebe

Anthills of the Savannah

F/F

£20

Peter Ackroyd

Chatterton

F/F

£20

Nina Bawden

Circles of Deceit

F/F

£18

Brian Moore

The Colour of Blood

F/F

£20

Iris Murdoch

The Book and the Brotherhood

F/F

£18

1988

Peter Carey

Oscar and Lucinda (Winner)

F/F

£65

Bruce Chatwin

Utz

F/F

£18

Penelope Fitzgerald

The Beginning of Spring

F/F

£20

David Lodge

Nice Work

F/F

£16

Salman Rushdie

The Satanic Verses

F/F

£70

Marina Warner

The Lost Father

F/F

£18

1989

Kazuo Ishiguro

The Remains of the Day (Winner)

F/F

£125

Margaret Atwood

Cat's Eye

F/F

£18

John Banville

The Book of Evidence

F/F

£25

Sybille Bedford

Jigsaw   An Unsentimental Education

F/F

£20

James Kelman

A Disaffection

F/F

£25

Rose Tremain

Restoration

F/F

£20

1990

A.S. Byatt

Possession (Winner)

F/F

£75

Beryl Bainbridge

An Awfully Big Adventure

F/F

£20

Penelope Fitzgerald

The Gate of Angels

F/F

£20

John McGahern

Amongst Women

F/F

£45

Brian Moore

Lies of Silence

F/F

£16

Mordecai Richler

Solomon Gursky Was Here

F/F

£18

1991

Ben Okri

The Famished Road (Winner)

F/F

£70

Martin Amis

Time's Arrow

F/F

£14

Roddy Doyle

The Van

F/F

£85

Rohinton Mistry

Such a Long Journey

F/F

£60

Timothy Mo

The Redundancy of Courage

F/F

£20

William Trevor

Reading Turgenev

F/F

£25

1992 Joint Winners

Joint Winners

Michael Ondaatje

The English Patient (Winner)

F/F

£100

Barry Unsworth

Sacred Hunger (Winner)

F/F

£80

Christopher Hope

Serenity House

F/F

£15

Patrick McCabe

The Butcher Boy

F/F

£240

Ian McEwan

Black Dogs

F/F

£20

Michele Roberts

Daughters of the House

F/F

£20

1993

Roddy Doyle

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. (Winner)

F/F

£70

Tibor Fischer

Under the Frog (P.B.O.)

-

-

Michael Ignatieff

Scar Tissue (P.B.O.)

F

£16

David Malouf

Remembering Babylon

F/F

£18

Caryl Phillips

Crossing the River

F/F

£30

Carol Shields

The Stone Diaries

F/F

£120

1994

James Kelman

How Late It Was, How Late (Winner)

F/F

£45

George MacKay Brown

Beside the Ocean of Time.

F/F

£50

Romesh Gunesekera

Reef

F/F

£30

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Paradise

F/F

£30

Alan Hollinghurst

The Folding Star

F/F

£20

Jill Paton Walsh

Knowledge of Angels

F/F

£40

1995

Pat Barker

The Ghost Road (Winner)

F/F

£65

Justin Cartwright

In Every Face I Meet

F/F

£18

Salman Rushdie

The Moor's Last Sigh

F/F

£18

Barry Unsworth

Morality Play

F/F

£18

Tim Winton

The Riders

F/F

£18

1996

Graham Swift

Last Orders (Winner)

F/F

£30

Margaret Atwood

Alias Grace

F/F

£25

Beryl Bainbridge

Every Man for Himself

F/F

£25

Seamus Deane

Reading in the Dark

F/F

£18

Shena MacKay

The Orchard on Fire

F/F

£20

Rohinton Mistry

A Fine Balance

F/F

£25

1997

A. Roy

The God of Small Things (Winner)

F/F

£50

J. Crace

Quarantine

F/F

£30

M. Jackson

The Underground Man

F/F

£18

B. Maclaverty

Grace Notes

F/F

£15

T. Parks

Europa (P.B.O.)

F

£15

M StJohn

The Essence of the Thing (P.B.O.)

F

£15

1998

I. McEwan

Amsterdam (Winner)

F/F

£30

J. Barnes

England, England

F/F

£20

B. Bainbridge

Master Georgie

F/F

£18

M. Booth

Industry of Souls (P.B.O.)

F

£15

M. Mills

Restraint of Beasts (P.B.O.)

F

£20

P. McCabe

Breakfast on Pluto

F/F

£18

1999

J. M. Coetzee

Disgrace (Winner) (Biddles Printing)

F/F

£65

A. Desai

Fasting, Feasting

F/F

£20

M. Frayn

Headlong

F/F

£40

A. O’Hagan

Our Fathers

F/F

£16

A. Soueif

The Map of Love

F/F

£20

C. Toibin

The Blackwater Lightship

F/F

£20

2000

Margaret Atwood

The Blind Assassin (Winner)

F/F

£30

Trezza Azzopardi

The Hiding Place (1^ST Novel)

F/F

£20

Michael Collins

The Keepers of Truth (Sim. P/back)

F

£18

Michael Collins

The Keepers of Truth (Sim. scarce hardback)

F/F

£45

Kazuo Ishiguro

When We Were Orphans

F/F

£25

Matthew Kneale

English Passengers

F/F

£50

Brian O’Doherty

The Deposition of Father McGreevy (P.B.O.)

F

£20

2001

Peter Carey

True History of the Kelly Gang (Winner) With map

F/F

£45

Ian McEwan

Atonement

F/F

£40

Andrew Miller

Oxygen

F/F

£20

David Mitchell

Number 9 Dream (P.B.O.)

F

£40

Rachel Seiffert

The Dark Room

F/F

£20

Ali Smith

Hotel World (P.B.O.)

F

£16

2002 Long List

Yan Martel

Life of Pi (Winner)

F/F

£80

Dannie Abse

The Strange Case of Dr. Simmonds & Dr. Glass

F/F

£16

John Banville

Shroud

F/F

£16

Joan Barfoot

Critical Injuries (P.B.O.)

F

£10

William Boyd

Any Human Heart

F/F

£18

Anita Brookner

The Next Big Thing

F/F

£16

Robert Edric

Peacetime

F/F

£16

Michael Frayn

Spies

F/F

£16

Linda Grant

Still Here

F/F

£20

Philip Hensher

The Mulberry Empire

F/F

£18

Howard Jacobson

Who’s Sorry Now

F/F

£16

Jon McGregor

If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

F/F

£20

Rohinton Mistry

Family Matters (Shortlist)

F/F

£20

Will Self

Dorian

F/F

£15

Carol Shields

Unless (Shortlist)

F/F

£20

Zadie Smith

The Autograph Man

F/F

£20

Colin Thubron

To The Last City

F/F

£16

William Trevor

The Story of Lucy Gault (Shortlist)

F/F

£25

Sarah Waters

Fingersmith (Shortlist)

F/F

£25

Tim Winton

Dirt Music (Shortlist)

F/F

£20

2003 Long List

D.B.C. Pierre

Vernon God Little (Winner)

F/F

£75

Monica Ali

Brick Lane (Shortlist)

F/F

£40

Martin Amis

Yellow Dog

F/F

£18

Margaret Atwood

Oryx and Crake (Shortlist)

F/F

£18

Carol Birch

Turn Again Home

F/F

£18

Melvyn Bragg

Crossing the Lines

F/F

£18

J. M. Coetzee

Elizabeth Costello

F/F

£16

Julia Darling

The Taxi Driver’s Daughter

F/F

£15

Gerard Donovan

Schopenhauer’s Telescope

F/F

£20

Damon Galgut

The Good Doctor (P.B.O.) (Shortlist)

F

£18

Barbara Gowdy

The Romantic

F/F

£15

Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

F/F

£20

Zoë Heller

Notes on a Scandal (Shortlist)

F/F

£30

Francis King

The Nick of Time (P.B.O.)

F

£12

Shena Mackay

Heligoland

F/F

£20

Clare Morrall

Astonishing Splashes of Colour (P.B.O.) (Shortlist)

F

£50

John Murray

Jazz etc. (P.B.O.)

F

£12

Julie Myerson

Something Might Happen

F/F

£15

Tim Parks

Judge Savage

F/F

£25

Caryl Phillips

A Distant Shore

F/F

£18

Jonathan Raban

Waxwings

F/F

£16

Graham Swift

The Light of Day

F/F

£18

Barbara Trapido

Frankie & Stankie

F/F

£18

2004 Long List

Alan Hollinghurst

The Line of Beauty (Winner)

F/F

£80

Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

Purple Hibiscus

F/F

£25

Nadeem Aslam

Maps for Lost Lovers

F/F

£18

Nicola Barker

Clear: A Transparent Novel

F/F

£15

John Bemrose

The Island Walkers

F/F

£18

Ronan Bennett

Havoc in its Third Year

F/F

£20

Susanna Clarke

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

F/F

£28

Neil Cross

Always the Sun (P.B.O.)

F

£12

Achmat Dangor

Bitter Fruit (P.B.O.) (Shortlist)

F

£30

Louise Dean

Becoming Strangers

F/F

£20

Lewis DeSoto

A Blade of Grass (P.B.O.)

F

£12

Sarah Hall

The Electric Michelangelo (P.B.O.) (Shortlist)

F

£22

James Hamilton-Paterson

Cooking with Fernet Branca (P.B.O.)

F

£12

2004 Long List cont'd

Justin Haythe

The Honeymoon

F/F

£18

Shirley Hazzard

The Great Fire

F/F

£30

Gail Jones

Sixty Lights

F/F

£18

David Mitchell

Cloud Atlas (Shortlist)

F/F

£35

Sam North

The Unnumbered

F/F

£15

Nicholas Shakespeare

Snowleg

F/F

£18

Matt Thorne

Cherry (P.B.O.)

F

£15

Colm Toibin

The Master (Shortlist)

F/F

£35

Gerard Woodward

I’ll go to Bed at Noon (Shortlist)

F/F

£20

2005 Long List

'This has been an exceptional year, and in the judges' opinion may rank as one of the strongest ever since the prize was founded in 1969. It is also a nicely balanced longlist with four precious Booker winners, three first novels and a satisfying range of styles. The judges have enjoyed their judging experience - so far.'

John Banville

The Sea (Hardback) (Winner)

F/F

£70

Tash Aw

The Harmony Silk Factory (Hardback)

F/F

£30

Julian Barnes

Arthur & George (Hardback)

F/F

£20

Sebastian Barry

A Long Long Way (P.B.O.)

F

£25

J M Coetzee

Slow Man (Hardback)

F/F

£18

Rachel Cusk

In The Fold (P.B.O.)

F

£15

Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go (Hardback)

F/F

£20

Dan Jacobson

All For Love (Hardback)

F/F

£18

Marina Lewycka

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian (Hardback)

F/F

£25

Hilary Mantel

Beyond Black (Hardback)

F/F

£18

Ian McEwan

Saturday (Hardback)

F/F

£25

James Meek

The People's Act of Love (Hardback)

F/F

£18

Salman Rushdie

Shalimar The Clown (Hardback)

F/F

£18

Ali Smith

The Accidental (Hardback)

F/F

£45

Zadie Smith

On Beauty (Hardback)

F/F

£18

Harry Thompson

This Thing of Darkness (Hardback)

F/F

£16

William Wall

This Is The Country (Hardback)

F/F

£18

2006 Long List

The judging panel for the 2006 Man Booker Prize for Fiction is: Hermione Lee (Chair); Simon Armitage, poet and novelist; Candia McWilliam, award winning novelist; critic Anthony Quinn and actor Fiona Shaw. The 2006 shortlist will be announced on Thursday 14^th September at a press conference at Man Group's London office. The winner will be announced on Tuesday 10^th October at an awards ceremony at Guildhall, London.

Kiran Desai

The Inheritance of Loss (Winner)

F/F

£50

Peter Carey

Theft: A Love story

F/F

£20

Robert Edric

Gathering the Water

F/F

£16

Nadine Gordimer

Get a Life

F/F

£16

Kate Grenville

The Secret River (Shortlist)

F/F

£40

M. J. Hyland

Carry Me Down (Shortlist)

F/F

£20

Howard Jacobson

Kalooki Nights

F/F

£20

James Lasdun

Seven Lies

F/F

£16

Mary Lawson

The Other Side of the Bridge

F/F

£20

Jon McGregor

So Many Ways to Begin

F/F

£18

Hisham Matar

In the Country of Men (Shortlist)

F/F

£26

Claire Messud

The Emperor's Children

F/F

£16

David Mitchell

Black Swan Green

F/F

£18

Naeem Murr

The Perfect Man

F/F

£18

Andrew O'Hagan

Be Near Me

F/F

£18

James Robertson

The Testament of Gideon Mack

F/F

£16

Edward St Aubyn

Mother's Milk (Shortlist)

F/F

£28

Barry Unsworth

The Ruby in her Navel

F/F

£18

Sarah Waters

The Night Watch (Shortlist)

F/F

£20

The Man Booker Prize 2007 Long List

This year's judges have displayed a bold approach indeed in their selection of just thirteen titles.

Whilst many may be disappointed by the non-appearance of some better known authors, it cannot be denied that a considerable amount of quality literary fiction is present here.

It will certainly be difficult to make the necessary decisions to select a shortlist on September 6^th, and winner on October 16^th.

Nicola Barker

Darkmans

Fourth Estate

F/F

£30

Edward Docx

Self Help

Picador

F/F

£30

Tan Twan Eng

The gift of Rain

Myrmidon

F/F

£30

Anne Enright

The Gathering

Jonathan Cape

F/F

£25

Mohsin Hamid

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Hamish Hamilton

F/F

£25

Peter Ho Davies

The Welsh Girl

Sceptre

F/F

£25

Lloyd Jones

Mister Pip

John Murray

F/F

£20

Nikita Lalwani

Gifted

Viking

F/F

£25

Ian McEwan

On Chesil Beach

Jonathan Cape

F/F

£25

Catherine O'Flynn

What Was Lost

Tindal Street

PBO

£20

Michael Redhill

Consolation

William Heinemann

F/F

£20

Indra Sinha

Animal's People

Simon & Schuster

PBO

£20

A. N. Wilson

Winnie & Wolf

Hitchinson

F/F

£25

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BOOKER 30

ARTICLES & FULL BIBLIOGRAPHY 1969-1998

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£10

BOOKER 1969-2003

UPDATED BIBLIOGRAPHY & NEW ARTICLES

These are invaluable hardback books for the Booker collector

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£5