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Booker Prize was formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019)

The prize is now sponsored by Crankshaft, and the winner receives £50,000

In 1992, after the prize was shared for a second time, a rule was introduced that made it mandatory for the appointed jury to make the award to just a single author/book. This rule was broken in 2019 when the prize was again shared

Historically, the winner of the Booker Prize had been required to be a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Republic of Ireland, or Zimbabwe. It was announced in 2013 that future Booker Prize awards would consider authors from anywhere in the world, so long as their work was in English and published in the UK

Lost Man Booker Prize was a special edition of the Man Booker Prize awarded by a public vote in 2010 to a novel from 1970 as the books published in 1970 were not eligible for the Man Booker Prize due to a rules alteration. Won by ''Troubles'' by JG Farrell

International Booker Prize was sponsored by the Man Group from 2005 to 2015. Switched from body of work to a specific novel in 2016. The 2005 inaugural winner of the prize was Albanian writer Ismail Kadare

A ‘Best of Beryl’ prize was set up in 2006 for Beryl Bainbridge, who had been nominated five times without winning. The prize was won by ''Master Georgie''

In 1993 and 2008, the Best of the Booker prizes were both won by ''Midnight’s Children''

In 2018, the Golden Man Booker was won by ''The English Patient''

Most nominations – Iris Murdoch, Margaret Atwood (6)

{| class="wikitable"
|1969
|PH Newby
|''Something to Answer For''
|Inaugural winner
|-
|1970
|Bernice Rubens
|''The Elected Member''
|First female winner
|-
|1971
|VS Naipaul
|''In a Free State''
|Born in Trinidad and Tobago
|-
|1972
|John Berger
|''G.''
|
|-
|1973
|JG Farrell
|''The Siege of Krishnapur''
|
|-
|1974
|Nadime Gordimer

Stanley Middleton
|''The Conservationist''

''Holiday''
|First time prize is shared
|-
|1975
|Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
|''Heat and Dust''
|Born in Germany
|-
|1976
|David Storey
|''Saville''
|
|-
|1977
|Paul Scott
|''Staying O''n
|
|-
|1978
|Iris Murdoch
|''The Sea, the Sea''
|
|-
|1979
|Penelope Fitzgerald
|''Offshore''
|Shortest work (141 pages) to win
|-
|1980
|William Golding
|''Rites of Passage''
|
|-
|1981
|Salman Rushdie
|''Midnight’s Children''
|
|-
|1982
|Thomas Keneally
|''Schindler’s Ark''
|
|-
|1983
|JM Coetzee
|''Life & Times of Michael K''
|
|-
|1984
|Anita Brookner
|''Hotel du Lac''
|
|-
|1985
|Keri Hulme
|''The Bone People''
|
|-
|1986
|Kingsley Amis
|''The Old Devils''
|
|-
|1987
|Penelope Lively
|''Moon Tiger''
|
|-
|1988
|Peter Carey
|''Oscar and Lucinda''
|
|-
|1989
|Kazuo Ishiguro
|''The Remains of the Day''
|
|-
|1990
|AS Byatt
|''Possession''
|
|-
|1991
|Ben Okri
|''The Famished Road''
|Born in Nigeria
|-
|1992
|Michael Ondaatje

Barry Unsworth
|''The English Patient''

''Sacred Hunger''
|Prize shared
|-
|1993
|Roddy Doyle
|''Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha''
|
|-
|1994
|James Kelman
|''How Late It Was, How Late''
|Rabbi Julia Neuberger, one of the judges, said that the book was "crap"
|-
|1995
|Pat Barker
|''The Ghost Road''
|
|-
|1996
|Graham Swift
|''Last Orders''
|
|-
|1997
|Arundhati Roy
|''The God of Small Things''
|
|-
|1998
|Ian McEwan
|''Amsterdam''
|
|-
|1999
|JM Coetzee
|''Disgrace''
|First person to win the prize twice
|-
|2000
|Margaret Atwood
|''The Blind Assassin''
|
|-
|2001
|Peter Carey
|''True History of the Kelly Gang''
|
|-
|2002
|Yann Martel
|''Life of Pi''
|First winner of Man Booker Prize
|-
|2003
|DBC Pierre
|''Vernon God Little''
|
|-
|2004
|Alan Hollinghurst
|''The Line of Beauty''
|
|-
|2005
|John Banville
|''The Sea''
|
|-
|2006
|Kiran Desai
|''The Inheritance of Loss''
|
|-
|2007
|Anne Enright
|''The Gathering''
|
|-
|2008
|Aravind Adiga
|''The White Tiger''
|
|-
|2009
|Hilary Mantel
|''Wolf Hall''
|
|-
|2010
|Howard Jacobson
|''The Finkler Question''
|
|-
|2011
|Julian Barnes
|''The Sense of an Ending''
|
|-
|2012
|Hilary Mantel
|''Bring up the Bodies''
|
|-
|2013
|Eleanor Catton
|''The Luminaries''
|Longest work (832 pages) to win

Youngest author (28) to win
|-
|2014
|Richard Flanagan
|''The Narrow Road to the Deep North''
|
|-
|2015
|Marlon James
|''A Brief History of Seven Killings''
|Born in Jamaica
|-
|2016
|Paul Beatty
|''The Sellout''
|First American to win
|-
|2017
|George Saunders
|''Lincoln in the Bardo''
|
|-
|2018
|Anna Burns
|''Milkman''
|
|-
|2019
|Margaret Atwood

Bernadine Evaristo
|''The Testaments''

''Girl, Woman, Other''
|Oldest author (79) to win

First black female winner
|-
|2020
|Douglas Stuart
|''Shuggie Bain''
|
|-
|2021
|Damon Galgut
|''The Promise''
|
|-
|2022
|Shehan Karunatilaka
|''The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida''
|Born in Sri Lanka
|}

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 |''Orbital''
+|
 |}
-Shortlist
 {| class="wikitable"
-|Samantha Harvey
+|David Szalay
-|''Orbital''
+|''Flesh''
 |-
-|Percival Everett
+|Susan Choi
-|''James''
+|''Flashlight''
 |-
-|Rachel Kushner
+|Kirin Desai
-|''Creation Lake''
+|''The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny''
 |-
-|Anne Michaels
+|Katie Kitamura
-|''Held''
+|''Audition''
 |-
-|Yael van der Wouden
+|Ben Markovits
-|''The Safekeep''
+|''The Rest of Our Lives''
 |-
-|Charlotte Wood
+|Andrew Miller
-|''Stone Yard Devotional''
+|''The Land in Winter''
 |}

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 |''Kairos''
 |German
 |}

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 |Paul Lynch
 |''Prophet Song''
+|
 |}
 Shortlist
 {| class="wikitable"
-|Paul Lynch
+|Samantha Harvey
-|''Prophet Song''
+|''Orbital''
 |-
-|Paul Murray
+|Percival Everett
-|''The Bee Sting''
+|''James''
 |-
-|Chetna Maroo
+|Rachel Kushner
-|''Western Lane''
+|''Creation Lake''
 |-
-|Paul Harding
+|Anne Michaels
-|''This Other Eden''
+|''Held''
 |-
-|Jonathan Escoffery
+|Yael van der Wouden
-|''If I Survive You''
+|''The Safekeep''
 |-
-|Sarah Bernstein
+|Charlotte Wood
-|''Study for Obedience''
+|''Stone Yard Devotional''
 |}

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 |''Time Shelter''
 |Bulgarian
 |}

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 |''Tomb of Sand''
 |Hindi
 |}

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 Historically, the winner of the Booker Prize had been required to be a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, the Republic of Ireland, or Zimbabwe. It was announced in 2013 that future Booker Prize awards would consider authors from anywhere in the world, so long as their work was in English and published in the UK
-Lost Man Booker Prize was a special edition of the Man Booker Prize awarded by a public vote in 2010 to a novel from 1970 as the books published in 1970 were not eligible for the Man Booker Prize due to a rules alteration. Won by ''Troubles'' by JG Farrell
+Lost Man Booker Prize was a special edition of the Man Booker Prize awarded by a public vote in 2010 to a novel from 1970 as the books published in 1970 were not eligible for the Man Booker Prize due to a rules alteration. Won by ''Troubles'' by J.G. Farrell
 A ‘Best of Beryl’ prize was set up in 2006 for Beryl Bainbridge, who had been nominated five times without winning. The prize was won by ''Master Georgie''
@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 In 2018, the Golden Man Booker was won by ''The English Patient''
-Most nominations – Iris Murdoch, Margaret Atwood (6)
+Five authors have won the award twice: Margaret Atwood, Peter Carey, J.M. Coetzee, J. G. Farrell (including the Lost Man Booker Prize), Hilary Mantel
 {| class="wikitable"
 |1969
-|PH Newby
+|P.H. Newby
 |''Something to Answer For''
 |Inaugural winner
@@ Line 30: / Line 31: @@
 |-
 |1971
-|VS Naipaul
+|V.S. Naipaul
 |''In a Free State''
 |Born in Trinidad and Tobago
@@ Line 40: / Line 41: @@
 |-
 |1973
-|JG Farrell
+|J.G. Farrell
 |''The Siege of Krishnapur''
+|
@@ Line 94: / Line 95: @@
 |-
 |1983
-|JM Coetzee
+|J.M. Coetzee
 |''Life & Times of Michael K''
+|
@@ Line 129: / Line 130: @@
 |-
 |1990
-|AS Byatt
+|A.S. Byatt
 |''Possession''
+|
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 |-
 |1999
-|JM Coetzee
+|J.M. Coetzee
 |''Disgrace''
 |First person to win the prize twice

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 |''The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida''
 |Born in Sri Lanka
 |}

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+== Booker Prize ==
+The Booker Prize was formerly known as the Booker Prize for Fiction (1969–2001) and the Man Booker Prize (2002–2019)
 The prize is now sponsored by Crankshaft, and the winner receives £50,000
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 Lost Man Booker Prize was a special edition of the Man Booker Prize awarded by a public vote in 2010 to a novel from 1970 as the books published in 1970 were not eligible for the Man Booker Prize due to a rules alteration. Won by ''Troubles'' by JG Farrell
 A ‘Best of Beryl’ prize was set up in 2006 for Beryl Bainbridge, who had been nominated five times without winning. The prize was won by ''Master Georgie''
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 |''The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida''
 |Born in Sri Lanka
 |}

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 |James Kelman
 |''How Late It Was, How Late''
-|Rabbi Julia Neuberger, one of the judges,  said that the book was "crap"
+|Rabbi Julia Neuberger, one of the judges,
 |-
 |1995