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Favourite Booker Prize contenders

Description: May include longlisted, shortlisted or winning books

Rank Title Author Added

1

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

41,335 members

1,116 reviews

4.1

10 Members: lauralkeet, DorsVenabili, japaul22, souloftherose, Simone2, JGKC, ktussy, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, kara.shamy

2

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

15,938 members

462 reviews

4.2

9 Members: kidzdoc, lauralkeet, japaul22, souloftherose, Simone2, ktussy, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Elizabeth088

3

by Hilary Mantel

13,267 members

638 reviews

4

7 Members: kidzdoc, lauralkeet, japaul22, souloftherose, elkiedee, ktussy, kara.shamy

4

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro

22,317 members

926 reviews

3.8

8 Members: Soupdragon, DorsVenabili, japaul22, souloftherose, mousse, Simone2, ktussy, ahef1963

5

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

19,265 members

364 reviews

3.9

8 Members: Soupdragon, DorsVenabili, auntSteelbreaker, elkiedee, Simone2, ktussy, kara.shamy, paulkinder,aulsmith

6

The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood

16,398 members

381 reviews

3.9

7 Members: japaul22, souloftherose, elkiedee, Simone2, ktussy, ahef1963, kara.shamy

7

12,724 members

285 reviews

4

6 Members: japaul22, Simone2, ktussy, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Elizabeth088

8

The Sense of an Ending

by Julian Barnes

8,075 members

528 reviews

3.8

7 Members: kidzdoc, lauralkeet, Soupdragon, japaul22, Simone2, ktussy, kara.shamy

9

by Emma Donoghue

14,049 members

968 reviews

4

7 Members: dara85, japaul22, souloftherose, elkiedee, Simone2, ahef1963, kara.shamy

10

by J. M. Coetzee

10,682 members

270 reviews

3.8

6 Members: kidzdoc, DorsVenabili, Simone2, ahef1963, kara.shamy, paulkinder

11

by David Mitchell

17,277 members

670 reviews

4.1

6 Members: lauralkeet, japaul22, souloftherose, Simone2, ktussy, paulkinder

12

42,889 members

998 reviews

3.9

6 Members: souloftherose, Simone2, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Elizabeth088, paulkinder

13

The Blackwater Lightship

by Colm Tóibín

1,418 members

45 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: aulsmith, Soupdragon, elkiedee, ktussy, paulkinder

14

by Rohinton Mistry

9,022 members

251 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: lauralkeet, KimarieBee, DorsVenabili, Simone2, ahef1963,JGKC

15

The Little Stranger

by Sarah Waters

5,008 members

342 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: Soupdragon, japaul22, souloftherose, ktussy, kara.shamy

16

Midnight's Children

by Salman Rushdie

13,619 members

241 reviews

4

5 Members: kidzdoc, Simone2, JGKC, ahef1963, kara.shamy,souloftherose

17

25,993 members

614 reviews

3.9

6 Members: lauralkeet, japaul22, Simone2, Her_Royal_Orangeness, ahef1963, Elizabeth088,auntSteelbreaker ,JGKC

18

Bring Up the Bodies

by Hilary Mantel

6,730 members

339 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: japaul22, souloftherose, elkiedee, kara.shamy

19

The Night Watch

by Sarah Waters

4,337 members

149 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: Soupdragon, souloftherose, ktussy, kara.shamy

20

The Sea, the Sea

by Iris Murdoch

3,494 members

93 reviews

3.9

4 Members: DorsVenabili, souloftherose, ahef1963, kara.shamy

21

by Margaret Atwood

11,726 members

255 reviews

3.9

4 Members: japaul22, souloftherose, Simone2, kara.shamy

22

Astonishing Splashes of Colour

by Clare Morrall

653 members

29 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: Soupdragon, souloftherose, elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness

23

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

by Elizabeth Taylor

1,198 members

57 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Soupdragon, souloftherose, elkiedee, ktussy

24

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

by Mohsin Hamid

5,133 members

248 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: kidzdoc, Simone2, kara.shamy, paulkinder

25

Purple Hibiscus

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4,383 members

181 reviews

4

3 Members: lauralkeet, souloftherose, elkiedee

26

In the Country of Men

by Hisham Matar

1,266 members

61 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: lauralkeet, elkiedee, ktussy, ahef1963

27

10,206 members

225 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: kidzdoc, japaul22, Simone2, ktussy, ahef1963,Soupdragon

28

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

26,584 members

755 reviews

3.9

3 Members: souloftherose, ahef1963, paulkinder

29

Loitering with Intent

by Muriel Spark

822 members

27 reviews

3.8

3 Members: Soupdragon, elkiedee, ktussy

30

The Electric Michelangelo

841 members

25 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: ktussy, Her_Royal_Orangeness, kara.shamy

31

870 members

20 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lauralkeet, Soupdragon, elkiedee

32

The Bone People

3,733 members

109 reviews

4.1

3 Members: DorsVenabili, Simone2, ktussy

33

True History of the Kelly Gang

4,162 members

78 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: lauralkeet, ahef1963, kara.shamy

34

A Case of Exploding Mangoes

by Mohammed Hanif

1,146 members

49 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: kidzdoc, Simone2, kara.shamy

35

Half Blood Blues

1,411 members

82 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: elkiedee, Her_Royal_Orangeness

36

God on the Rocks

412 members

25 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: DorsVenabili, Her_Royal_Orangeness

37

by J. G. Farrell

1,409 members

50 reviews

4

3 Members: kidzdoc, souloftherose, paulkinder,lauralkeet

38

The Siege of Krishnapur

by J. G. Farrell

2,055 members

66 reviews

4

2 Members: kidzdoc, paulkinder

39

by John McGahern

973 members

25 reviews

3.9

2 Members: elkiedee, ktussy

40

A Five Year Sentence

by Bernice Rubens

145 members

10 reviews

4

2 Members: DorsVenabili, souloftherose

41

How to Paint a Dead Man

355 members

17 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ktussy, Her_Royal_Orangeness

42

by Barry Unsworth

1,541 members

35 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lauralkeet, kara.shamy

43

Quartet in Autumn

1,247 members

53 reviews

4

2 Members: japaul22, souloftherose

44

by Kamila Shamsie

1,659 members

78 reviews

4.1

2 Members: elkiedee, kara.shamy

45

by Amitav Ghosh

3,076 members

150 reviews

4

2 Members: kidzdoc, ktussy

46

A Cupboard Full of Coats

by Yvvette Edwards

291 members

25 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Soupdragon, elkiedee

47

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

by Richard Flanagan

3,012 members

144 reviews

4

2 Members: elkiedee, kara.shamy

48

Girl, Woman, Other

by Bernardine Evaristo

2,899 members

127 reviews

4.2

2 Members: elkiedee, kara.shamy

49

The Good Doctor

by Damon Galgut

661 members

26 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: kidzdoc, ktussy

50

A Town Called Solace

446 members

30 reviews

4.1

2 Members: elkiedee, kara.shamy

51

by Maggie Shipstead

1,243 members

62 reviews

4

2 Members: elkiedee, kara.shamy

52

The Testament of Mary

by Colm Tóibín

1,349 members

108 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: souloftherose, kara.shamy

53

The Fortune Men

by Nadifa Mohamed

249 members

14 reviews

3.8

2 Members: elkiedee, kara.shamy

54

by Margaret Atwood

5,741 members

216 reviews

4.1

2 Members: elkiedee, kara.shamy

55

A Brief History of Seven Killings

by Marlon James

2,756 members

107 reviews

3.9

2 Members: elkiedee, kara.shamy

56

by Helen Dunmore

369 members

38 reviews

4

Member: elkiedee

57

A Distant Shore

by Caryl Phillips

217 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: kidzdoc

58

1,353 members

65 reviews

3.9

Member: kidzdoc

59

by Abdulrazak Gurnah

304 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: kidzdoc

60

The Sweetness of Water

by Nathan Harris

763 members

26 reviews

4.2

Member: elkiedee

61

by Penelope Fitzgerald

1,287 members

52 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: elkiedee

62

by Douglas Stuart

2,249 members

116 reviews

4.2

Member: kara.shamy

63

No One Is Talking About This

by Patricia Lockwood

1,041 members

54 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: kara.shamy

64

459 members

29 reviews

3.9

Member: kara.shamy

65

by Damon Galgut

986 members

51 reviews

4

Member: kara.shamy

66

A Passage North

by Anuk Arudpragasam

304 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: kara.shamy

67

by David Nicholls

1,403 members

79 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: kara.shamy

68

by Rose Tremain

801 members

66 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Soupdragon,lauralkeet

69

Klara and the Sun

by Kazuo Ishiguro

4,371 members

207 reviews

3.9

70

by Richard Powers

1,385 members

69 reviews

3.9

71

Light Perpetual

by Francis Spufford

370 members

15 reviews

3.8

72

by Sunjeev Sahota

248 members

19 reviews

½ 3.6

73

by Karen Jennings

174 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

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Started: elkiedee
January 2012
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