<P> The winner is usually announced at a ceremony in London's Guildhall, usually in early October . </P> <P> The 2017 prize was awarded to George Saunders for Lincoln in the Bardo . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Author </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Genre (s) </Th> <Th> Country </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> P.H. Newby </Td> <Td> Something to Answer For </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 </Td> <Td> Bernice Rubens </Td> <Td> The Elected Member </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 (retrospective award) </Td> <Td> J.G. Farrell </Td> <Td> Troubles </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom Ireland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td> V.S. Naipaul </Td> <Td> In a Free State </Td> <Td> Short story </Td> <Td> United Kingdom Trinidad and Tobago </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> John Berger </Td> <Td> G . </Td> <Td> Experimental novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1973 </Td> <Td> J.G. Farrell </Td> <Td> The Siege of Krishnapur </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom Ireland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nadine Gordimer </Td> <Td> The Conservationist </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> South Africa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stanley Middleton </Td> <Td> Holiday </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ruth Prawer Jhabvala </Td> <Td> Heat and Dust </Td> <Td> Historical novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom Germany </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> David Storey </Td> <Td> Saville </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> Paul Scott </Td> <Td> Staying On </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Td> Iris Murdoch </Td> <Td> The Sea, the Sea </Td> <Td> Philosophical novel </Td> <Td> Ireland United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1979 </Td> <Td> Penelope Fitzgerald </Td> <Td> Offshore </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> William Golding </Td> <Td> Rites of Passage </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1981 </Td> <Td> Salman Rushdie </Td> <Td> Midnight's Children </Td> <Td> Magic realism </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> Thomas Keneally </Td> <Td> Schindler's Ark </Td> <Td> Biographical novel </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> J.M. Coetzee </Td> <Td> Life & Times of Michael K </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> South Africa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> Anita Brookner </Td> <Td> Hotel du Lac </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1985 </Td> <Td> Keri Hulme </Td> <Td> The Bone People </Td> <Td> Mystery novel </Td> <Td> New Zealand </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1986 </Td> <Td> Kingsley Amis </Td> <Td> The Old Devils </Td> <Td> Comic novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Penelope Lively </Td> <Td> Moon Tiger </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Peter Carey </Td> <Td> Oscar and Lucinda </Td> <Td> Historical novel </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kazuo Ishiguro </Td> <Td> The Remains of the Day </Td> <Td> Historical novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> A.S. Byatt </Td> <Td> Possession </Td> <Td> Historical novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> Ben Okri </Td> <Td> The Famished Road </Td> <Td> Magic realism </Td> <Td> Nigeria </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Michael Ondaatje </Td> <Td> The English Patient </Td> <Td> Historiographic metafiction </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Barry Unsworth </Td> <Td> Sacred Hunger </Td> <Td> Historical novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Roddy Doyle </Td> <Td> Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> Ireland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> James Kelman </Td> <Td> How Late It Was, How Late </Td> <Td> Stream of consciousness </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1995 </Td> <Td> Pat Barker </Td> <Td> The Ghost Road </Td> <Td> War novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Graham Swift </Td> <Td> Last Orders </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Arundhati Roy </Td> <Td> The God of Small Things </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> India </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> Ian McEwan </Td> <Td> Amsterdam </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1999 </Td> <Td> J.M. Coetzee </Td> <Td> Disgrace </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> South Africa </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2000 </Td> <Td> Margaret Atwood </Td> <Td> The Blind Assassin </Td> <Td> Historical novel </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2001 </Td> <Td> Peter Carey </Td> <Td> True History of the Kelly Gang </Td> <Td> Historical novel </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> Yann Martel </Td> <Td> Life of Pi </Td> <Td> Fantasy and adventure novel </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2003 </Td> <Td> DBC Pierre </Td> <Td> Vernon God Little </Td> <Td> Black comedy </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alan Hollinghurst </Td> <Td> The Line of Beauty </Td> <Td> Historical novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> John Banville </Td> <Td> The Sea </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> Ireland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> Kiran Desai </Td> <Td> The Inheritance of Loss </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> India </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> Anne Enright </Td> <Td> The Gathering </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> Ireland </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Aravind Adiga </Td> <Td> The White Tiger </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> India </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Hilary Mantel </Td> <Td> Wolf Hall </Td> <Td> Historical novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Howard Jacobson </Td> <Td> The Finkler Question </Td> <Td> Comic novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> Julian Barnes </Td> <Td> The Sense of an Ending </Td> <Td> Novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> Hilary Mantel </Td> <Td> Bring Up the Bodies </Td> <Td> Historical novel </Td> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> Eleanor Catton </Td> <Td> The Luminaries </Td> <Td> Historical novel </Td> <Td> New Zealand </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> Richard Flanagan </Td> <Td> The Narrow Road to the Deep North </Td> <Td> Historical novel </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> Marlon James </Td> <Td> A Brief History of Seven Killings </Td> <Td> Historical / experimental novel </Td> <Td> Jamaica </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Paul Beatty </Td> <Td> The Sellout </Td> <Td> Satirical novel </Td> <Td> United States of America </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> George Saunders </Td> <Td> Lincoln in the Bardo </Td> <Td> Historical / experimental novel </Td> <Td> United States of America </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Author </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Genre (s) </Th> <Th> Country </Th> </Tr>

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