<P> In 1993, to mark the prize's 25th anniversary, a "Booker of Bookers" Prize was given . Three previous judges of the award, Malcolm Bradbury, David Holloway and W.L. Webb, met and chose Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, the 1981 winner, as "the best novel out of all the winners ." </P> <P> Similarly, The Best of the Booker was awarded in 2008 to celebrate the prize's 40th anniversary . A shortlist of six winners was chosen and the decision was left to a public vote; the winner was again Midnight's Children . </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> India </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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