Booker Prize

Shortlist

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  Black Bag by Luke Kennard
• John of John Douglas Stuart
  John of John by Douglas Stuart
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  May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry
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  The Disappearers by Marlon James
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  The End of Everything by M. John Harrison
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  The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout

Also on the shortlist

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  Audition by Katie Kitamura
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  Flashlight by Susan Choi
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  The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller
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  The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
• The Rest of Our Lives Ben Markovits
  The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits

Also on the shortlist

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  Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
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  Held by Anne Michaels
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  James by Percival Everett
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  Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
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  The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

Also on the shortlist

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  If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
• Study for Obedience Sarah Bernstein
  Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein
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  The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
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  This Other Eden by Paul Harding
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  Western Lane by Chetna Maroo

Also on the shortlist

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  Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
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  Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
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  Small Things like These by Claire Keegan
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  The Trees by Percival Everett
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  Treacle Walker by Alan Garner

Also on the shortlist

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  A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
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  Bewilderment by Richard Powers
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  Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
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  No One Is Talking about This by Patricia Lockwood
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  The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed

Also on the shortlist

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  Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi
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  Real Life by Brandon Taylor
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  The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
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  The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
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  This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Also on the shortlist

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  10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
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  An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma
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  Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
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  Quichotte by Salman Rushdie

Also on the shortlist

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  Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
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  The Long Take by Robin Robertson
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  The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
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  The Overstory by Richard Powers
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  Washington Black by Esi Edugyan

Also on the shortlist

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  4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
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  Autumn by Ali Smith
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  Elmet by Fiona Mozley
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  Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
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  History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund

Also on the shortlist

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  All That Man Is by David Szalay
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  Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
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  Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
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  His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
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  Hot Milk by Deborah Levy

Also on the shortlist

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  A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
• A Spool of Blue Thread Anne Tyler
  A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
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  Satin Island by Tom McCarthy
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  The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
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  The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota

Also on the shortlist

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  How to Be Both by Ali Smith
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  J by Howard Jacobson
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  The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee
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  To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris
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  We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

Also on the shortlist

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  A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
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  Harvest by Jim Crace
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  The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
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  The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
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  We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

Also on the shortlist

• Narcopolis Jeet Thayil
  Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil
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  Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
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  The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
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  The Lighthouse by Alison Moore
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  Umbrella by Will Self

Also on the shortlist

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  Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
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  Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch
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  Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
• Snowdrops A D Miller
  Snowdrops by A D Miller
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  The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

Also on the shortlist

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  C by Tom McCarthy
• In a Strange Room Damon Galgut
  In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut
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  Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey
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  Room by Emma Donoghue
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  The Long Song by Andrea Levy

Also on the shortlist

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  Summertime by J. M. Coetzee
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  The Children's Book by A. S. Byatt
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  The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
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  The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
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  The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds

Also on the shortlist

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  A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
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  Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
• The Clothes on Their Backs Linda Grant
  The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant
• The Northern Clemency Philip Hensher
  The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher
• The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry
  The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry

Also on the shortlist

• Animal's People Indra Sinha
  Animal's People by Indra Sinha
• Darkmans Nicola Barker
  Darkmans by Nicola Barker
• Mister Pip Lloyd Jones
  Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
• On Chesil Beach Ian McEwan
  On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid
  The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

Also on the shortlist

• Carry Me Down M. J. Hyland
  Carry Me Down by M. J. Hyland
• In the Country of Men Hisham Matar
  In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
• Mother's Milk Edward St Aubyn
  Mother's Milk by Edward St Aubyn
• The Night Watch Sarah Waters
  The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
• The Secret River Kate Grenville
  The Secret River by Kate Grenville

Also on the shortlist

• A Long Long Way Sebastian Barry
  A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
• Arthur and George Julian Barnes
  Arthur and George by Julian Barnes
• Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
  Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
• On Beauty Zadie Smith
  On Beauty by Zadie Smith
• The Accidental Ali Smith
  The Accidental by Ali Smith

Also on the shortlist

• Bitter Fruit Achmat Dangor
  Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor
• Cloud Atlas David Mitchell
  Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
• I'll Go to Bed at Noon Gerard Woodward
  I'll Go to Bed at Noon by Gerard Woodward
• The Electric Michelangelo Sarah Hall
  The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall
• The Master Colm Tóibín
  The Master by Colm Tóibín

Also on the shortlist

• Astonishing Splashes of Colour Clare Morrall
  Astonishing Splashes of Colour by Clare Morrall
• Brick Lane Monica Ali
  Brick Lane by Monica Ali
• Notes on a Scandal Zoë Heller
  Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller
• Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood
  Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
• The Good Doctor Damon Galgut
  The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut

Also on the shortlist

• Dirt Music Tim Winton
  Dirt Music by Tim Winton
• Family Matters Rohinton Mistry
  Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
• Fingersmith Sarah Waters
  Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
• The Story of Lucy Gault William Trevor
  The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
• Unless Carol Shields
  Unless by Carol Shields

Also on the shortlist

• Atonement Ian McEwan
  Atonement by Ian McEwan
• Hotel World Ali Smith
  Hotel World by Ali Smith
• number9dream David Mitchell
  number9dream by David Mitchell
• Oxygen Andrew Miller
  Oxygen by Andrew Miller
• The Dark Room Rachel Seiffert
  The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert

Also on the shortlist

• English Passengers Matthew Kneale
  English Passengers by Matthew Kneale
• The Deposition of Father McGreevy Brian O'Doherty
  The Deposition of Father McGreevy by Brian O'Doherty
• The Hiding Place Trezza Azzopardi
  The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi
• The Keepers of Truth Michael Collins
  The Keepers of Truth by Michael Collins
• When We Were Orphans Kazuo Ishiguro
  When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro

Also on the shortlist

• Fasting, Feasting Anita Desai
  Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai
• Headlong Michael Frayn
  Headlong by Michael Frayn
• Our Fathers Andrew O'Hagan
  Our Fathers by Andrew O'Hagan
• The Blackwater Lightship Colm Tóibín
  The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín
• The Map of Love Ahdaf Soueif
  The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif

Also on the shortlist

• Breakfast on Pluto Patrick McCabe
  Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe
• England, England Julian Barnes
  England, England by Julian Barnes
• Master Georgie Beryl Bainbridge
  Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge
• The Industry of Souls Martin Booth
  The Industry of Souls by Martin Booth
• The Restraint of Beasts Magnus Mills
  The Restraint of Beasts by Magnus Mills

Also on the shortlist

• Europa Tim Parks
  Europa by Tim Parks
• Grace Notes Bernard MacLaverty
  Grace Notes by Bernard MacLaverty
• Quarantine Jim Crace
  Quarantine by Jim Crace
• The Essence of the Thing Madeleine St John
  The Essence of the Thing by Madeleine St John
• The Underground Man Mick Jackson
  The Underground Man by Mick Jackson

Also on the shortlist

• A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry
  A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
• Alias Grace Margaret Atwood
  Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
• Every Man for Himself Beryl Bainbridge
  Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge
• Reading in the Dark Seamus Deane
  Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane
• The Orchard on Fire Shena Mackay
  The Orchard on Fire by Shena Mackay

Also on the shortlist

• In Every Face I Meet Justin Cartwright
  In Every Face I Meet by Justin Cartwright
• Morality Play Barry Unsworth
  Morality Play by Barry Unsworth
• The Moor's Last Sigh Salman Rushdie
  The Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie
• The Riders Tim Winton
  The Riders by Tim Winton

Also on the shortlist

• Beside the Ocean of Time George Mackay Brown
  Beside the Ocean of Time by George Mackay Brown
• Knowledge of Angels Jill Paton Walsh
  Knowledge of Angels by Jill Paton Walsh
• Paradise Abdulrazak Gurnah
  Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah
• Reef Romesh Gunesekera
  Reef by Romesh Gunesekera
• The Folding Star Alan Hollinghurst
  The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst

Also on the shortlist

• Crossing the River Caryl Phillips
  Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips
• Remembering Babylon David Malouf
  Remembering Babylon by David Malouf
• Scar Tissue Michael Ignatieff
  Scar Tissue by Michael Ignatieff
• The Stone Diaries Carol Shields
  The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
• Under the Frog Tibor Fischer
  Under the Frog by Tibor Fischer

Also on the shortlist

• Black Dogs Ian McEwan
  Black Dogs by Ian McEwan
• Daughters of the House Michèle Roberts
  Daughters of the House by Michèle Roberts
• Serenity House Christopher Hope
  Serenity House by Christopher Hope
• The Butcher Boy Patrick McCabe
  The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe

Also on the shortlist

• Reading Turgenev William Trevor
  Reading Turgenev by William Trevor
• Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry
  Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry
• The Redundancy of Courage Timothy Mo
  The Redundancy of Courage by Timothy Mo
• The Van Roddy Doyle
  The Van by Roddy Doyle
• Time's Arrow Martin Amis
  Time's Arrow by Martin Amis

Also on the shortlist

• Amongst Women John McGahern
  Amongst Women by John McGahern
• An Awfully Big Adventure Beryl Bainbridge
  An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge
• Lies of Silence Brian Moore
  Lies of Silence by Brian Moore
• Solomon Gursky Was Here Mordecai Richler
  Solomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler
• The Gate of Angels Penelope Fitzgerald
  The Gate of Angels by Penelope Fitzgerald

Also on the shortlist

• A Disaffection James Kelman
  A Disaffection by James Kelman
• Cat's Eye Margaret Atwood
  Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
• Jigsaw Sybille Bedford
  Jigsaw by Sybille Bedford
• Restoration Rose Tremain
  Restoration by Rose Tremain
• The Book of Evidence John Banville
  The Book of Evidence by John Banville

Also on the shortlist

• Nice Work David Lodge
  Nice Work by David Lodge
• The Beginning of Spring Penelope Fitzgerald
  The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald
• The Lost Father Marina Warner
  The Lost Father by Marina Warner
• The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie
  The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
• Utz Bruce Chatwin
  Utz by Bruce Chatwin

Also on the shortlist

• Anthills of the Savannah Chinua Achebe
  Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe
• Chatterton Peter Ackroyd
  Chatterton by Peter Ackroyd
• Circles of Deceit Nina Bawden
  Circles of Deceit by Nina Bawden
• The Book and the Brotherhood Iris Murdoch
  The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch
• The Colour of Blood Brian Moore
  The Colour of Blood by Brian Moore

Also on the shortlist

• An Artist of the Floating World Kazuo Ishiguro
  An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
• An Insular Possession Timothy Mo
  An Insular Possession by Timothy Mo
• Gabriel's Lament Paul Bailey
  Gabriel's Lament by Paul Bailey
• The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood
  The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
• What's Bred in the Bone Robertson Davies
  What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies

Also on the shortlist

• Illywhacker Peter Carey
  Illywhacker by Peter Carey
• Last Letters from Hav Jan Morris
  Last Letters from Hav by Jan Morris
• The Battle of Pollocks Crossing J. L. Carr
  The Battle of Pollocks Crossing by J. L. Carr
• The Good Apprentice Iris Murdoch
  The Good Apprentice by Iris Murdoch
• The Good Terrorist Doris Lessing
  The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing

Also on the shortlist

• According to Mark Penelope Lively
  According to Mark by Penelope Lively
• Empire of the Sun J. G. Ballard
  Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard
• Flaubert's Parrot Julian Barnes
  Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
• In Custody Anita Desai
  In Custody by Anita Desai
• Small World David Lodge
  Small World by David Lodge

Also on the shortlist

• Flying to Nowhere John Fuller
  Flying to Nowhere by John Fuller
• Rates of Exchange Malcolm Bradbury
  Rates of Exchange by Malcolm Bradbury
• Shame Salman Rushdie
  Shame by Salman Rushdie
• The Illusionist Anita Mason
  The Illusionist by Anita Mason
• Waterland Graham Swift
  Waterland by Graham Swift

Also on the shortlist

• An Ice-Cream War William Boyd
  An Ice-Cream War by William Boyd
• Constance or Solitary Practices Lawrence Durrell
  Constance or Solitary Practices by Lawrence Durrell
• Silence among the Weapons John Arden
  Silence among the Weapons by John Arden
• Sour Sweet Timothy Mo
  Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo
• The 27th Kingdom Alice Thomas Ellis
  The 27th Kingdom by Alice Thomas Ellis

Also on the shortlist

• Good Behaviour Molly Keane
  Good Behaviour by Molly Keane
• Loitering with Intent Muriel Spark
  Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark
• Rhine Journey Ann Schlee
  Rhine Journey by Ann Schlee
• The Comfort of Strangers Ian McEwan
  The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan
• The Sirian Experiments Doris Lessing
  The Sirian Experiments by Doris Lessing
• The White Hotel D. M. Thomas
  The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas

Also on the shortlist

• A Month in the Country J. L. Carr
  A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr
• Clear Light of Day Anita Desai
  Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai
• Earthly Powers Anthony Burgess
  Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess
• No Country for Young Men Julia O'Faolain
  No Country for Young Men by Julia O'Faolain
• Pascali's Island Barry Unsworth
  Pascali's Island by Barry Unsworth
• The Beggar Maid Alice Munro
  The Beggar Maid by Alice Munro

Also on the shortlist

• A Bend in the River V. S. Naipaul
  A Bend in the River by V. S. Naipaul
• Confederates Thomas Keneally
  Confederates by Thomas Keneally
• Joseph Julian Rathbone
  Joseph by Julian Rathbone
• Praxis Fay Weldon
  Praxis by Fay Weldon

Also on the shortlist

• A Five-Year Sentence Bernice Rubens
  A Five-Year Sentence by Bernice Rubens
• God on the Rocks Jane Gardam
  God on the Rocks by Jane Gardam
• Jake's Thing Kingsley Amis
  Jake's Thing by Kingsley Amis
• Rumours of Rain André Brink
  Rumours of Rain by André Brink
• The Bookshop Penelope Fitzgerald
  The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald

Also on the shortlist

• Great Granny Webster Caroline Blackwood
  Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood
• Peter Smart's Confessions Paul Bailey
  Peter Smart's Confessions by Paul Bailey
• Quartet in Autumn Barbara Pym
  Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym
• Shadows on Our Skin Jennifer Johnston
  Shadows on Our Skin by Jennifer Johnston
• The Road to Lichfield Penelope Lively
  The Road to Lichfield by Penelope Lively

Also on the shortlist

• An Instant in the Wind André Brink
  An Instant in the Wind by André Brink
• King Fisher Lives Julian Rathbone
  King Fisher Lives by Julian Rathbone
• Rising R. C. Hutchinson
  Rising by R. C. Hutchinson
• The Children of Dynmouth William Trevor
  The Children of Dynmouth by William Trevor
• The Doctor's Wife Brian Moore
  The Doctor's Wife by Brian Moore

Also on the shortlist

• Gossip from the Forest Thomas Keneally
  Gossip from the Forest by Thomas Keneally

Also on the shortlist

• Ending Up Kingsley Amis
  Ending Up by Kingsley Amis
• In Their Wisdom C. P. Snow
  In Their Wisdom by C. P. Snow
• The Bottle Factory Outing Beryl Bainbridge
  The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge

Also on the shortlist

• A Green Equinox Elizabeth Mavor
  A Green Equinox by Elizabeth Mavor
• The Black Prince Iris Murdoch
  The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch
• The Dressmaker Beryl Bainbridge
  The Dressmaker by Beryl Bainbridge

Also on the shortlist

• Pasmore David Storey
  Pasmore by David Storey
• The Bird of Night Susan Hill
  The Bird of Night by Susan Hill
• The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Thomas Keneally
  The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith by Thomas Keneally

Also on the shortlist

• Briefing for a Descent into Hell Doris Lessing
  Briefing for a Descent into Hell by Doris Lessing
• Goshawk Squadron Derek Robinson
  Goshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson
• Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont Elizabeth Taylor
  Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
• St. Urbain's Horseman Mordecai Richler
  St. Urbain's Horseman by Mordecai Richler
• The Big Chapel Thomas Kilroy
  The Big Chapel by Thomas Kilroy

Also on the shortlist

• Bruno's Dream Iris Murdoch
  Bruno's Dream by Iris Murdoch
• Eva Trout Elizabeth Bowen
  Eva Trout by Elizabeth Bowen
• Fire from Heaven Mary Renault
  Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault
• John Brown's Body A. L. Barker
  John Brown's Body by A. L. Barker
• Mrs. Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel William Trevor
  Mrs. Eckdorf in O'Neill's Hotel by William Trevor
• The Bay of Noon Shirley Hazzard
  The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard
• The Birds on the Trees Nina Bawden
  The Birds on the Trees by Nina Bawden
• The Conjunction Terence Wheeler
  The Conjunction by Terence Wheeler
• The Driver's Seat Muriel Spark
  The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark
• The Vivisector Patrick White
  The Vivisector by Patrick White

Also on the shortlist

• Figures in a Landscape Barry England
  Figures in a Landscape by Barry England
• From Scenes like These Gordon Williams
  From Scenes like These by Gordon Williams
• Impossible Object Nicholas Mosley
  Impossible Object by Nicholas Mosley
• The Nice and the Good Iris Murdoch
  The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch
• The Public Image Muriel Spark
  The Public Image by Muriel Spark