Man Booker Prize 2004

The longlist includes the books that went on to the shortlist.

• The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst

  

  The Line of Beauty

  Alan Hollinghurst

  Winner
• Bitter Fruit Achmat Dangor

  

  Bitter Fruit

  Achmat Dangor

  Shortlist
• Cloud Atlas David Mitchell

  

  Cloud Atlas

  David Mitchell

  Shortlist
• I’ll Go to Bed at Noon Gerard Woodward

  

  I’ll Go to Bed at Noon

  Gerard Woodward

  Shortlist
• The Electric Michelangelo Sarah Hall

  

  The Electric Michelangelo

  Sarah Hall

  Shortlist
• The Master Colm Tóibín

  

  The Master

  Colm Tóibín

  Shortlist
• A Blade of Grass Lewis DeSoto

  

  A Blade of Grass

  Lewis DeSoto
• Always the Sun Neil Cross

  

  Always the Sun

  Neil Cross
• Becoming Strangers Louise Dean

  

  Becoming Strangers

  Louise Dean
• Cherry Matt Thorne

  

  Cherry

  Matt Thorne
• Clear Nicola Barker

  

  Clear

  Nicola Barker
• Cooking with Fernet Branca James Hamilton-Paterson

  

  Cooking with Fernet Branca

  James Hamilton-Paterson
• Havoc, in Its Third Year Ronan Bennett

  

  Havoc, in Its Third Year

  Ronan Bennett
• Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke

  

  Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

  Susanna Clarke
• Maps for Lost Lovers Nadeem Aslam

  

  Maps for Lost Lovers

  Nadeem Aslam
• Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  

  Purple Hibiscus

  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Sixty Lights Gail Jones

  

  Sixty Lights

  Gail Jones
• Snowleg Nicholas Shakespeare

  

  Snowleg

  Nicholas Shakespeare
• The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard

  

  The Great Fire

  Shirley Hazzard
• The Honeymoon Justin Haythe

  

  The Honeymoon

  Justin Haythe
• The Island Walkers John Bemrose

  

  The Island Walkers

  John Bemrose
• The Unnumbered Sam North

  

  The Unnumbered

  Sam North