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Man Booker Prize Eligible 2018

A list of novels likely to be eligible for the 2018 Man Booker Prize.

Man Booker Prize Eligible Books by Year
2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

Please do not add a book unless you are fairly sure it will be eligible according to the official rules. (See: https://themanbookerprize.com/sites/m...) This means any novel originally written in English regardless of the nationality of their author, with a print edition scheduled for publication in the UK between 1st October 2017 and 30th September 2018. Self-published novels are not eligible, nor are short story collections, unless there is a definite thread running through and connecting them .
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4.12 avg rating — 163,864 ratings
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4.01 avg rating — 137,096 ratings
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3.61 avg rating — 23,999 ratings
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3.60 avg rating — 45,012 ratings
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3.82 avg rating — 21,510 ratings
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3.54 avg rating — 6,142 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 10,391 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 4,635 ratings
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3.62 avg rating — 87,793 ratings
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3.90 avg rating — 13,622 ratings
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3.43 avg rating — 28,651 ratings
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4.15 avg rating — 103,033 ratings
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3.78 avg rating — 6,517 ratings
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3.64 avg rating — 420,486 ratings
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3.94 avg rating — 363,291 ratings
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18

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3.39 avg rating — 1,474 ratings
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19

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3.98 avg rating — 188,922 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 2,612 ratings
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21

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3.14 avg rating — 803 ratings
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3.23 avg rating — 2,133 ratings
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3.56 avg rating — 56,104 ratings
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3.95 avg rating — 68,104 ratings
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3.50 avg rating — 3,604 ratings
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3.44 avg rating — 43,741 ratings
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3.49 avg rating — 56,436 ratings
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4.20 avg rating — 5,712 ratings
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2.86 avg rating — 1,292 ratings
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30

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3.77 avg rating — 24,539 ratings
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31

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4.11 avg rating — 18,336 ratings
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3.67 avg rating — 24,083 ratings
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33

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3.32 avg rating — 960 ratings
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4.02 avg rating — 32,573 ratings
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35

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3.54 avg rating — 2,505 ratings
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36

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3.90 avg rating — 93,735 ratings
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37

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3.25 avg rating — 26,091 ratings
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38

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4.09 avg rating — 1,708 ratings
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38

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3.53 avg rating — 62,737 ratings
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3.58 avg rating — 40,998 ratings
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41

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3.99 avg rating — 11,111 ratings
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42

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3.42 avg rating — 3,036 ratings
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43

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3.51 avg rating — 14,146 ratings
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44

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3.73 avg rating — 56 ratings
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45

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3.73 avg rating — 1,071 ratings
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46

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3.81 avg rating — 26,703 ratings
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47

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4.11 avg rating — 3,979 ratings
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48

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3.70 avg rating — 2,605 ratings
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4.21 avg rating — 35,475 ratings
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3.48 avg rating — 3,129 ratings
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3.19 avg rating — 8,475 ratings
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3.38 avg rating — 986 ratings
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3.59 avg rating — 17,764 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 3,297 ratings
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3.98 avg rating — 7,034 ratings
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3.92 avg rating — 18,879 ratings
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4.32 avg rating — 1,016 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 7,647 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 2,458 ratings
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62

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3.69 avg rating — 355 ratings
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3.92 avg rating — 2,156 ratings
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4.28 avg rating — 140,539 ratings
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3.41 avg rating — 4,057 ratings
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3.84 avg rating — 2,521 ratings
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3.31 avg rating — 362 ratings
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3.82 avg rating — 392,878 ratings
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3.61 avg rating — 877 ratings
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3.69 avg rating — 157 ratings
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3.66 avg rating — 13,563 ratings
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3.98 avg rating — 5,266 ratings
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3.25 avg rating — 320 ratings
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2.97 avg rating — 566 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 9,463 ratings
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81

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3.69 avg rating — 187 ratings
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3.56 avg rating — 272 ratings
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3.49 avg rating — 5,929 ratings
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4.02 avg rating — 2,369 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 228,129 ratings
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3.82 avg rating — 1,349 ratings
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4.28 avg rating — 19,695 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 429 ratings
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3.85 avg rating — 5,921 ratings
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3.30 avg rating — 31,289 ratings
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3.70 avg rating — 414 ratings
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3.19 avg rating — 1,440 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 2,588 ratings
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3.85 avg rating — 7,611 ratings
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4.18 avg rating — 4,256 ratings
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3.35 avg rating — 3,177 ratings
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3.42 avg rating — 304 ratings
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3.56 avg rating — 36 ratings
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3.02 avg rating — 1,642 ratings
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3.40 avg rating — 159 ratings
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158 books · 246 voters · list created September 8th, 2017 by Doug (votes) .
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Doug 7581 books
998 friends
Phillip 5383 books
139 friends
Joe 59 books
5 friends
Hugh 3174 books
1246 friends
Laura 12898 books
317 friends
Will 1253 books
59 friends
Matthias 1284 books
17 friends
Meike 4599 books
271 friends

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message 1: by Laura (new)

Laura Book #19 is the same as #17


message 2: by Phillip (last edited Oct 16, 2017 05:21AM) (new)

Phillip Edwards Mea culpa. I voted for a different edition of the John Banville without noticing, it should disappear now.


message 3: by Cecil (new)

Cecil Do you really think A Suitable Girl will actually finally be published in 2018? I hope that you are correct by fear that you are far more optimistic than the history of this book may warrant :-).


message 4: by Doug (new)

Doug Cecil wrote: "Do you really think A Suitable Girl will actually finally be published in 2018? I hope that you are correct by fear that you are far more optimistic than the history of this book may warrant :-)."

Yeah, I have given up on the proclamations also (it was SUPPOSED to come out 2 years ago on my birthday, the last time I heard anything) - BUT - it IS listed now for pre-order from Books Depository UK with a pub date of June 14th...so let's be optimistic and keep our fingers crossed!!


message 5: by Doug (last edited Jan 27, 2018 06:05PM) (new)

Doug Please look carefully before you add a book to the list ... we have had duplicate entries for some books with different editions, but these have now been fixed. Thanks.


message 6: by Doug (last edited Feb 21, 2018 10:20PM) (new)

Doug Salt Houses, currently at # 43, was originally published prior to Oct. 1, 2017, and thus is ineligible. Will those who have voted for it kindly delete their votes? And please do check ALL editions of a book prior to adding it to the list, to make sure it is within the publishing date parameters. Thank you.


message 7: by Hugh (new)

Hugh It baffles me that anyone would want to rig a poll like this one by voting for books that have zero chance of ever being published in the UK, but I am very suspicious of Where the Dead Sit Talking and Waiting for Gordo...


MisterHobgoblin Please remove Memorial Device (currently 109) - not eligible and added in error.


message 9: by [deleted user] (new)

Please remove #89 The Wardrobe Mistress - not eligible as it was published before October 1, 2017.


message 10: by Beth (new)

Beth Thank you for making this list for eligible books for the Booker Prize. Have you considered making a list for possible Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?


message 11: by Cordelia (new)

Cordelia "The Silence of the Girls" is on this list twice: No 53 and no 99


message 12: by Paul (last edited Jul 14, 2018 02:28AM) (new)

Paul Fulcher Cordelia wrote: ""The Silence of the Girls" is on this list twice: No 53 and no 99"

Thanks - deleted. I kept the UK version.


message 13: by [deleted user] (last edited Jul 14, 2018 04:46AM) (new)

Please remove “A Natural” from the list. Ineligible, as it was published prior to October 1, 2017.


message 14: by Val (new)

Val I have removed my vote for the second listing of Washington Black: A Novel.


message 15: by Bob (new)

Bob Lopez is there a goodreads longlist list page?


message 16: by Marchpane (new)

Marchpane Bob wrote: "is there a goodreads longlist list page?"

Yes, the Goodreads list page is here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...


message 17: by Bob (new)

Bob Lopez Marchpane wrote: "Bob wrote: "is there a goodreads longlist list page?"

Yes, the Goodreads list page is here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1..."


Awesome, thanks!


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