2008 Man Booker Prize

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The 2008 Man Booker Prize was awarded at a ceremony on 14 October 2008. The prize was awarded to Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger . [1] [2]

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Judges

Shortlist

AuthorTitleGenre(s)CountryPublisher
Aravind Adiga The White Tiger Picaresque novel India Atlantic
Sebastian Barry The Secret Scripture NovelIreland Faber & Faber
Amitav Ghosh Sea of Poppies NovelIndia John Murray
Linda Grant The Clothes on Their Backs NovelUK Virago
Philip Hensher The Northern Clemency NovelUK 4th Estate
Steve Toltz A Fraction of the Whole NovelAustralia Hamish Hamilton

Longlist

AuthorTitleGenre(s)CountryPublisher
Aravind Adiga The White Tiger Picaresque novel India Atlantic
Gaynor Arnold Girl in a Blue DressNovelUK Tindal Street Press
Sebastian Barry The Secret Scripture NovelIreland Faber & Faber
John Berger From A to X NovelUK Verso
Michelle de Kretser The Lost Dog NovelAustralia Chatto & Windus
Amitav Ghosh Sea of Poppies NovelIndia John Murray
Linda Grant The Clothes on Their Backs NovelUK Virago
Mohammed Hanif A Case of Exploding Mangoes NovelUK Jonathan Cape
Philip Hensher The Northern Clemency NovelUK 4th Estate
Joseph O'Neill Netherland NovelIreland 4th Estate
Salman Rushdie The Enchantress of Florence NovelUK Jonathan Cape
Tom Rob Smith Child 44 Thriller UK Simon & Schuster
Steve Toltz A Fraction of the Whole NovelAustralia Hamish Hamilton

References

  1. "The Man Booker Prize 2008". The Booker Prizes. Booker Prize Foundation. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  2. "First-time novelist wins Booker". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 October 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2025.

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