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The Not the Booker Prize is an annual literary award presented by The Guardian . To be eligible for the Prize, books must meet all criteria for the Booker Prize. Eligible books are nominated and voted on by Guardian readers to select a shortlist. After the shortlist is selected, the books are debated on the Guardian books blog in the following weeks, and the winner is selected both by reader votes and a panel of judges. [1]

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Honorees

Not the Booker Prize winners and shortlists
YearAuthorBookResultRef.
2009 Rana Dasgupta SoloWinner [2]
Jenn Ashworth A Kind of IntimacyShortlist [3]
Simon CrumpNeverlandShortlist [3]
MJ Hyland This Is HowShortlist [3]
James Palumbo TomasShortlist [3]
Eleanor Thom The Tin-KinShortlist [3]
2010 Lee Rourke The CanalWinner [4]
Matthew HootonDeloume RoadWinner [4]
Grant Gillespie The Cuckoo BoyShortlist [5]
Justine KilkerrAdvice for StraysShortlist [5]
Matthew Yorke Pictures of LilyShortlist [5]
2011Michael StewartKing CrowWinner [6]
Julian GoughJude in LondonShortlist [7]
Cody JamesThe Dead BeatShortlist [7]
Tyler KeevilFireballShortlist [7]
Lars Iyer SpuriousShortlist [7]
Chris MortonEnglish SlackerShortlist [7]
2012 Ewan Morrison Tales from the MallWinner [8]
Ben Myers Pig IronShortlist [9]
A.J. KirbyPaint the Town RedShortlist [9]
J. W. Ironmonger The Notable Brain of Maximilian PonderShortlist [9]
Stephen May Life! Death! Prizes!Shortlist [9]
Alex Preston The RevelationsShortlist [9]
Simon SwiftThe Casablanca CaseShortlist [9]
2013 Kate Atkinson Life After Life Winner [lower-alpha 1] [10]
Neil Gaiman The Ocean at the End of the Lane Shortlist [11]
Lucy CruickshanksThe Trader of SaigonShortlist [11]
Suzie TullettLittle White Lies and ButterfliesShortlist [11]
Zoe Venditozzi Anywhere's Better Than HereShortlist [11]
Meike Ziervogel MagdaShortlist [11]
2014Simon SylvesterThe VisitorsWinner [12]
Donna Tartt The Goldfinch Shortlist [13]
Tony BlackThe Last TigerShortlist [13]
Louis Armand CairoShortlist [13]
Iain MaloneyFirst Time SoloShortlist [13]
Mahesh RaoThe Smoke Is RisingShortlist [13]
2015 Kirstin Innes Fishnet Winner [14]
Kat GordonThe Artificial Anatomy of ParksShortlist [15]
Oliver LangmeadDark StarShortlist [15]
Paul McVeighThe Good SonShortlist [15]
Tasha KavanaghThings We Have in CommonShortlist [15]
Melanie FinnShameShortlist [15]
2016 Tiffany McDaniel The Summer That Melted EverythingWinner [16]
Deborah AndrewsWalking the LightsShortlist [17]
Louis Armand The CombinationsShortlist [17]
Dan ClementsWhat Will RemainShortlist [17]
Dan MicklethwaiteThe Less Than Perfect Legend of Donna CreosoteShortlist [17]
Jemma WayneChains of SandShortlist [17]
2017 Winnie M Li Dark ChapterWinner [18]
Sara GethinNot ThomasShortlist [19]
Harriet PaigeMan With a Seagull on His HeadShortlist [19]
Rowena MacdonaldThe Threat Level Remains SevereShortlist [19]
Ann O'LoughlinThe Ludlow Ladies' SocietyShortlist [19]
2018Rebecca LeySweet Fruit, Sour LandWinner [20]
Naomi BoothSealedShortlist [21]
Will DeanDark PinesShortlist [21]
Ariel KahnRaising SparksShortlist [21]
Dervla McTiernan The RuinShortlist [21]
Marc NashThree Dreams in the Key of GWildcard [21]
2019 Lara Williams Supper ClubWinner [22]
Robbie Arnott FlamesShortlist [23]
Liam Brown SkinShortlist [23]
Karen HavelinPlease Read This Leaflet CarefullyShortlist [23]
Daniel JamesThe Unauthorised Biography of Ezra MaasShortlist [23]
Ali Smith Spring Shortlist [23]
2020 Richard Owain Roberts Hello Friend We Missed YouWinner [24] [25]
Shahnaz AhsanHashim & FamilyShortlist [26]
Chris BonnelloUnderdogs: Tooth and NailShortlist [26]
Abi Daré The Girl With the Louding VoiceShortlist [26]
Emma Donoghue AkinShortlist [26]
Maggie O'Farrell Hamnet Shortlist [26]

Notes

  1. ↑ Zoe Venditozzi won the popular vote, but the judges opted to award the prize to Kate Atkinson.

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  2. ↑ Crown, Sarah (October 6, 2009). "Not the Booker prize: the winner and the future". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on November 29, 2022. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
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  21. 1 2 3 4 5 "Awards: Dayton Literary Peace Prize; Not the Booker". Shelf Awareness . August 16, 2018. Archived from the original on October 27, 2022. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
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