Statistics for The Man Booker Prize winners

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  • The average score is 20 of 52

Answer Stats

Year and titleAnswer% Correct
1981: Midnight's ChildrenSalman Rushdie
86%
2009: Wolf HallHilary Mantel
77%
2012: Bring Up the BodiesHilary Mantel
69%
1978: The Sea, the SeaIris Murdoch
67%
1989: The Remains of the DayKazuo Ishiguro
67%
2002: Life of PiYann Martel
66%
1997: The God of Small ThingsArundhati Roy
64%
1990: PossessionA. S. Byatt
60%
1998: AmsterdamIan McEwan
60%
2000: The Blind AssassinMargaret Atwood
58%
1993: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha HaRoddy Doyle
58%
1999: DisgraceJ. M. Coetzee
54%
2001: True History of the Kelly GangPeter Carey
52%
1988: Oscar and LucindaPeter Carey
51%
1982: Schindler's ArkThomas Keneally
45%
2011: The Sense of an EndingJulian Barnes
44%
1986: The Old DevilsKingsley Amis
43%
1983: Life & Times of Michael KJ. M. Coetzee
42%
1992: The English PatientMichael Ondaatje
42%
1980: Rites of PassageWilliam Golding
42%
1995: The Ghost RoadPat Barker
39%
2004: The Line of BeautyAlan Hollinghurst
38%
2005: The SeaJohn Banville
38%
2003: Vernon God LittleDBC Pierre
35%
1991: The Famished RoadBen Okri
34%
1987: Moon TigerPenelope Lively
34%
1984: Hotel du LacAnita Brookner
33%
1996: Last OrdersGraham Swift
33%
1971: In A Free StateV. S. Naipaul
31%
2017: Lincoln in the BardoGeorge Saunders
30%
1973: The Siege of KrishnapurJ. G. Farrell
30%
1985: The Bone PeopleKeri Hulme
30%
2013: The LuminariesEleanor Catton
29%
2006: The Inheritance of LossKiran Desai
29%
2010: The Finkler QuestionHoward Jacobson
28%
1970 (retrospective award): TroublesJ. G. Farrell
28%
2015: A Brief History of Seven KillingsMarlon James
28%
1969: Something to Answer ForP. H. Newby
28%
1972: G.John Berger
27%
1974: The ConservationistNadine Gordimer
26%
1977: Staying OnPaul Scott
25%
1979: OffshorePenelope Fitzgerald
25%
2016: The SelloutPaul Beatty
24%
2014: The Narrow Road to the Deep NorthRichard Flanagan
23%
1975: Heat and DustRuth Prawer Jhabvala
23%
2007: The GatheringAnne Enright
22%
1970: The Elected MemberBernice Rubens
22%
2008: The White TigerAravind Adiga
21%
1992: Sacred HungerBarry Unsworth
21%
1994: How Late It Was, How LateJames Kelman
21%
1974: HolidayStanley Middleton
20%
1976: SavilleDavid Storey
19%

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