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This is the official list of winners, to 2008.
The List
þ2008 – The White Tiger (Adiga), see Lisa’s review
2007 – The Gathering (Enright)
&2006 – The Inheritance of Loss (Desai) See Lisa’s review
þ2005 – The Sea (Banville) see Lisa’s review
þ2004 – The Line of Beauty (Hollinghurst)
þ2003 – Vernon God Little (Pierre) see Lisa’s review
þ2002 – Life of Pi (Martel) see Lisa’s review
2001 – True History of the Kelly Gang (Carey)
þ2000 – The Blind Assassin (Atwood) see Lisa’s review
þ1999 – Disgrace (Coetzee)
þ1998 – Amsterdam: A Novel (McEwan) see Lisa’s review
þ1997 – The God of Small Things (Roy) see Lisa’s review
þ1996 – Last Orders (Swift) see Lisa’s review
þ1995 – The Ghost Road (Barker) see Lisa’s review
1994 – How Late It Was, How Late (Kelman)
þ1993 – Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Doyle) see Lisa’s review
1992 – The English Patient (Ondaatje)
1992 – Sacred Hunger (Unsworth)
1991 – The Famished Road (Okri)
þ1990 – Possession: A Romance (Byatt)
þ1989 – The Remains of the Day (Ishiguro) See Lisa’s review.
þ1988 – Oscar and Lucinda (Carey)
þ1987 – Moon Tiger (Lively)
1986 – The Old Devils (Amis)
þ1985 – The Bone People (Hulme)
þ1984 – Hotel Du Lac (Brookner) see Lisa’s review
þ1983 – Life & Times of Michael K (Coetzee) see Lisa’s review
þ1982 – Schindler’s Ark (Keneally)
1981 – Midnight’s Children (Rushdie)
þ1980 – Rites of Passage (Golding) see Lisa’s review
1979 – Offshore (Fitzgerald)
þ1978 – The Sea, the Sea (Murdoch) see Lisa’s review
þ1977 – Staying on (Scott)
1976 – Saville (Storey)
þ1975 – Heat and Dust (Jhabvala) see Lisa’s review
1974 – The Conservationist (Gordimer)
1974 – Holiday (Middleton)
þ1973 – The Siege of Krishnapur (Farrell). See Lisa’s review.
1972 – G. (Berger)
þ1971 – In a Free State (Naipaul) See Lisa’s review.
&1970 – The Elected Member (Rubens) See Lisa’s review.
þ1969 – Something to Answer For (Newby) See Lisa’s review.
2007 – The Gathering (Enright)
&2006 – The Inheritance of Loss (Desai) See Lisa’s review
þ2005 – The Sea (Banville) see Lisa’s review
þ2004 – The Line of Beauty (Hollinghurst)
þ2003 – Vernon God Little (Pierre) see Lisa’s review
þ2002 – Life of Pi (Martel) see Lisa’s review
2001 – True History of the Kelly Gang (Carey)
þ2000 – The Blind Assassin (Atwood) see Lisa’s review
þ1999 – Disgrace (Coetzee)
þ1998 – Amsterdam: A Novel (McEwan) see Lisa’s review
þ1997 – The God of Small Things (Roy) see Lisa’s review
þ1996 – Last Orders (Swift) see Lisa’s review
þ1995 – The Ghost Road (Barker) see Lisa’s review
1994 – How Late It Was, How Late (Kelman)
þ1993 – Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Doyle) see Lisa’s review
1992 – The English Patient (Ondaatje)
1992 – Sacred Hunger (Unsworth)
1991 – The Famished Road (Okri)
þ1990 – Possession: A Romance (Byatt)
þ1989 – The Remains of the Day (Ishiguro) See Lisa’s review.
þ1988 – Oscar and Lucinda (Carey)
þ1987 – Moon Tiger (Lively)
1986 – The Old Devils (Amis)
þ1985 – The Bone People (Hulme)
þ1984 – Hotel Du Lac (Brookner) see Lisa’s review
þ1983 – Life & Times of Michael K (Coetzee) see Lisa’s review
þ1982 – Schindler’s Ark (Keneally)
1981 – Midnight’s Children (Rushdie)
þ1980 – Rites of Passage (Golding) see Lisa’s review
1979 – Offshore (Fitzgerald)
þ1978 – The Sea, the Sea (Murdoch) see Lisa’s review
þ1977 – Staying on (Scott)
1976 – Saville (Storey)
þ1975 – Heat and Dust (Jhabvala) see Lisa’s review
1974 – The Conservationist (Gordimer)
1974 – Holiday (Middleton)
þ1973 – The Siege of Krishnapur (Farrell). See Lisa’s review.
1972 – G. (Berger)
þ1971 – In a Free State (Naipaul) See Lisa’s review.
&1970 – The Elected Member (Rubens) See Lisa’s review.
þ1969 – Something to Answer For (Newby) See Lisa’s review.
þ= read by Lisa (but some so long ago that they pre-date keeping a reading journal).
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Progress so far:
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