Every winner, newest first
The Booker Prize Winners
1969 to 2025
Winners by year
Newest first. The year links to everything published or awarded that year.
About the Booker Prize
Browse Booker Prize winners by year, beginning with P. H. Newby's Something to Answer For in 1969. The prize recognizes fiction written in English and published in the UK or Ireland. Previously known as the Man Booker Prize, it has honored writers including Iris Murdoch, Salman Rushdie, Hilary Mantel and Bernardine Evaristo. Each winning book below links to a summary and the story of its award.
- Awarded by
- The Booker Prize Foundation
- First awarded
- 1969
- Country
- United Kingdom and Ireland
- Winner receives
- £50,000
When it is announced
The winner is announced in November, following a longlist in late July and a shortlist in September. See the full announcement calendar.
How to enter
Publishers submit on an author's behalf and an author cannot enter directly. Eligible books are long form fiction written in English and published in the UK or Ireland during the prize year.
Official prize site. Checked August 2026. Dates move year to year, so confirm on the official site before entering.