Most Booker Prize wins by a writer

The most Booker Prize wins by a writer is two, and four authors have achieved this feat since the annual literary prize was first awarded in 1969. J. G. Farrell (UK) won with The Siege of Krishnapur (1973) and Troubles ("The Lost Man Booker Prize", 2010). J M Coetzee (South Africa) won with his novels Life & Times of Michael K (1983) and Disgrace (1999). Peter Carey (Australia) won with Oscar and Lucinda (in 1988) and True History of the Kelly Gang (in 2001). Most recently, Hilary Mantel (UK) won with her novels Wolf Hall (2009) and Bring Up the Bodies (2012).

Three authors have been shortlisted five times:

• Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010, who never won – see Most Booker Prize nominations without winning)

• Margaret Atwood (who won with The Blind Assassin in 2000)

• Ian McEwan (who won with Amsterdam in 1998)

Only one author has been shortlisted six times: Iris Murdoch (who won with The Sea, The Sea, in 1978).

Until 1970, the Booker Prize had been awarded to books published the previous year. From 1971 onwards, it was awarded to books published in the same year as the prize. Thus in 2010 “The Lost Man Booker Prize” was awarded by public vote to a novel from 1970.

Winners 1969–2016:

1969 / Something to Answer For / P. H. Newby

1970 / The Elected Member / Bernice Rubens

1970 / Troubles / J. G. Farrell

1971 / In a Free State / V. S. Naipaul

1972 / G / John Berger

1973 / The Siege of Krishnapur / J. G. Farrell

1974 (joint winner) / The Conservationist / Nadine Gordimer

1974 (joint winner) / Holiday / Stanley Middleton

1975 / Heat and Dust / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

1976 / Saville / David Storey

1977 / Staying On / Paul Scott

1978 / The Sea, The Sea / Iris Murdoch

1979 / Offshore / Penelope Fitzgerald

1980 / Rites of Passage / William Golding

1981 / Midnight's Children / Salman Rushdie

1982 / Schindler's List / Thomas Keneally

1983 / Life and Times of Michael K. / J. M. Coetzee

1984 / Hotel du Lac / Anita Brookner

1985 / The Bone People / Keri Hulme

1986 / The Old Devils / Kingsley Amis

1987 / Moon Tiger / Penelope Lively

1988 / Oscar and Lucinda / Peter Carey

1989 / The Remains of the Day / Kazuo Ishiguro

1990 / Possession / A. S. Byatt

1991 / The Famished Road / Ben Okri

1992 (joint winner) / Sacred Hunger / Barry Unsworth

1992 (joint winner) / The English Patient / Michael Ondaatje

1993 / Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha / Roddy Doyle

1994 / How Late It Was, How Late / James Kelman

1995 / The Ghost Road / Pat Barker

1996 / Last Orders / Graham Swift

1997 / The God of Small Things / Arundhati Roy

1998 / Amsterdam / Ian McEwan

1999 / Disgrace / J. M. Coetzee

2000 / The Blind Assassin / Margaret Atwood

2001 / True History of the Kelly Gang / Peter Carey

2002 / Life of Pi / Yann Martel

2003 / Vernon God Little / D B C Pierre

2004 / The Line of Beauty / Alan Hollinghurst

2005 / The Sea / John Banville

2006 / The Inheritance of Loss / Kiran Desai

2007 / The Gathering / Anne Enright

2008 / The White Tiger / Aravind Adiga

2009 / Wolf Hall / Hilary Mantel

2010 / The Finkler Question / Howard Jacobson

2011 / The Sense of an Ending / Julian Barnes

2012 / Bring Up the Bodies / Hilary Mantel

2013 / The Luminaries / Eleanor Catton

2014 / Richard Flanagan / The Narrow Road to the Deep North

2015 / Marlon James / A Brief History of Seven Killings

2016 / Paul Beatty / The Sellout