The aim of this challenge is continue progressing through the annuls of Booker history until I have read every winner and as many of the shortlisted books as possible.
Those books I've read are in bold and those I've reviewed linked through.
1969
Winner
Something to Answer For - P H Newby
Shortlist
Figures in a Landscape – Barry England
The Impossible Object – Nicholas Mosley
The Nice and the Good – Iris Murdoch
The Public Image – Muriel Spark
From Scenes Like These – G M Williams
197O
Winner
The Elected Member - Bernice Rubens
Shortlist
John Brown’s Body - A L Barker
Eva Trout - Elizabeth Bowen
Bruno’s Dream - Iris Murdoch
Mrs Eckdorf in O’Neill’s Hotel - William Trevor
The Conjunction - T W Wheeler
The Lost Booker
Winner
Troubles - JG Farrell
Shortlist
The Birds on the Trees by Nina Bawden
The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard
Fire From Heaven by Mary Renault
The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark
The Vivisector by Patrick White
1971
Winner
In a Free State - V S Naipaul
Shortlist
The Big Chapel - Thomas Kilroy
Briefing for a Descent into Hell - Doris Lessing
St Urbain’s Horseman - Mordecai Richler
Goshawk Squadron - Derek Robinson
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont - Elizabeth Taylor
1972
Winner
G - John Berger
Shortlist
Bird of Night - Susan Hill
The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith - Thomas Keneally
Pasmore - David Storey
1973
Winner
The Dressmaker - Beryl Bainbridge
The Green Equinox - Elizabeth Mavor
1974
Winners
The Conservationist - Nadine Gordimer
Holiday - Stanley Middleton
Shortlist
Ending Up - Kingsley Amis
The Bottle Factory Outing - Beryl Bainbridge
In Their Wisdom - C P Snow
1975
Winner
Heat and Dust - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Shortlist
Gossip from the Forest - Thomas Keneally
1976
Winner
Saville - David Storey
Shortlist
An Instant in the Wind - André Brink
Rising - R C Hutchinson
The Doctor’s Wife - Brian Moore
King Fisher Lives - Julian Rathbone
The Children of Dynmouth - William Trevor
1977
Winner
Staying On - Paul Scott
Shortlist
Peter Smart’s Confessions - Paul Bailey
Great Granny Webster - Caroline Blackwood
Shadows on our Skin - Jennifer Johnston
The Road to Lichfield - Penelope Lively
Quartet in Autumn - Barbara Pym
1978
Winner
Jake’s Thing - Kingsley Amis
Rumours of Rain - André Brink
The Bookshop - Penelope Fitzgerald
God on the Rocks - Jane Gardam
A Five-Year Sentence - Bernice Rubens
1979
Winner
Offshore - Penelope Fitzgerald
Shortlist
Confederates - Thomas Keneally
A Bend in the River - V S Naipaul
Joseph - Julian Rathbone
Praxis - Fay Weldon
198O
Winner
Rites of Passage - William Golding
Shortlist
Earthly Powers - Anthony Burgess
Clear Light of Day - Anita Desai
The Beggar Maid - Alice Munro
No Country for Young Men - Julia O’Faolain
Pascali’s Island - Barry Unsworth
A Month in the Country - J L Carr
1981
Winner
Good Behaviour - Molly Keane
The Sirian Experiments - Doris Lessing
The Comfort of Strangers - Ian McEwan
Rhine Journey - Ann Schlee
Loitering with Intent - Muriel Spark
The White Hotel - D M Thomas
1982
Winner
Schindler’s Ark - Thomas Keneally
Shortlist
Silence among the Weapons - John Arden
An Ice-Cream War - William Boyd
Constance or Solitary Practices - Lawrence Durrell
The 27th Kingdom - Alice Thomas Ellis
Sour Sweet - Timothy Mo
1983
Winner
Rates of Exchange - Malcolm Bradbury
Flying to Nowhere - John Fuller
The Illusionist - Anita Mason
Waterland - Graham Swift
1984
Winner
Hotel du Lac - Anita Brookner
Shortlist
Empire of the Sun - J G Ballard
Flaubert’s Parrot - Julian Barnes
In Custody - Anita Desai
According to Mark - Penelope Lively
Small World - David Lodge
1985
Winner
The Bone People - Keri Hulme
Shortlist
Illywhacker - Peter Carey
The Battle of Pollocks Crossing - J L Carr
The Good Terrorist - Doris Lessing
Last Letters from Hav - Jan Morris
The Good Apprentice - Iris Murdoch
1986
Winner
The Old Devils - Kingsley Amis
Shortlist
Gabriel’s Lament - Paul Bailey
What’s Bred in the Bone - Robertson Davies
An Insular Possession - Timothy Mo
1987
Winner
Moon Tiger - Penelope Lively
Shortlist
Anthills of the Savannah - Chinua Achebe
Chatterton - Peter Ackroyd
Circles of Deceit - Nina Bawden
The Colour of Blood - Brian Moore
The Book and the Brotherhood - Iris Murdoch
1988
Winner
Utz - Bruce Chatwin
The Beginning of Spring - Penelope Fitzgerald
Nice Work - David Lodge
The Lost Father - Marina Warner
1989
Winner
Cat’s Eye - Margaret Atwood
The Book of Evidence - John Banville
Jigsaw - Sybille Bedford
A Disaffection - James Kelman
Restoration - Rose Tremain
199O
Winner
Possession - A S Byatt
Shortlist
An Awfully Big Adventure - Beryl Bainbridge
The Gate of Angels - Penelope Fitzgerald
Amongst Women - John McGahern
Lies of Silence - Brian Moore
Gursky Was Here - Mordecai Richler Solomon
1991
Winner
The Van - Roddy Doyle
Such a Long Journey - Rohinton Mistry
The Redundancy of Courage - Timothy Mo
Reading Turgenev (from Two Lives) - William Trevor
1992
Winners
Sacred Hunger - Barry Unsworth
Shortlist
Serenity House - Christopher Hope
The Butcher Boy - Patrick McCabe
Black Dogs - Ian McEwan
Daughters of the House - Michèle Roberts
1993
Winner
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha - Roddy Doyle
Shortlist
Under the Frog - Tibor Fischer
Scar Tissue - Michael Ignatieff
Remembering Babylon - David Malouf
Crossing the River - Caryl Phillips
The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields
1994
Winner
How Late It Was, How Late - James Kelman
Shortlist
Reef - Romesh Gunesekera
Paradise - Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Folding Star - Alan Hollinghurst
Knowledge of Angels - Jill Paton Walsh
1995
Winner
The Ghost Road - Pat Barker
Shortlist
In Every Face I Meet - Justin Cartwright
The Moor’s Last Sigh - Salman Rushdie
Morality Play - Barry Unsworth
The Riders - Tim Winton
1996
Winner
Last Orders - Graham Swift
Shortlist
Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
Every Man for Himself - Beryl Bainbridge
Reading in the Dark - Seamus Deane
The Orchard on Fire - Shena Mackay
1997
Winner
Quarantine - Jim Crace
Grace Notes - Bernard MacLaverty
Europa - Tim Parks
The Essence of the Thing - Madeleine St John
1998
Winner
Amsterdam - Ian McEwan
Shortlist
England England - Julian Barnes
The Industry of Souls - Martin Booth
Breakfast on Pluto - Patrick McCabe
The Restraint of Beasts - Magnus Mills
1999
Winner
Fasting, Feasting - Anita Desai
Headlong - Michael Frayn
Our Fathers - Andrew O’Hagan
The Map of Love - Ahdaf Soueif
The Blackwater Lightship - Colm Tóibín
2OOO
Winner
The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
Shortlist
The Hiding Place - Trezza Azzopardi
The Keepers of Truth - Michael Collins
When we were Orphans - Kazuo Ishiguro
English Passengers - Matthew Kneale
The Deposition of Father McGreevy - Brian O’Doherty
2OO1
Winner
True History of the Kelly Gang - Peter Carey
Shortlist
Atonement - Ian McEwan
Oxygen - Andrew Miller
number9dream - David Mitchell
The Dark Room - Rachel Seiffert
Hotel World - Ali Smith
2OO2
Winner
Family Matters - Rohinton Mistry
Unless - Carol Shields
The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor
Dirt Music - Tim Winton
2OO3
Winner
Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre
Shortlist
Brick Lane - Monica Ali
Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
The Good Doctor - Damon Galgut
Notes on a Scandal - Zoë Heller
Astonishing Splashes of Colour - Clare Morrall
2OO4
Winner
The Line of Beauty - Alan Hollinghurst
Shortlist
Bitter Fruit - Achmat Dangor
The Electric Michelangelo - Sarah Hall
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
The Master - Colm Toibin
I’ll go to Bed at Noon - Gerard Woodward
2OO5
Winner
The Sea - John Banville
Shortlist
Arthur and George - Julian Barnes
A Long, Long Way - Sebastian Barry
The Accidental - Ali Smith
On Beauty - Zadie Smith
2OO6
Winner
The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai
Shortlist
The Secret River - Kate Grenville
Carry Me Down - M J Hyland
In the Country of Men - Hisham Matar
Mother’s Milk - Edward St Aubyn
The Night Watch - Sarah Waters
2OO7
Winner
The Gathering - Anne Enright
Shortlist
Darkmans - Nicola Barker
The Reluctant Fundamentalist - Mohsin Hamid
Animal’s People - Indra Sinha
2OO8
Winner
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
Shortlist
The Secret Scripture - Sebastian Barry
Sea of Poppies - Amitav Ghosh
The Clothes on Their Backs - Linda Grant
The Northern Clemency - Philip Hensher
A Fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz
2009
Winner
Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel
Shortlist
The Children's Book – A S Byatt
The Quickening Maze – Adam Foulds
The Glass Room – Simon Mawer
The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters
2010
Winner
Shortlist
Parrot and Oliver in America - Peter Carey
Room - Emma Donoghue
The Long Song - Andrea Levy
C - Tom McCarthy
2011
Winner
The Sense of an Ending - Julian Barnes
Shortlist
Jamrach's Menagerie - Carol Birch
The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt
Half Blood Blues - Esi Edugyan
Pigeon English - Stephen Kelman
Snowdrops - AD Miller
2012
Winner
Bring up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel
Shortlist
The Garden of Evening Mists - Tan Twan Eng
The Lighthouse - Alison Moore
Umbrella - Will Self
Narcopolis - Jeet Thayil
2013
Winner
The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton
Shortlist
We Need New Names - NoViolet Bulawayo
Harvest - Jim Crace
The Lowland - Jhumpa Lahiri
A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki
The Testament of Mary - Colm Toibin
