The 2015 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 13 October 2015. A longlist of thirteen titles was announced on 29 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 15 September.
Judging panel Michael Wood (chair) Ellah Wakatama Allfrey John Burnside Sam Leith Frances Osborne
Nominees (shortlist)
Author Title Genre(s) Country PublisherMarlon JamesA Brief History of Seven Killings Novel Jamaica Riverhead BooksHanya YanagiharaA Little Life Novel US Doubleday BooksAnne TylerA Spool of Blue Thread Novel US Knopf Publishing GroupTom McCarthySatin Island Novel UK Jonathan CapeChigozie ObiomaThe Fishermen Novel Nigeria Little, Brown and CompanySunjeev SahotaThe Year of the Runaways Novel UK Picador
Nominees (longlist) Author Title Genre(s) Country PublisherMarlon JamesA Brief History of Seven Killings Novel Jamaica Riverhead BooksHanya YanagiharaA Little Life Novel US Doubleday BooksAnne TylerA Spool of Blue Thread Novel US Knopf Publishing GroupBill CleggDid You Ever Have a Family Novel US Gallery/ScoutMarilynne RobinsonLila Novel US Virago PressTom McCarthySatin Island Novel UK Alfred A. KnopfAnuradha RoySleeping on Jupiter Novel India QuercusAnna SmaillThe Chimes Novel New Zealand Hodder & StoughtonChigozie ObiomaThe Fishermen Novel Nigeria Little, Brown and CompanyAnne EnrightThe Green Road Novel Ireland McClelland & StewartAndrew O'HaganThe Illuminations Novel UK Macmillan PublishersLaila LalamiThe Moor's Account Novel US Pantheon BooksSunjeev SahotaThe Year of the Runaways Novel UK Bloomsbury Publishing
Winner
On 13 October, chair judge Michael Wood announced that Jamaican author Marlon James had won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. This is the first time that a Jamaican-born author has won the prize.
See also List of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction
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