The 2017 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 17 October 2017. The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on 27 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 13 September. George Saunders was awarded the 2017 Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo, receiving £50,000 (~$65,000), and becoming the second American author in a row to be awarded the prize.
Judging panel Lola, Baroness Young Lila Azam Zanganeh Sarah Hall Colin Thubron Tom Phillips
Nominees
Shortlist Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher George Saunders Lincoln in the Bardo Historical/Experimental US Bloomsbury Publishing Paul Auster 4 3 2 1 Novel US Faber & Faber Emily Fridlund History of Wolves Novel US Weidenfeld & Nicolson Mohsin Hamid Exit West Novel UK-Pakistan Hamish Hamilton Fiona Mozley Elmet Novel UK JM Originals, John Murray Ali Smith Autumn Novel UK Hamish Hamilton
Longlist Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher George Saunders Lincoln in the Bardo Historical/Experimental US Bloomsbury Publishing Paul Auster 4 3 2 1 Novel US Faber & Faber Emily Fridlund History of Wolves Novel US Weidenfeld & Nicolson Mohsin Hamid Exit West Novel UK-Pakistan Hamish Hamilton Fiona Mozley Elmet Novel UK JM Originals, John Murray Ali Smith Autumn Novel UK Hamish Hamilton Sebastian Barry Days Without End Novel Ireland Faber & Faber Mike McCormack Solar Bones Novel Ireland Canongate Jon McGregor Reservoir 13 Novel US Viking Press Arundhati Roy The Ministry of Utmost Happiness Novel India Hamish Hamilton Kamila Shamsie Home Fire Novel UK-Pakistan Bloomsbury Circus Zadie Smith Swing Time Novel UK Hamish Hamilton Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad Novel US Fleet Publishing
See also List of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize
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