The 2018 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 16 October 2018. The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on 24 July, and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 20 September. The longlist included Sabrina by Nick Drnaso, the first in Booker Prize history to nominate a graphic novel.
Anna Burns was awarded the 2018 Booker Prize for her third novel, Milkman, receiving £50,000; she became the first Northern Irish author to win the prize.
Judging panel Kwame Anthony Appiah Val McDermid Leo Robson Jacqueline Rose Leanne Shapton
Nominees
Shortlist Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher Anna Burns Milkman Novel UK Faber & Faber Esi Edugyan Washington Black Novel Canada Serpent's Tail Daisy Johnson Everything Under Novel UK Jonathan Cape Rachel Kushner The Mars Room Novel USA Jonathan Cape Richard Powers The Overstory Novel USA William Heinemann Robin Robertson The Long Take Verse Novel UK Picador
Longlist Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher Belinda Bauer Snap Crime UK Bantam Press Anna Burns Milkman Novel UK Faber & Faber Nick Drnaso Sabrina Graphic Novel USA Granta Esi Edugyan Washington Black Novel Canada Serpent's Tail Guy Gunaratne In Our Mad and Furious City Novel UK Tinder Press Daisy Johnson Everything Under Novel UK Jonathan Cape Rachel Kushner The Mars Room Novel USA Jonathan Cape Sophie Mackintosh The Water Cure Novel UK Hamish Hamilton Michael Ondaatje Warlight Novel Canada Jonathan Cape Richard Powers The Overstory Novel USA William Heinemann Robin Robertson The Long Take Verse Novel UK Picador Sally Rooney Normal People Novel Ireland Faber & Faber Donal Ryan From a Low and Quiet Sea Novel Ireland Doubleday Ireland
See also List of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction
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