The 2011 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 18 October 2011. The longlist of 13 books was announced on 26 July, and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 6 September 2011. The Man Booker Prize was awarded to Julian Barnes for The Sense of an Ending.
Judging panel Dame Stella Rimington (chair) Matthew d’Ancona Susan Hill Chris Mullin Gaby Wood
Nominees (shortlist) Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher Julian BarnesThe Sense of an Ending Novel UK Jonathan Cape, Random House Carol BirchJamrach's Menagerie Novel UK Canongate Books Patrick deWittThe Sisters Brothers Novel Canada Granta Esi EdugyanHalf Blood Blues Novel Canada Serpent's Tail Stephen KelmanPigeon English Novel UK BloomsburyAndrew MillerSnowdrops Novel UK Atlantic Books
Nominees (longlist) Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher Julian BarnesThe Sense of an Ending Novel UK Jonathan Cape, Random House Sebastian Barry On Canaan's Side Novel Ireland Faber and Faber Carol BirchJamrach's Menagerie Novel UK Canongate Books Patrick deWittThe Sisters Brothers Novel Canada Granta Esi EdugyanHalf Blood Blues Novel Canada Serpent's Tail Yvvette EdwardsA Cupboard Full of CoatsNovelUKOneworld Stephen KelmanPigeon English Novel UK Bloomsbury Patrick McGuinness The Last Hundred DaysNovelUKSeren Alan HollinghurstThe Stranger's Child NovelUKPicadorAndrew MillerSnowdrops Novel UK Atlantic Books Alison Pick Far to Go Novel CanadaTinder PressJane RogersThe Testament of Jessie LambNovelUKCanongate Books D. J. Taylor Derby DayNovelChatto & Windus
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