Fifty-plus years of the Booker, most of it excellent and some of it a slog. This is the shortlist of winners actually worth your time, not just your bookshelf.
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
The God of Small Things
Arundhati Roy
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart
The Testaments
Margaret Atwood
Milkman
Anna Burns