2020 Booker Prize

Douglas Stuart, winner of the 2020 Booker Prize

The 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction was announced on 19 November 2020.^[1] The Booker longlist of 13 books was announced on 27 July,^[2] and was narrowed down to a shortlist of six on 15 September.^[3] The Prize was awarded to Douglas Stuart for his debut novel, Shuggie Bain, receiving £50,000.^[4] Stuart is the second Scottish author to win the Booker Prize, after it was awarded to James Kelman for How Late It Was, How Late in 1994.^[5] The ceremony was hosted by John Wilson at the Roundhouse in Central London, and broadcast by the BBC.^[6] As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shortlisted authors and guest speakers appeared virtually from their respective homes.^[7]

Judging panel[]

Nominees[]

indicates the winner

Shortlist[]

Author	Title	Genre(s)	Country	Publisher
Douglas Stuart	Shuggie Bain	Novel	United Kingdom/United States	Picador / Pan Macmillan
Diane Cook		Novel	United States	Oneworld Publications
Tsitsi Dangarembga		Novel	Zimbabwe	Faber & Faber
Avni Doshi	Burnt Sugar	Novel	United States	Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Random House
Maaza Mengiste	The Shadow King	Novel	Ethiopia / United States	Canongate Books
Brandon Taylor	Real Life	Novel	United States	Originals /

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Longlist[]

Author	Title	Genre(s)	Country	Publisher
Diane Cook		Novel	United States	Oneworld Publications
Tsitsi Dangarembga		Novel	Zimbabwe	Faber & Faber
Avni Doshi	Burnt Sugar	Novel	United States	Hamish Hamilton / Penguin Random House
		Novel	United Kingdom	HarperCollins
Hilary Mantel	The Mirror and the Light	Novel	United Kingdom	HarperCollins
Colum McCann	Apeirogon	Novel	Ireland / United States	Bloomsbury Publishing
Maaza Mengiste	The Shadow King	Novel	Ethiopia / United States	Canongate Books
Kiley Reid	Such a Fun Age	Novel	United States	/ Bloomsbury Publishing
Brandon Taylor	Real Life	Novel	United States	Originals /
Anne Tyler	Redhead by the Side of the Road	Novel	United States	Chatto & Windus / Vintage
Douglas Stuart	Shuggie Bain	Novel	United Kingdom/United States	Picador Pan Macmillan
Sophie Ward		Novel	United Kingdom
C Pam Zhang	How Much of These Hills Is Gold	Novel	United States

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References[]

^ Alter, Alexandra (19 November 2020). "Douglas Stuart Wins Booker Prize for 'Shuggie Bain'". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Booker Prize 2020: Hilary Mantel makes longlist". BBC News. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Booker Prize 2020: Four debuts make shortlist as Hilary Mantel misses out". BBC News. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ Flood, Alison (19 November 2020). "Douglas Stuart wins Booker prize for debut Shuggie Bain". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
^ Duffy, Judith (15 November 2020). "Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain could be second Scottish book to win Booker prize". The National. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
^ "The 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction Winner Ceremony". thebookerprizes.com. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
^ Marsden, Stevie (20 November 2020). "Booker Prize – masterful Scottish working-class story Shuggie Bain wins in most diverse year yet". The Conversation. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
^ The 2020 Shortlist The Booker Prize
^ The 2020 Longlist The Booker Prize

[1] Alter, Alexandra (19 November 2020). "Douglas Stuart Wins Booker Prize for 'Shuggie Bain'". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[2] "Booker Prize 2020: Hilary Mantel makes longlist". BBC News. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[3] "Booker Prize 2020: Four debuts make shortlist as Hilary Mantel misses out". BBC News. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[4] Flood, Alison (19 November 2020). "Douglas Stuart wins Booker prize for debut Shuggie Bain". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

[5] Duffy, Judith (15 November 2020). "Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain could be second Scottish book to win Booker prize". The National. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

[6] "The 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction Winner Ceremony". thebookerprizes.com. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

[7] Marsden, Stevie (20 November 2020). "Booker Prize – masterful Scottish working-class story Shuggie Bain wins in most diverse year yet". The Conversation. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

[8] The 2020 Shortlist The Booker Prize

[9] The 2020 Longlist The Booker Prize

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v t Recipients of the Booker Prize
List of winners and shortlisted authors The Best of the Booker The Golden Man Booker International Booker Prize
1969–79	1969: P. H. Newby (Something to Answer For) 1970: Bernice Rubens (The Elected Member) 1970 Lost Prize: J. G. Farrell (Troubles) 1971: V. S. Naipaul (In a Free State) 1972: John Berger (G.) 1973: J. G. Farrell (The Siege of Krishnapur) 1974: Nadine Gordimer (The Conservationist) and Stanley Middleton (Holiday) 1975: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Heat and Dust) 1976: David Storey (Saville) 1977: Paul Scott (Staying On) 1978: Iris Murdoch (The Sea, the Sea) 1979: Penelope Fitzgerald (Offshore)
1980s	1980: William Golding (Rites of Passage) 1981: Salman Rushdie (Midnight's Children) 1982: Thomas Keneally (Schindler's Ark) 1983: J. M. Coetzee (Life & Times of Michael K) 1984: Anita Brookner (Hotel du Lac) 1985: Keri Hulme (The Bone People) 1986: Kingsley Amis (The Old Devils) 1987: Penelope Lively (Moon Tiger) 1988: Peter Carey (Oscar and Lucinda) 1989: Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day)
1990s	1990: A. S. Byatt (Possession) 1991: Ben Okri (The Famished Road) 1992: Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient) and Barry Unsworth (Sacred Hunger) 1993: Roddy Doyle (Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha) 1994: James Kelman (How Late It Was, How Late) 1995: Pat Barker (The Ghost Road) 1996: Graham Swift (Last Orders) 1997: Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things) 1998: Ian McEwan (Amsterdam) 1999: J. M. Coetzee (Disgrace)
2000s	2000: Margaret Atwood (The Blind Assassin) 2001: Peter Carey (True History of the Kelly Gang) 2002: Yann Martel (Life of Pi) 2003: DBC Pierre (Vernon God Little) 2004: Alan Hollinghurst (The Line of Beauty) 2005: John Banville (The Sea) 2006: Kiran Desai (The Inheritance of Loss) 2007: Anne Enright (The Gathering) 2008: Aravind Adiga (The White Tiger) 2009: Hilary Mantel (Wolf Hall)
2010s	2010: Howard Jacobson (The Finkler Question) 2011: Julian Barnes (The Sense of an Ending) 2012: Hilary Mantel (Bring Up the Bodies) 2013: Eleanor Catton (The Luminaries) 2014: Richard Flanagan (The Narrow Road to the Deep North) 2015: Marlon James (A Brief History of Seven Killings) 2016: Paul Beatty (The Sellout) 2017: George Saunders (Lincoln in the Bardo) 2018: Anna Burns (Milkman) 2019: Margaret Atwood (The Testaments) and Bernardine Evaristo (Girl, Woman, Other)
2020s	2020: Douglas Stuart (Shuggie Bain) 2021: Damon Galgut (The Promise)