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Vacation Reading 2001
Booker Prize Winners 1990 – 2000
 Compiled by Seto Wai Ling
Reference and Information Services
NUS Central Library
April 2001

The Booker Prize represents the very best of contemporary fiction. One of the world's most famous literary prizes, it continues to be the ultimate accolade for every fiction writer. Established by Booker plc in 1968, the prize aims to reward the best novel of the year. Any full-length novel, written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland and published in the considered year, is eligible for the Prize. The Booker judges are selected from the country's leading critics, writers and academics to maintain the consistent excellence of the prize.
 
We present below the Booker Prize Winners from 1990 – 2000 and the books written by them that are available in the library for your enjoyment. All titles listed are in the Central Library Main Shelves unless otherwise indicated.  This list is also available in PDF version (38KB).
 
You may wish to refer to our other two vacation reading lists for 2001, namely, the Nobel Literature Laureates List and the Non-Fiction List.

| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
 

- 2000 -
Atwood, Margaret. The blind assassin. New York: N.A. Talese, 2000. PR9299 A887Ba

Other books by Margaret Atwood

  • Alias Grace. New York: N.A. Talese, 1996. PR9299 A887A
  • Bluebeard's egg and other stories. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. PR9299 A887Bl
  • Bodily harm. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982. PR9299 A887B
  • The Canlit foodbook: from pen to palate: a collection of tasty literary fare. Toronto: Totem Books, 1987. 
    TX652 Can
  • Cat's eye. New York: Doubleday, 1988. PR9299 A887C
  • The circle game. Toronto: Anansi, 1966. PR9299 A887Ci
  • Dancing girls and other stories. London: Cape, 1982. PR9299 A887D
  • The Margaret Atwood omnibus. London: Deutsch, 1987. PR9299 A887M
  • The edible woman. London: Virago, 1997. PR9299 A887E
  • Good bones and simple murders. New York: N.A. Talese, 1994. PR9299 A887G
  • The handmaid's tale. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. PR9299 A887H
  • The journals of Susanna Moodie: poems by Margaret Atwood. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1970. 
    PR9299 A887J
  • Lady oracle. London: Virago, 1976. PR9299 A887La
  • Life before man. London: Cape, 1980. PR9299 A887L
  • Murder in the dark: short fictions and prose poems. Toronto: Coach House Press, 1983. PR9299 A887Mu
  • Poems 1965-75. London: Virago, 1991. PR9299 A887P
  • Poems. Selections. Selected poems II: poems selected & new, 1976-1986. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. PR9299 A887S
  • The robber bride. London: Bloomsbury, 1993. PR9299 A887R
  • Surfacing. London: Virago Press, 1989. PR9299 A887Su
  • True stories. London: Cape, 1981. PR9299 A887T
  • Wilderness tips. London: Bloomsbury, 1991. PR9299 A887W

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- 1999 -
Coetzee, J. M. Disgrace. London: Secker & Warburg, 1999. PR9897 C673Di
*Coetzee was also the winner of the Booker Prize in 1983 for Life & times of Michael K. 

Other books by J. M. Coetzee

  • Age of iron. London: Secker & Warburg, 1990. PR9897 C673A
  • Boyhood: scenes from provincial life. New York: Viking, 1997. PR9897 C673B
  • Foe. London: Secker & Warburg, 1986. PR9897 C673F (CL RBR)
  • Life & times of Michael K. London: Secker & Warburg, 1983. PR9897 C673L
  • The master of Petersburg. London: Minerva, 1994. PR9897 C673M
  • Waiting for the barbarians. London: Secker & Warburg, 1980. PR9897 C673W
  • Coetzee, J. M. "In the heart of the country". IN Sheckels, Theodore F. The lion on the freeway: a thematic introduction to contemporary South African literature in English. New York: P. Lang, 1996. Pp. 203-211. PR9852 She

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- 1998 -
McEwan, Ian. Amsterdam. London: Cape, 1998. PR6063 M142A

Other books by Ian McEwan

  • Black dogs. London: Cape, 1992. PR6063 M142B
  • The child in time. London: Cape, 1987. PR6063 M142Ch
  • The innocent. London: Cape, 1990. PR6063 M142Nn
  • The cement garden. London: Cape, 1978. PR6063 M142C
  • The comfort of strangers. London: Cape , 1981. PR6063 M142Co
  • Enduring love. London: Cape, 1997. PR6063 M142E
  • First love, last rites. London: Cape, 1975. PR6063 M142F
  • The imitation game: three plays for television. London: Cape, 1981. PR6063 M142M
  • In between the sheets, and other stories. London: Pan Books in association with Jonathan Cape, 1979. PR6063 M142N
  • A move abroad: or shall we die? ; and, The ploughman's lunch. London: Pan Books, 1989. PR6063 M142Mo
  • The ploughman's lunch. London: Methuen, 1985. PN1997 Plo

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- 1997 -
Roy, Arundhati. The God of small things. New York: Random House; New Delhi: IndiaInk, 1997. PR9797 R888G

Another Book by Arundhati Roy

  • The cost of living: the greater common good and the end of imagination. London: Flamingo, 1999.  HD1698 *Ind.Ro

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- 1996 -
Swift, Graham. Last orders. New York: Knopf, 1996. PR6069 S977L

Other books by Graham Swift

  • Out of this world. London, England: Viking, 1988. PR6069 S977U
  • Waterland. London: Heinemann, 1983. PR6069 S977W

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- 1995 -
Barker, Pat. The ghost road. London: Viking, 1995. PR6052 B255G

Other books by Pat Barker

  • Dragon boats: a celebration. New York: Weatherhill, 1996. GT4883 Bar
  • The eye in the door. London: Viking, 1993. PR6052 B255E
  • Another world. London: Viking, 1998. PR6052 B255A
  • Union Street. London: Virago, 1982. PR6052 B255U

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- 1994 -
Kelman, James. How late it was, how late. London: Secker & Warburg, 1994. PR6061 K292H

Other books by James Kelman

  • Not, not while the giro and other stories. London: Minerva, 1994. PR6061 K292N
  • The burn. London: Minerva, 1992. PR6061 K292B
  • A chancer. Edinburgh: Polygon Books, 1985. PR6061 K292C
  • A disaffection. London: Secker & Warburg, 1989. PR6061 K292D
  • Greyhound for breakfast. London: Secker & Warburg, 1987. PR6061 K292G
  • An old pub near the angel and other stories. Orono, Maine: Puckerbrush Press, 1992. PR6061 K292L

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- 1993 -
Doyle, Roddy. Paddy Clarke ha ha ha. London: Secker & Warburg, 1993. PR6054 D754P

Other books by Roddy Doyle

  • The van. Secker & Warburg, 1991. PR6054 D754V
  • Brownbread; and, War. London: Minerva, 1993. PR6054 D754B
  • The commitments. London: Minerva, 1991. PR6054 D754C
  • The snapper. London: Secker & Warburg, 1990. PR6054 D754S
  • A star called Henry. New York: Viking, 1999. PR6054 D754St
  • The woman who walked into doors. New York: Viking, 1996. PR6054 D754W

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- 1992 -
Ondaatje, Michael. The English patient. London: Bloomsbury, 1992. PR9299 O58E
Unsworth, Barry. Sacred hunger. New York: Doubleday, 1992. PR6071 U59Sa

Other books by Michael Ondaatje

  • Anil's ghost. New York: Knopf, 2000. PR9299 O58A
  • The cinnamon peeler: selected poems. New York: Knopf, 1991. PR9299 O58Ci
  • The collected works of Billy the Kid: left handed poems. London: Boyars, 1981. PR9299 O58Co
  • Coming through slaughter. Toronto: Anansi, 1976. PR9299 O58C
  • Handwriting: poems. New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 1999. PR9299 O58H
  • In the skin of a lion: a novel. London: Secker & Warburg, 1987. PR9299 O58N
  • Rat jelly, and other poems 1963-78. London: Boyars: Distributed by Calder and Boyars, 1980. PR9299 O58R
  • Running in the family. London: Victor Gollancz, 1983. PR9299 O58Ru

Other books by Barry Unsworth

  • The rage of the vulture. London: Penguin Books, 1991. PR6071 U59R
  • The hide. London: Gollancz, 1992. PR6071 U59H
  • Losing Nelson. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1999. PR6071 U59L
  • Mooncranker's gift. Harmondsworth: Penguin Book, 1977. PR6071 U59M
  • Morality play. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1995. PR6071 U59Mo
  • The partnership. London: Phoenix, 1992. PR6071 U59Pa
  • Pascali's island. London: M. Joseph, 1980. PR6071 U59P
  • Stone virgin. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1985. PR6071 U59S
  • Sugar and rum. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1990. PR6071 U59Su

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- 1991 -
Okri, Ben. The famished road. London: Cape, 1991. PR9898 Nig.Oi

Other books by Ben Okri

  • An African elegy. London: Cape, 1992. PR9898 Nig.Oi
  • Dangerous love. London: Phoenix House, 1996. PR9898 Nig.Oi
  • Flowers and shadows. London: Longman Drumbeat, 1980. PR9898 Nig.Oi
  • Incidents at the shrine: short stories. London: Heinemann, 1986. PR9898 Nig.Oi
  • The landscapes within. Burnt Mill, Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1981. PR9898 Nig.Oi
  • Mental fight. London: Phoenix House, 1999. PR9898 Nig.Oi
  • Songs of enchantment: a novel. London: Vintage, 1994. PR9898 Nig.Oi
  • Stars of the new curfew. London: Secker & Warburg, 1988. PR9898 Nig.Oi
  • A way of being free. London: Phoenix House, 1997. PR9898 Nig.Oi

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- 1990 -
Byatt A. S. Possession: a romance. London: Chatto & Windus, 1990. PR6052 B993P

Other books by A. S. Byatt

  • The shadow of a sun. Vintage, 1991. PR6052 B993Sh
  • Babel tower. London: Vintage, 1997. PR6052 B993B
  • The Djinn in the nightingale's eye: five fairy stories. New York: Random House, 1997. PR6052 B993D
  • Elementals: stories of fire and ice. London: Chatto & Windus, 1998. PR6052 B993E
  • The game. London: Penguin Books, 1983. PR6052 B993G
  • Passions of the mind: selected writings. London: Chatto & Windus, 1991. PR6052 B993Pa
  • Still life. London: Chatto & Windus, 1985. PR6052 B993S
  • Sugar and other stories. London: Penguin, 1990. PR6052 B993Su
  • The virgin in the garden. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1981. PR6052 B993V

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