Booker Prize winners of the 1970s
The top 3 according to 63 votes from people: In a Free State — V. S. Naipaul · The Elected Member — Bernice Rubens · Holiday — Stanley Middleton. (Updated Jan 9, 2025.)
The novels that won the Booker Prize from 1970 to 1979, including the shared prize of 1974.
Top 11
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1
In a Free State — V. S. Naipaul
1971. Stories of displacement, from Washington to Africa.
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2
The Elected Member — Bernice Rubens
1970. A Jewish family in London and a son's breakdown.
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3
Holiday — Stanley Middleton
1974 (shared). A lecturer alone at a seaside resort.
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4
The Siege of Krishnapur — J. G. Farrell
1973. The 1857 Indian Rebellion seen from a besieged residency.
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5
The Conservationist — Nadine Gordimer
1974 (shared). A white industrialist and his farm in apartheid South Africa.
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6
G. — John Berger
1972. A Don Juan in pre-1914 Europe.
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7
Saville — David Storey
1976. A miner's son grows up in Yorkshire.
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8
Staying On — Paul Scott
1977. A British couple who stay in India after independence.
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9
Offshore — Penelope Fitzgerald
1979. Houseboat dwellers on the Thames.
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10
Heat and Dust — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1975. Two Englishwomen in India, fifty years apart.
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11
The Sea, the Sea — Iris Murdoch
1978. A retired theatre director obsessed with his first love.
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