The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, first awarded in 1969, promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year.

For more about The Man Booker Prize, go to http://www.themanbookerprize.com/

2011 Winner

Julian Barnes is named the winner of this year's £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for THE SENSE OF AN ENDING, published by Jonathan Cape.

2011 Shortlist

THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by Julian Barnes (Jonathan Cape - Random House)

JAMRACH'S MENAGERIE by Carol Birch (Canongate Books)

THE SISTERS BROTHERS by Patrick deWitt (Granta)

HALF BLOOD BLUES by Esi Edugyan (Serpent’s Tail)

PIGEON ENGLISH by Stephen Kelman (Bloomsbury)

SNOWDROPS by A.D. Miller (Atlantic)