The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers.

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2013 Winner

Eleanor Catton was announced as the winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize for her novel, THE LUMINARIES. Catton is the youngest fiction writer to win the prize (she penned the book at age 27), and the novel is the longest one in history to receive this great honor.

2013 Shortlist

WE NEED NEW NAMES by NoViolet Bulawayo
THE LUMINARIES by Eleanor Catton
HARVEST by Jim Crace
THE LOWLAND by Jhumpa Lahiri
A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING by Ruth Ozeki
THE TESTMAENT OF MARY by Colm Tóibín