2002 - Yann Martel. Life of Pi

2001 - Peter Carey. True History of the Kelly Gang

2000 -- Margaret Atwood. The Blind Assassin

1999 -- J.M. Coetzee. Disgrace

1998 -- McEwan, Ian. Amsterdam

1997 -- Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things

1996 -- Swift, Graham. Last Orders

1995 -- Barker, Pat. The Ghost Road

1994 -- Kelman, James. How Late It Was, How Late

1993 -- Doyle, Roddy. Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha

1992 -- Ondaatje, Michael. The English Patient

1991 -- Okri, Ben. The Famished Road

1990 -- Byatt, A. S. Possession

1989 -- Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day

1988 -- Carey, Peter. Oscar and Lucinda

1987 -- Lively, Penelope. Moon Tiger

1986 -- Amis, Kingsley. The Old Devils

1985 -- Hulme, Keri. The Bone People

1984 -- Brookner, Anita. Hotel du Lac

1983 -- Coetzee, J. M. Life and Times of Michael K.

1982 -- Keneally, Thomas. Schindler's List

1981 -- Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children

1980 -- Golding, William. Rites of Passage

1979 -- Fitzgerald, Penelope. Offshore

1978 -- Murdoch, Iris. The Sea, The Sea

1977 -- Scott, Paul. Staying On

1976 -- Storey, David. Saville

1975 -- Jhabvala, Ruth Prawar. Heat and Dust

1974 -- Gordimer, Nadine. The Conservationist

1973 -- Farrell, J. G. The Siege of Krishnapur

1972 -- Berger, John. G.

1971 -- Naipaul, V. S. In a Free State

1970 -- Rubens, Bernice. The Elected Member

1969 -- Newby, P. H. Something to Answer For