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'''Winner'''
To be announced on 12 October 2010
'''The Shortlist'''
{{topten
|author=Peter Carey
|title=Parrot and Olivier in America
|rating=
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=
|amazonuk=<amazonuk></amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Emma Donoghue
|title=Room
|rating=5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Narrated in the voice of five year old Jack, this is a haunting, innovative and brave story that will stay with you long after the final page. A sad situation, lightly and movingly told.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330519018</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Damon Galgut
|title=In a Strange Room
|rating=4
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Interesting read that challenges how you view the idea of travelling. Three journeys by a character who plays three separate roles. Skilful writing.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848873220</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Howard Jacobson
|title=The Finkler Question
|rating=
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408808870</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Andrea Levy
|title=Long Song
|rating=
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755359402</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Tom McCarthy
|title=C
|rating=5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary= Don't be put off by the literary labels that critics have used to describe this book. It's a totally readable and fascinating book that can be read at many levels and one that is deservedly on the Booker shortlist.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224090208</amazonuk>
}}
'''Longlisted books which didn't make the shortlist'''
{{topten
|author=Helen Dunmore
|title=The Betrayal
|rating=5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=A novel of moving insight into a warm relationship lived against the dramatic backdrop of Leningrad in the repressive period of Stalin’s final purge.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905490593</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=David Mitchell
|title=The Thousand Autumns of Zacob de Zoet
|rating=5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is a compelling story of love, redemption and regret. Set in Japan at the end of the eighteenth century, yet timeless in its portrayal of human lives, it provides further proof of David Mitchell’s astonishingly versatility.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340921560</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Lisa Moore
|title=February
|rating=4
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0701184906</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Paul Murray
|title=Skippy Dies
|rating=3.5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Life and death in and around an Irish private school, in this all-encompassing brick of a novel, which does resolve into an enjoyable plot.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241144973</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Rose Tremain
|title=Trespass
|rating=4
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=A tale of siblings, territory and revenge set in the South of France, this is a dark tale and the reader is kept in suspense about the nature of the tragic events until late in the book. It's also about people's relationship to the land and outsiders trespassing on this and on each other's lives.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0701177942</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Christos Tsiolkas
|title=The Slap
|rating=4
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Tackling a large number of issues, this is a book that will almost guarantee you will be offended at the characters' behaviour at some point. At times brutal, and often controversial, the book doles out a high level of honesty with compassion for the characters.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848873557</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Alan Warner
|title=The Stars in the Bright Sky
|rating=
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224071289</amazonuk>
}}
{{commentfeature}}
[[Category:Lists|Man Booker Prize 2010]]
[[Category:Literary Fiction|*Man Booker Prize 2010]]
{{adsense4}}
'''Winner'''
To be announced on 12 October 2010
'''The Shortlist'''
{{topten
|author=Peter Carey
|title=Parrot and Olivier in America
|rating=
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=
|amazonuk=<amazonuk></amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Emma Donoghue
|title=Room
|rating=5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Narrated in the voice of five year old Jack, this is a haunting, innovative and brave story that will stay with you long after the final page. A sad situation, lightly and movingly told.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330519018</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Damon Galgut
|title=In a Strange Room
|rating=4
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Interesting read that challenges how you view the idea of travelling. Three journeys by a character who plays three separate roles. Skilful writing.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848873220</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Howard Jacobson
|title=The Finkler Question
|rating=
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408808870</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Andrea Levy
|title=Long Song
|rating=
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0755359402</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Tom McCarthy
|title=C
|rating=5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary= Don't be put off by the literary labels that critics have used to describe this book. It's a totally readable and fascinating book that can be read at many levels and one that is deservedly on the Booker shortlist.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224090208</amazonuk>
}}
'''Longlisted books which didn't make the shortlist'''
{{topten
|author=Helen Dunmore
|title=The Betrayal
|rating=5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=A novel of moving insight into a warm relationship lived against the dramatic backdrop of Leningrad in the repressive period of Stalin’s final purge.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1905490593</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=David Mitchell
|title=The Thousand Autumns of Zacob de Zoet
|rating=5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is a compelling story of love, redemption and regret. Set in Japan at the end of the eighteenth century, yet timeless in its portrayal of human lives, it provides further proof of David Mitchell’s astonishingly versatility.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340921560</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Lisa Moore
|title=February
|rating=4
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0701184906</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Paul Murray
|title=Skippy Dies
|rating=3.5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Life and death in and around an Irish private school, in this all-encompassing brick of a novel, which does resolve into an enjoyable plot.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241144973</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Rose Tremain
|title=Trespass
|rating=4
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=A tale of siblings, territory and revenge set in the South of France, this is a dark tale and the reader is kept in suspense about the nature of the tragic events until late in the book. It's also about people's relationship to the land and outsiders trespassing on this and on each other's lives.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0701177942</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Christos Tsiolkas
|title=The Slap
|rating=4
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Tackling a large number of issues, this is a book that will almost guarantee you will be offended at the characters' behaviour at some point. At times brutal, and often controversial, the book doles out a high level of honesty with compassion for the characters.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848873557</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|author=Alan Warner
|title=The Stars in the Bright Sky
|rating=
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224071289</amazonuk>
}}
{{commentfeature}}
[[Category:Lists|Man Booker Prize 2010]]
[[Category:Literary Fiction|*Man Booker Prize 2010]]
