2015 Man Booker Prize


The 2015 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 13 October 2015. A longlist of thirteen titles was announced on 29 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 15 September.

Judging panel

AuthorTitleGenreCountryPublisher
Marlon JamesA Brief History of Seven KillingsNovelJamaicaRiverhead Books
Hanya YanagiharaA Little LifeNovelUSDoubleday Books
Anne TylerA Spool of Blue ThreadNovelUSKnopf Publishing Group
Tom McCarthySatin IslandNovelUKJonathan Cape
Chigozie ObiomaThe FishermenNovelNigeriaLittle, Brown and Company
Sunjeev SahotaThe Year of the RunawaysNovelUKPicador

Nominees (longlist)

Winner

On 13 October, chair judge Michael Wood announced that Jamaican author Marlon James had won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. This is the first time that a Jamaican-born author has won the prize.