Looking back at the Booker: Peter Carey
There is no doubt that Oscar and Lucinda has won over readers and critics alike, but could their love of the novel have blinded them to its lack of subtlety and implausible storyline?
Can cinema play by the book?
Fine novels can make fine films. A new season on Booker adaptations shows us how...
Sun never sets on Booker’s six best
Shortlist will produce what the public judge to be the prize's greatest winner of all time
Looking back at the Booker: Stanley Middleton
Stanley Middleton's Holiday makes its few readers wince - and for all the right reasons
Looking back at the Booker: Nadine Gordimer
The Conservationist's portrait of a dangerous man lent dangerous power by apartheid is great writing, but not brilliant reading
Looking back at the Booker: JG Farrell
Its unforgivingly exact portrait of the British in 19th century India makes it probably the best Booker winner I've read yet
Looking back at the Booker: John Berger
Few young men were angrier than John Berger on his victory. But although G.'s anger is rather outdated, its energy and invention remains alive.
Looking back at the Booker: VS Naipaul
VS Naipaul deserves plenty of laurels, but whether In a Free State should be the prizewinner is harder to say
In praise of … bookish judges
Leader: All sorts of people are qualified to judge books these days. Former cabinet minister Michael Portillo was yesterday named as the next chair of the Man Booker panel, while pop star Lily Allen will help judge the Orange
Looking back at the Booker: Bernice Rubens
Though it's clearly marked out as a book from a different age, there remain plenty of reasons to read 1970's winner
Looking back at the Booker: PH Newby
Reading this year's Booker longlist was such an enjoyable experience that I've decided to read through all the previous winners, from 1969 onwards. First up, PH Newby's Something To Answer For
A cosy circle of critics? Nonsense
Jason Cowley: Last week, the chairman of the Booker Prize judges complained about the nepotistic world of book reviews. But he missed a far greater problem besetting the modern publishing industry.
Outsider Enright wins tight contest for Booker prize
· Irish author beats off bestseller McEwan · Judges praise 'unflinching' tale of a family in crisis
Booker club: Winnie and Wolf by AN Wilson
It's long since been knocked out of contention, but this ambitious novel about the romantic appeal of Adolf Hitler remains a cracking read.
Booker club: Animal’s People by Indra Sinha
A scorching account of the Bhopal disaster's harrowing legacy doesn't sound like a lot of fun. But it is.