2016 Man Booker Prize

The 2016 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 25 October 2016. The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on 27 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 13 September. Paul Beatty was awarded the 2016 Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout, receiving 50,000 pounds ($61,000), and becoming the first American author to be awarded the prize.

Judging panel

 * Amanda Foreman (chair)
 * Jon Day
 * Abdulrazak Gurnah
 * David Harsent
 * Olivia Williams

Nominees
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