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	The '''2014 ] for fiction''' was awarded at a ceremony on 14 October 2014. In a ~~change~~ to ~~the~~ ~~rules~~ ~~regarding~~ ~~eligibility~~ ~~for~~ the ~~award~~, ~~this~~ is the ~~first~~ ~~year~~ ~~that~~ any novel written in English ~~can be considered~~.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web\|title='A surprise and a risk': Reaction to Booker Prize upheaval\|url=~~http~~://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24126882\|website=]\|~~accessdate~~=24 July 2014\|date=18 September 2013}}</ref> It is therefore the first time in the award's history that authors from the United States of America have been included.<ref name=nyt>{{cite web\|last1=Benhold\|first1=Katrin\|last2=Alter\|first2=Alexandra\|title=In First, Americans Are Nominated for Booker Prize\|url=~~http~~://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/books/man-booker-prize-2014-longlist-announced.html?_r=1\|website=]\|~~accessdate~~=24 July 2014\|date=23 July 2014}}</ref>		The '''2014 Man Booker Prize for fiction''' was awarded at a ceremony on 14 October 2014. Until 2014, only novels written in English and from authors in the Commonwealth, including the UK, the Republic of Ireland and Zimbabwe were eligible for consideration; however from 2014 rules were changed to extend eligibility to any novel written in English.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web\|title='A surprise and a risk': Reaction to Booker Prize upheaval\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24126882\|website=]\|access-date=24 July 2014\|date=18 September 2013}}</ref> It is therefore the first time in the award's history that authors from the United States of America have been included.<ref name=nyt>{{cite web\|last1=Benhold\|first1=Katrin\|last2=Alter\|first2=Alexandra\|title=In First, Americans Are Nominated for Booker Prize\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/books/man-booker-prize-2014-longlist-announced.html?_r=1\|website=]\|access-date=24 July 2014\|date=23 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/14/richard-flanagan-wins-man-booker-prize-2014\|title= Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker prize with 'timeless depiction of war'\|date= 15 October 2014 \|work=Guardian \|access-date=15 October 2014}}</ref>

	==Judging panel==		==Judging panel==
	The panel of judges is chaired by ] and ~~comprises~~ ], ], ], ] and ].<ref name=bbc2/>		The panel of judges was chaired by ] and comprised ], ], ], ] and ].<ref name=bbc2/>

	==Nominees==		==Nominees==
	===Longlist===		===Longlist===
	A longlist of thirteen titles was announced on 23 July 2014.<ref name=bbc2>{{cite web\|title=Booker Prize: Commonwealth authors edged out\|url=~~http~~://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28420602\|website=]\|~~accessdate~~=24 July 2014\|date=23 July 2014}}</ref>		A longlist of thirteen titles was announced on 23 July 2014.<ref name=bbc2>{{cite web\|title=Booker Prize: Commonwealth authors edged out\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-28420602\|website=]\|access-date=24 July 2014\|date=23 July 2014}}</ref>
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	===Shortlist===		===Shortlist===
	The shortlist of six novels was announced on 9 September 2014.<ref name=bbcshortlist>{{cite web\|title=Man Booker Prize: Howard Jacobson makes shortlist\|url=~~http~~://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29123941\|website=]\|~~accessdate~~=9 September 2014\|date=9 September 2014}}</ref> It was composed of:		The shortlist of six novels was announced on 9 September 2014.<ref name=bbcshortlist>{{cite web\|title=Man Booker Prize: Howard Jacobson makes shortlist\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29123941\|website=]\|access-date=9 September 2014\|date=9 September 2014}}</ref> It was composed of:

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	==Winner==		==Winner==
			On 14 October, chair judge A. C. Grayling announced that Australian author ] had won the 2014 ] for his book '']''.<ref>{{cite web\|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/11162268/Richard-Flanagan-wins-Booker-Prize-for-The-Narrow-Road-to-the-Deep-North.html\|title= Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North\|date= 14 October 2014 \|work=Daily Telegraph\|access-date=15 October 2014}}</ref> The judges spent three hours deliberating before announcing the winner. Grayling described the historical novel as a "remarkable love story as well as a story about human suffering and comradeship".<ref name=BBCflanagan>{{cite web\|last1=Masters\|first1=Tim\|title=Man Booker Prize: Richard Flanagan wins for wartime love story\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29617292\|website=]\|access-date=15 October 2014\|date=14 October 2014}}</ref>
	* ] - '']''

	==See also==		==See also==
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The 2014 Man Booker Prize for fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 14 October 2014. Until 2014, only novels written in English and from authors in the Commonwealth, including the UK, the Republic of Ireland and Zimbabwe were eligible for consideration; however from 2014 rules were changed to extend eligibility to any novel written in English. It is therefore the first time in the award's history that authors from the United States of America have been included.

Judging panel

The panel of judges was chaired by A. C. Grayling and comprised Jonathan Bate, Sarah Churchwell, Daniel Glaser, Alastair Niven and Erica Wagner.

Nominees

Longlist

A longlist of thirteen titles was announced on 23 July 2014.

Author	Title	Genre(s)	Country	Publisher
Joshua Ferris	To Rise Again at a Decent Hour	Novel	United States	Viking Press
Richard Flanagan	The Narrow Road to the Deep North	Historical novel	Australia	Chatto & Windus
Karen Joy Fowler	We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves	Novel	United States	Serpent's Tale
Siri Hustvedt	The Blazing World	Novel	United States	Sceptre Press
Howard Jacobson	J	Novel	United Kingdom	Jonathan Cape
Paul Kingsnorth	The Wake	Historical novel	United Kingdom	Unbound
David Mitchell	The Bone Clocks	Novel	United Kingdom	Sceptre Press
Neel Mukherjee	The Lives of Others	Novel	United Kingdom	Chatto and Windus
David Nicholls	Us	Novel	United Kingdom	Hodder and Stoughton
Joseph O'Neill	The Dog	Novel	Ireland	Fourth Estate
Richard Powers	Orfeo	Novel	United States	Atlantic Books
Ali Smith	How to Be Both	Historical novel	United Kingdom	Hamish Hamilton
Niall Williams	History of the Rain	Novel	Ireland	Bloomsbury

Shortlist

The shortlist of six novels was announced on 9 September 2014. It was composed of:

Author	Title
Joshua Ferris	To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
Richard Flanagan	The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Karen Joy Fowler	We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Howard Jacobson	J
Neel Mukherjee	The Lives of Others
Ali Smith	How to Be Both

Winner

On 14 October, chair judge A. C. Grayling announced that Australian author Richard Flanagan had won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his book The Narrow Road to the Deep North. The judges spent three hours deliberating before announcing the winner. Grayling described the historical novel as a "remarkable love story as well as a story about human suffering and comradeship".

References

"'A surprise and a risk': Reaction to Booker Prize upheaval". BBC News. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
Benhold, Katrin; Alter, Alexandra (23 July 2014). "In First, Americans Are Nominated for Booker Prize". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
"Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker prize with 'timeless depiction of war'". Guardian. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
^ "Booker Prize: Commonwealth authors edged out". BBC News. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
"Man Booker Prize: Howard Jacobson makes shortlist". BBC News. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
"Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North". Daily Telegraph. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
Masters, Tim (14 October 2014). "Man Booker Prize: Richard Flanagan wins for wartime love story". BBC News. Retrieved 15 October 2014.

v t e Recipients of the Booker Prize
List of winners and nominated authors The Best of the Booker The Golden Man Booker International Booker Prize
1969–79	1969: P. H. Newby (Something to Answer For) 1970: Bernice Rubens (The Elected Member) 1970 Lost Prize: J. G. Farrell (Troubles) 1971: V. S. Naipaul (In a Free State) 1972: John Berger (G.) 1973: J. G. Farrell (The Siege of Krishnapur) 1974: Nadine Gordimer (The Conservationist) and Stanley Middleton (Holiday) 1975: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Heat and Dust) 1976: David Storey (Saville) 1977: Paul Scott (Staying On) 1978: Iris Murdoch (The Sea, The Sea) 1979: Penelope Fitzgerald (Offshore)
1980s	1980: William Golding (Rites of Passage) 1981: Salman Rushdie (Midnight's Children) 1982: Thomas Keneally (Schindler's Ark) 1983: J. M. Coetzee (Life & Times of Michael K) 1984: Anita Brookner (Hotel du Lac) 1985: Keri Hulme (The Bone People) 1986: Kingsley Amis (The Old Devils) 1987: Penelope Lively (Moon Tiger) 1988: Peter Carey (Oscar and Lucinda) 1989: Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day)
1990s	1990: A. S. Byatt (Possession) 1991: Ben Okri (The Famished Road) 1992: Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient) and Barry Unsworth (Sacred Hunger) 1993: Roddy Doyle (Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha) 1994: James Kelman (How Late It Was, How Late) 1995: Pat Barker (The Ghost Road) 1996: Graham Swift (Last Orders) 1997: Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things) 1998: Ian McEwan (Amsterdam) 1999: J. M. Coetzee (Disgrace)
2000s	2000: Margaret Atwood (The Blind Assassin) 2001: Peter Carey (True History of the Kelly Gang) 2002: Yann Martel (Life of Pi) 2003: DBC Pierre (Vernon God Little) 2004: Alan Hollinghurst (The Line of Beauty) 2005: John Banville (The Sea) 2006: Kiran Desai (The Inheritance of Loss) 2007: Anne Enright (The Gathering) 2008: Aravind Adiga (The White Tiger) 2009: Hilary Mantel (Wolf Hall)
2010s	2010: Howard Jacobson (The Finkler Question) 2011: Julian Barnes (The Sense of an Ending) 2012: Hilary Mantel (Bring Up the Bodies) 2013: Eleanor Catton (The Luminaries) 2014: Richard Flanagan (The Narrow Road to the Deep North) 2015: Marlon James (A Brief History of Seven Killings) 2016: Paul Beatty (The Sellout) 2017: George Saunders (Lincoln in the Bardo) 2018: Anna Burns (Milkman) 2019: Margaret Atwood (The Testaments) and Bernardine Evaristo (Girl, Woman, Other)
2020s	2020: Douglas Stuart (Shuggie Bain) 2021: Damon Galgut (The Promise) 2022: Shehan Karunatilaka (The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida) 2023: Paul Lynch (Prophet Song) 2024: Samantha Harvey (Orbital)

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