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. The longlist of 13 works included four from the United States of America, the first works from authors from outside the previous pool of eligible nations.
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 PublisherJoshua FerrisTo Rise Again at a Decent Hour Novel United States Viking PressRichard FlanaganThe Narrow Road to the Deep North Historical novel Australia Chatto & WindusKaren Joy FowlerWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves Novel United States Serpent's TaleSiri HustvedtThe Blazing World Novel United States Sceptre PressHoward JacobsonJ Novel United Kingdom Jonathan CapePaul KingsnorthThe Wake Historical novel United Kingdom UnboundDavid MitchellThe Bone Clocks Novel United Kingdom Sceptre PressNeel MukherjeeThe Lives of Others Novel United Kingdom Chatto and WindusDavid NichollsUs Novel United Kingdom Hodder and StoughtonJoseph O'NeillThe Dog Novel Ireland Fourth EstateRichard PowersOrfeo Novel United States Atlantic BooksAli SmithHow to Be Both Historical novel United Kingdom Hamish HamiltonNiall WilliamsHistory of the Rain Novel Ireland Bloomsbury
Shortlist The shortlist of six novels was announced on 9 September 2014. It was composed of:
Author TitleJoshua FerrisTo Rise Again at a Decent HourRichard FlanaganThe Narrow Road to the Deep NorthKaren Joy FowlerWe Are All Completely Beside OurselvesHoward JacobsonJNeel MukherjeeThe Lives of OthersAli SmithHow 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".
See also List of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction
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