2008 Man Booker Prize

Literary award The 2008 Man Booker Prize was awarded at a ceremony on 14 October 2008. The prize was awarded to Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger.The Man Booker Prize 2008 https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2008 The Booker Prizes Booker Prize Foundation 11 November 2025First-time novelist wins Booker http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7670417.stm BBC News British Broadcasting Corporation 15 October 2008 11 November 2025 Judges Michael Portillo (chair) Alex Clark Louise Doughty James Heneage Hardeep Singh Kohli Shortlist Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher Aravind Adiga The White Tiger Picaresque novel India Atlantic Sebastian Barry The Secret Scripture Novel Ireland Faber & Faber Amitav Ghosh Sea of Poppies Novel India John Murray Linda Grant The Clothes on Their Backs Novel UK Virago Philip Hensher The Northern Clemency Novel UK 4th Estate Steve Toltz A Fraction of the Whole Novel Australia Hamish Hamilton Longlist Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher Aravind Adiga The White Tiger Picaresque novel India Atlantic Gaynor Arnold Girl in a Blue Dress Novel UK Tindal Street Press Sebastian Barry The Secret Scripture Novel Ireland Faber & Faber John Berger From A to X Novel UK Verso Michelle de Kretser The Lost Dog Novel Australia Chatto & Windus Amitav Ghosh Sea of Poppies Novel India John Murray Linda Grant The Clothes on Their Backs Novel UK Virago Mohammed Hanif A Case of Exploding Mangoes Novel UK Jonathan Cape Philip Hensher The Northern Clemency Novel UK 4th Estate Joseph O'Neill Netherland Novel Ireland 4th Estate Salman Rushdie The Enchantress of Florence Novel UK Jonathan Cape Tom Rob Smith Child 44 Thriller UK Simon & Schuster Steve Toltz A Fraction of the Whole Novel Australia Hamish Hamilton References Sources 2008 Man Booker Prize Man Booker Category:Booker Prizes by year Category:2008 awards in the United Kingdom