Award overlap

Books That Won Both the Booker Prize and the Orwell Prize (book prizes)

1 book has won both the Booker Prize and the Orwell Prize (book prizes): Milkman (2018/2019). 17 more were recognized by both without winning both.

Years are award years. Booker Prize · The Orwell Prize (book prizes)

Won both

Books that won both the Booker Prize and the The Orwell Prize (book prizes), most recent first.
BookAuthorBooker PrizeThe Orwell Prize (book prizes)
MilkmanAnna Burns
  • 2018 Winner (Fiction)
  • 2019 Winner (Political Fiction)

Recognized by both

Books recognized by both the Booker Prize and the The Orwell Prize (book prizes) without winning both, most recent first.
BookAuthorBooker PrizeThe Orwell Prize (book prizes)
UniversalityNatasha Brown
  • 2025 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2025 Shortlist (Political Fiction)
JamesPercival Everett
  • 2024 Shortlist (Fiction)
  • 2024 Shortlist (Political Fiction)
My FriendsHisham Matar
  • 2024 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2024 Winner (Political Fiction)
OrbitalSamantha Harvey
  • 2024 Winner (Fiction)
  • 2024 Shortlist (Political Fiction)
After SapphoSelby Wynn Schwartz
  • 2022 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2023 Shortlist (Political Fiction)
A Passage NorthAnuk Arudpragasam
  • 2021 Shortlist (Fiction)
  • 2022 Shortlist (Political Fiction)
Small Things Like TheseClaire Keegan
  • 2022 Shortlist (Fiction)
  • 2022 Winner (Political Fiction)
The ColonyAudrey Magee
  • 2022 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2022 Shortlist (Political Fiction)
ApeirogonColum McCann
  • 2020 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2021 Shortlist (Political Fiction)
Shuggie BainDouglas Stuart
  • 2020 Winner (Fiction)
  • 2021 Longlist (Political Fiction)
Ducks, NewburyportLucy Ellmann
  • 2019 Shortlist (Fiction)
  • 2020 Shortlist (Political Fiction)
Girl, Woman, OtherBernadine Evaristo
  • 2019 Winner (Fiction)
  • 2020 Shortlist (Political Fiction)
The Man Who Saw EverythingDeborah Levy
  • 2019 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2020 Longlist (Political Fiction)
The WallJohn Lanchester
  • 2019 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2020 Shortlist (Political Fiction)
In Our Mad and Furious CityGuy Gunaratne
  • 2018 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2019 Longlist (Political Fiction)
SabrinaNick Drnaso
  • 2018 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2019 Shortlist (Political Fiction)
The BetrayalHelen Dunmore
  • 2010 Longlist (Fiction)
  • 2011 Shortlist (Book)