Coding the Booker Prize

Update 29th Sept: New codes being entered in the list below as they happen. 10th October is the deadline.

Update 23rd Aug: We are adding longlist coded titles as they arrive in the database, so watch out for the appearance of 'View Match' entries below, as the month unfolds.

It's Booker Prize season again, and I always think that the announcement of the longlist for the Man Booker prize is a sign that summer is drawing to a close. The consolation is that the 17 books announced on August 10 should keep us so entertained that we don't notice the evenings drawing in so much.

This year's Booker longlist -- of new novels by British and Commonwealth writers -- has been declared one of the strongest yet by the world's press, and so we are keen to see how this year's Booker longlist compares with winners in previous years, such as:

2004 Winner: The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
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2003 Winner: Vernon God Little by D.B.C. Pierre
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2002 Winner: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
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The 2005 longlist is reproduced below. We we want codes for all the titles before the short list announcement on 8th September. Can you help?

1. The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw
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2. The Sea by John Banville
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3. Arthur & George by Julian Barnes
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4. A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
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5. Slow Man by J.M. Coetzee
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6. In the Fold by Rachel Cusk
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7. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
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8. All For Love by Dan Jacobson
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9. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
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10. Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
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11. Saturday by Ian McEwan
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12. The People's Act of Love by James Meek
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13. Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
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14. The Accidental by Ali Smith
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15. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
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16. This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson
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17. This is the Country by William Wall
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Further details can be found in a press release issued by the Man Booker Prize website.

Happy coding, and enjoy what's left of the summer.

Christopher Norris