Editing Booker Prize (section)

==Special awards==
In 1971, the nature of the prize was changed so that it was awarded to novels published in that year instead of in the previous year; therefore, no novel published in 1970 could win the Booker Prize. This was rectified in 2010 by the awarding of the "[[Lost Man Booker Prize]]" to [[J. G. Farrell]]'s ''[[Troubles (novel)|Troubles]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last= |first=|title=J G Farrell wins Booker prize for 1970, 30 year after his death|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/j-g-farrell-wins-booker-prize-for-1970-30-year-after-his-death-7233tzbmwcf|access-date=13 August 2022|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=20 May 2010 }}</ref>

In 1993, a special Booker of Bookers prize was awarded to mark the prize's 25th anniversary. Three previous judges of the award, [[Malcolm Bradbury]], David Holloway and W. L. Webb, met and chose [[Salman Rushdie]]'s ''[[Midnight's Children]]'', the 1981 winner, as "the best novel out of all the winners".<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Mullan|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jul/12/saturdayreviewsfeatres.guardianreview31|title=Lives & letters, Where are they now?|work=The Guardian|date=12 July 2008|access-date=11 September 2011}}</ref>

In 2006, the Man Booker Prize set up a "Best of Beryl" prize, for the author [[Beryl Bainbridge]], who had been nominated five times and yet failed to win once. The prize is said to count as a Booker Prize. The nominees were ''[[An Awfully Big Adventure (novel)|An Awfully Big Adventure]]'', ''[[Every Man for Himself (novel)|Every Man for Himself]]'', ''[[The Bottle Factory Outing]]'', ''[[The Dressmaker (Bainbridge novel)|The Dressmaker]]'' and ''[[Master Georgie]]'', which won.

Similarly, [[The Best of the Booker]] was awarded in 2008 to celebrate the prize's 40th anniversary. A shortlist of six winners was chosen — Rushdie's ''[[Midnight's Children]]'', Coetzee' ''[[Disgrace]]'', Carey's ''[[Oscar and Lucinda]]'', Gordimer's ''[[The Conservationist]]'', Farrell's ''[[The Siege of Krishnapur]]'', and Barker's ''[[The Ghost Road]]'' — and the decision was left to a public vote; the winner was again ''Midnight's Children''.<ref>{{cite news|first=Michelle| last=Pauli|url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2258500,00.html|title=Best of the Booker|work=The Guardian|date=21 February 2008|access-date=3 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7499495.stm|title=Rushdie wins Best of Booker prize|work=BBC News|date=10 July 2008|access-date=3 September 2009}}</ref>

In 2018, to celebrate the 50th anniversary, the Golden Man Booker was awarded. One book from each decade was selected by a panel of judges: Naipaul's ''[[In a Free State]]'' (the 1971 winner), Lively's ''[[Moon Tiger]]'' (1987), Ondaatje's ''[[The English Patient]]'' (1992), Mantel's ''[[Wolf Hall]]'' (2009) and Saunders' ''[[Lincoln in the Bardo]]'' (2017). The winner, by popular vote, was ''The English Patient''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://themanbookerprize.com/goldenmanbooker/news/english-patient-michael-ondaatje-wins-golden-man-booker-prize|title=The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje wins the Golden Man Booker Prize|publisher=The Booker Prizes|date=8 July 2018}}</ref>