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The First Chapter Series ® (Booker Prize) is a contribution by authors of the first chapter of their prize winning novels in support of children living with HIV/AIDS

First Chapter Series
Booker Prize

The First Chapter Series ® (Booker Prize) is a contribution by authors of the first chapter of their prize winning novels in support of children living with HIV/AIDS. Each book is published in a limited signed edition and features specially commissioned original artwork. The project was launched in April 2006 and Vol I, Vol II, Vol III, Vol IV, Vol V, Vol VI, Vol VII and Vol VIII are now available.

The Booker Prize represents the very best in contemporary fiction and is awarded each year for the best original full-length novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in the English language. From 1969 until the present day the prize continues to be the pinnacle of ambition for every writer and remains the world's most important award for literary fiction.

Winners of the Booker Prize since 1969.

  • 1969: P H Newby, Something to Answer For
  • 1970: Bernice Rubens, The Elected Member
  • 1971: V S Naipaul, In a Free State
  • 1972: John Berger, G.
  • 1973: J G Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur
  • 1974: Nadine Gordimer, The Conservationist
  • 1974: Stanley Middleton, Holiday
  • 1975: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Heat and Dust
  • 1976: David Storey, Saville
  • 1977: Paul Scott, Staying On
  • 1978: Iris Murdoch, The Sea, the Sea
  • 1979: Penelope Fitzgerald, Offshore
  • 1980: William Golding, Rites of Passage
  • 1981: Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children
  • 1982: Thomas Keneally, Schindler's Ark
  • 1983: J. M. Coetzee, Life and Times of Michael K
  • 1984: Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac
  • 1985: Keri Hulme, The Bone People
  • 1986: Kingsley Amis, The Old Devils
  • 1987: Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger
  • 1988: Peter Carey, Oscar and Lucinda
  • 1989: Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
  • 1990: A.S. Byatt, Possession: A Romance
  • 1991: Ben Okri, The Famished Road
  • 1992: Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient, and Barry Unsworth, Sacred Hunger
  • 1993: Roddy Doyle, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
  • 1994: James Kelman, How late it was, how late
  • 1995: Pat Barker, The Ghost Road
  • 1996: Graham Swift, Last Orders
  • 1997: Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
  • 1998: Ian McEwan, Amsterdam
  • 1999: J. M. Coetzee, Disgrace
  • 2000: Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
  • 2001: Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang
  • 2002: Yann Martel, Life of Pi
  • 2003: DBC Pierre, Vernon God Little
  • 2004: Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty
  • 2005: John Banville, The Sea
  • 2006: Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of loss
  • 2007: Anne Enright, The Gathering
  • 2008: Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger
  • 2009: Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall
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Current volumes
J.M. Coetzee is the author of Volume I of the First Chapter Series® (Booker Prize)  featuring The Life and Times of Michael K

Vol I of the FCS

Volume I of the First Chapter Series® (Booker Prize) features The Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee. More...

J.M. Coetzee is the author of Volume II of the First Chapter Series® (Booker Prize) featuring Disgrace

Vol II of the FCS

Vol II in the First Chapter Series® (Booker Prize) is Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee. More...

Holiday by Stanley Middleton

Vol III of the FCS

Vol III in the First Chapter Series® (Booker Prize) is Holiday by Stanley Middleton. More...

The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer

Vol IV of the FCS

Volume IV in the First Chapter Series (Booker Prize) is The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer. More...

Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth

Vol V of the FCS

Volume V in the First Chapter Series (Booker Prize) is Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth. More...

Vol VI of the FCS

Volume VI in the First Chapter Series (Booker Prize) is The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood.
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Vol VII of the FCS

Volume VII in the First Chapter Series (Booker Prize) is The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst.
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Vol VIII of the FCS

Volume VIII of the First Chapter Series (Booker Prize) is Possession by A.S. Byatt More...