The shortlist for the 40th anniversary Best of the Bookers contest consists of six titles chosen by biographer Victoria Glendinning, broadcaster Mariella Frostrup and John Mullan, professor of English at the University of London, the Guardian reported. Now the public will be able to vote for "the greatest Booker prize winner of all time" at the Man Booker prize website. Results will be announced July 10.
The shortlist:
- Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
- Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
- The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell
- The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer
- The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
- Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey