The Booker Prize: 90s Shortlisted Books You Must Try

Amongst Women by John McGahern (1990)

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Lies of Silence by Brian Moore

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An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge (1990)

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Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry (1991)

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Daughters of the House by Michèle Roberts (1992)

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The Orchard on Fire by Shena Mackay (1996)

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The Underground Man by Mick Jackson (1997)

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Quarantine by Jim Crace (1997)

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The Essence of the Thing by Madeleine St John (1997)

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Headlong by Michael Frayn (1999)

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