Voting now closed for the Lost Man Booker

Winner to be announced on 19 May

30 April 2010

There has been a fantastic response to the Lost Man Booker Prize since it was announced at the Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival on 25 March 2010.

Thousands of enthusiastic readers have cast their votes for the winning novel and the voting page is now closed.

The six titles shortlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize are:

* The Birds on the Trees by Nina Bawden (Virago)
* Troubles by J G Farrell (Phoenix House)
* The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard (Virago)
* Fire From Heaven by Mary Renault (Arrow)
* The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark (Penguin)
* The Vivisector by Patrick White (Vintage)

The shortlist was selected by a panel of three judges, all of whom were born in or around 1970. They are journalist and critic, Rachel Cooke, ITN newsreader, Katie Derham and poet and novelist, Tobias Hill.

The Lost Man Booker Prize is a one-off prize to honour the books published in 1970 that were not eligible for consideration for the Booker Prize.

The winner will be announced on 19 May 2010.

Read the full press release here.

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