Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hello! I’m Bob, and as part of my project to read all the shortlists across the history of the Booker Prize, here are my favourites from the 1970s!

Thank you!

Books Mentioned:

00:00 Introduction and Background
03:33 William Trevor- Mrs Eckdorf in O’Neill’s Hotel (1970)
06:27 Muriel Spark- The Driver’s Seat (1970- Lost)
08:40 Doris Lessing- Briefing For A Descent Into Hell (1971)
12:13 Elizabeth Taylor- Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont (1971)
14:44 Susan Hill- Bird of Night (1972)
17:48 Iris Murdoch- The Black Prince (1973)
21:21 Beryl Bainbridge- The Bottle Factory Outing (1974)
24:30 André Brink- An Instant in the Wind (1976)
29:13 Brian Moore- The Doctor’s Wife (1976)
32:41 Julian Rathbone- King Fisher Lives (1976)
35:11 Bernice Rubens- A Five Year Sentence (1978)
38:42 Fay Weldon- Praxis (1979)
42:34 Round-Up and Conclusion