Tidox Books
Cover of What's Bred in the Bone

Nominee · The Booker Prize 1986

What's Bred in the Bone

by Robertson Davies

1985 novel by Robertson Davies

Language
English
Buy on AmazonBookshop.orgOpen LibraryWikidata

The Booker Prize 1986

See all →
The Old Devils
Winner
The Old Devils
Kingsley Amis · 1986
An Artist of the Floating World
An Artist of the Floating World
Kazuo Ishiguro · 1986
An Insular Possession
An Insular Possession
Timothy Mo · 1986
Gabriel's Lament
Gabriel's Lament
Paul Bailey · 1986
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood · 1986

More by Robertson Davies

The Manticore
Winner
The Manticore
Robertson Davies · 1972
Governor General's Literary Awards

Other The Booker Prize winners

All years →
Flesh
Winner
Flesh
David Szalay · 2025
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
Winner
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
Banu Mushtaq · 2025
Orbital
Winner
Orbital
Samantha Harvey · 2024
Prophet Song
Winner
Prophet Song
Paul Lynch · 2023
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Winner
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Shehan Karunatilaka · 2022
The Promise
Winner
The Promise
Damon Galgut · 2021
Shuggie Bain
Winner
Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart · 2020
Girl, Woman, Other
Winner
Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo · 2019
The Testaments
Winner
The Testaments
Margaret Atwood · 2019
Milkman
Winner
Milkman
Anna Burns · 2018
Lincoln in the Bardo
Winner
Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders · 2017
The Sellout
Winner
The Sellout
Paul Beatty · 2016
A Brief History of Seven Killings
Winner
A Brief History of Seven Killings
Marlon James · 2015
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Winner
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Richard Flanagan · 2014
The Luminaries
Winner
The Luminaries
Eleanor Catton · 2013
Bring Up the Bodies
Winner
Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel · 2012
The Sense of an Ending
Winner
The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes · 2011
The Finkler Question
Winner
The Finkler Question
Howard Jacobson · 2010
Wolf Hall
Winner
Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel · 2009
The White Tiger
Winner
The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga · 2008