2016 Man Booker Prize

File:Paul Beatty - Auckland Writers Festival, May 18, 2017 (34934205736).jpg, winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize]]

The 2016 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 25 October 2016.{{cite web|url=http://themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-prize-announces-2016-shortlist|title=Man Booker Prize announces 2016 shortlist - The Man Booker Prizes|access-date=2016-09-13|archive-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629072836/http://themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-prize-announces-2016-shortlist|url-status=dead}} The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on 27 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 13 September.{{cite web|url=http://themanbookerprize.com/fiction/news/man-booker-prize-announces-2016-longlist|title=Man Booker Prize announces 2016 longlist - The Man Booker Prizes}} Paul Beatty was awarded the 2016 Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout, receiving 50,000 pounds ($61,000), and becoming the first American author to be awarded the prize.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/10/25/books-paul-beatty-wins-man-booker-prize|title=Paul Beatty becomes first American author to win the Man Booker Prize|access-date=2016-10-28}}