The Man Booker 2002 Prize winning novel was 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martel. It's a captivating story about a young boy named Pi who survives a shipwreck and is stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger.
The work that won the Man Booker Prize for fiction in 2018 was 'Milkman' written by Anna Burns. 'Milkman' is a story that delves deep into the life in Belfast. It shows the impact of the Troubles on the lives of ordinary people. The narrative is complex and engaging, which might be one of the reasons it got the award.
They often have complex characters. For instance, in 'The Remains of the Day' by Kazuo Ishiguro, the butler Stevens is a multi - layered character with his own repressed emotions and unfulfilled dreams.