Booker prize populism may well backfire

An article in "the Guardian"  Booker prize populism may well backfire

I've been looking at the list in Wikipedia of winners and short-listed titles since the prize started in 1969
List of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction

I've read several of the books on the list, but don't remember consciously deciding to read any of the books because they were on the list.