2006 Man Booker Prize

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The 2006 Man Booker Prize was awarded at a ceremony on 10 October 2006. The prize was awarded to Kiran Desai for The Inheritance of Loss .

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Judges

Shortlist

AuthorTitleGenre(s)CountryPublisher
Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss NovelIndia Hamish Hamilton
Kate Grenville The Secret River NovelAustralia Canongate
M. J. Hyland Carry Me Down NovelAustralia, UK Canongate
Hisham Matar In the Country of Men NovelUK Viking
Edward St Aubyn Mother's Milk NovelUK Picador
Sarah Waters The Night Watch NovelUK Virago

Longlist

AuthorTitleGenre(s)CountryPublisher
Peter Carey Theft: A Love Story NovelAustralia Faber & Faber
Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss NovelIndia Hamish Hamilton
Robert Edric Gathering the WaterNovelUK Black Swan
Nadine Gordimer Get a Life NovelSouth Africa Bloomsbury
Kate Grenville The Secret River NovelAustralia Canongate
M. J. Hyland Carry Me Down NovelAustralia, UK Canongate
Howard Jacobson Kalooki NightsNovelUK Jonathan Cape
James Lasdun Seven LiesNovelUK Jonathan Cape
Mary Lawson The Other Side of the Bridge NovelCanada Chatto & Windus
Hisham Matar In the Country of Men NovelUK Viking
Jon McGregor So Many Ways to Begin NovelUK Bloomsbury
Claire Messud The Emperor's Children NovelCanada Picador
David Mitchell Black Swan Green NovelUK Sceptre
Naeem Murr The Perfect ManNovelUK Penguin
Andrew O'Hagan Be Near MeNovelUK Faber & Faber
James Robertson The Testament of Gideon Mack NovelUK Hamish Hamilton
Edward St Aubyn Mother's Milk NovelUK Picador
Barry Unsworth The Ruby in Her Navel NovelUK Hamish Hamilton
Sarah Waters The Night WatchNovelUK Virago

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