The Children's Book de A S Byatt
(Random House, Chatto and Windus)

Summertime de J M Coetzee
(Random House, Harvill Secker)

The Quickening Maze de Adam Fould
(Random House, Jonathan Cape)

Wolf Hall de Hilary Mantel
(HarperCollins, Fourth Estate)

The Glass Room de Simon Mawer

(Little, Brown)

The Little Stranger de Sarah Waters
(Little, Brown, Virago)