Winner

Vernon God Little – D. B. C. Pierre

Shortlist

Brick Lane – Monica Ali

Oryx and Crake – Margaret Atwood

The Good Doctor – Damon Galgut

Notes on a Scandal – Zoe Heller

Longlist

Yellow Dog – Martin Amis

Turn Again Home – Carol Birch

Crossing the Lines – Melvyn Bragg

Elizabeth Costello – J. M. Coetzee

The Taxi Driver’s Daughter – Julia Darling

Schopenhauer’s Telescope – Gerard Donovan

The Romantic – Barbara Gowdy

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime – Mark Haddon

The Nick of Time – Francis King

Heligoland – Shena Mackay

Jazz etc – John Murray

Something Might Happen – Julie Myerson

Judge Savage – Tim Parks

A Distant Shore – Caryl Phillips

Waxwings – Jonathan Raban

The Light of Day – Graham Swift

Frankie & Stankie – Barbara Trapido