Winner

We Need to Talk About Kevin – Lionel Shriver

Shortlist

Old Filth – Jane Gardam

The Mammoth Cheese – Sheri Holman

Liars and Saints – Maile Meloy

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian – Marina Lewycka

Longlist

Away From You – Melanie Finn

Black Dirt – Nell Leyshon

Case Histories – Kate Atkinson

Escape Routes for Beginners – Kira Cochrane

The Falls – Joyce Carol Oates

It So Happens – Patricia Ferguson

The Mysteries of Glass – Sue Gee

Nelson’s Daughter – Miranda Hearn

The Remedy – Michele Lovric

The River – Tricia Wastvedt

The Great Stink – Clare Clark

Tatty – Christine Dwyer Hickey

The Zigzag Way – Anita Desai

Ursula, Under – Ingrid Hill