2006 Man Booker Prize


The 2006 Man Booker Prize was awarded at a ceremony on 10 October 2006. The prize was awarded to Kiran Desai for her novel The Inheritance of Loss. Desai was the youngest ever female writer to win the Booker Prize.

Judges

Shortlist

AuthorTitleGenreCountryPublisher
Kiran DesaiThe Inheritance of LossNovelIndiaHamish Hamilton
Kate GrenvilleThe Secret RiverNovelAustraliaCanongate
M. J. HylandCarry Me DownNovelAustralia, UKCanongate
Hisham MatarIn the Country of MenNovelUKViking
Edward St AubynMother's MilkNovelUKPicador
Sarah WatersThe [Night Watch (Waters novel)|The Night Watch]NovelUKVirago

Longlist

AuthorTitleGenreCountryPublisher
Peter CareyTheft: A Love StoryNovelAustraliaFaber & Faber
Kiran DesaiThe Inheritance of LossNovelIndiaHamish Hamilton
Robert EdricGathering the WaterNovelUKBlack Swan
Nadine GordimerGet a LifeNovelSouth AfricaBloomsbury
Kate GrenvilleThe Secret RiverNovelAustraliaCanongate
M. J. HylandCarry Me DownNovelAustralia, UKCanongate
Howard JacobsonKalooki NightsNovelUKJonathan Cape
James LasdunSeven LiesNovelUKJonathan Cape
Mary LawsonThe Other Side of the BridgeNovelCanadaChatto & Windus
Hisham MatarIn the Country of MenNovelUKViking
Jon McGregorSo Many Ways to BeginNovelUKBloomsbury
Claire MessudThe Emperor's ChildrenNovelCanadaPicador
David MitchellBlack Swan GreenNovelUKSceptre
Naeem MurrThe Perfect ManNovelUKPenguin
Andrew O'HaganBe Near MeNovelUKFaber & Faber
James RobertsonThe Testament of Gideon MackNovelUKHamish Hamilton
Edward St AubynMother's MilkNovelUKPicador
Barry UnsworthThe Ruby in Her NavelNovelUKHamish Hamilton
Sarah WatersThe Night WatchNovelUKVirago