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.

Judges

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Shortlist

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Author Title Genre(s) Country Publisher
Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss Novel India Hamish Hamilton
Kate Grenville The Secret River Novel Australia Canongate
M. J. Hyland Carry Me Down Novel Australia, UK Canongate
Hisham Matar In the Country of Men Novel UK Viking
Edward St Aubyn Mother's Milk Novel UK Picador
Sarah Waters The Night Watch Novel UK Virago

Longlist

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

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