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
Hermione Lee (chair) Simon Armitage Candia McWilliam Anthony Quinn Fiona Shaw
Shortlist
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
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
Sources 2006 Man Booker Prize
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