Year: 2001

Judges

• Kenneth Baker (chair)
• Philip Hensher
• Michèle Roberts
• Kate Summerscale
• Professor Rory Watson

Books

Atonement

Ian McEwan

Shortlisted

The Dark Room

Rachel Seiffert

Shortlisted

Hotel World

Ali Smith

Shortlisted

number9dream

David Mitchell

Shortlisted

Oxygen

Andrew Miller

Shortlisted

True History of the Kelly Gang

Peter Carey

Winner