Year: 2005

Judges

• John Sutherland (chair)
• Lindsay Duguid
• Rick Gekoski
• Josephine Hart
• David Sexton

Books

The Accidental

Ali Smith

Shortlisted

Arthur & George

Julian Barnes

Shortlisted

A Long Long Way

Sebastian Barry

Shortlisted

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

Shortlisted

On Beauty

Zadie Smith

Shortlisted

The Sea

John Banville

Winner