2005 - 2006 Nominations
| Book | Author | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Fashion Victim | Baker, Sam | Orion |
| Sayonara Bar | Barker, Susan | Doubleday |
| A Game With Sharpened Knives | Belton, Neil | Orion |
| How To Be Famous | Bond, Alison | Michael Joseph, Penguin |
| My Name is Denise Forrester | Brooks, Nick | Weidenfeld & Nicholson |
| The Creation Myths | Brown, Clare | Bloomsbury |
| The Family Tree | Cadwalladr, Carole | Doubleday |
| It's All Right Now | Chadwick, Charles | Faber |
| The Great Stink | Clarke, Clare | Penguin Viking |
| Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell | Clarke, Susanna | Bloomsbury |
| Incendiary | Cleave, Chris | Chatto & Windus |
| Winkler | Coren, Giles | Jonathan Cape |
| Heredity | Davidson Jenny | Serpents Tail |
| The Italian Quarter | De Rosa, Domenica | Review |
| Best Man | Dunn, Matt | Simon & Schuster |
| 26a | Evans, Diana | Chatto & Windus |
| The Club | Eyre, Richard | Penguin Viking |
| Emotional Geology | Gillard, Linda | Transita |
| No Fireworks | Glass, Rodge | Faber |
| Ten Men | Gray, Alexandra | Atlantic |
| The Ardly Effect | Green, Mitis | Brambling Books |
| The Water Horse | Gregson, Julia | Orion |
| The Colour of a Dog Running Away | Gwyn, Richard | Parthian |
| Grievous Angel | Hill, Jane | William Heinemann |
| The Short Day Dying | Hobbs, Peter | Faber |