Independent Foreign Fiction Shortlist:
- Voice Over by Céline Curiol
- Beijing Coma by Ma Jian
- The Siege by Ismail Kadare
- The Armies by Evelio Rosero
- The Informers by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
- Friendly Fire by A.B. Yehoshua
IMPAC Dublin Shortlist:
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
- Ravel by Jean Echenoze
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
- The Archivist’s Story by Travis Holland
- The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles by Roy Jacobsen
- The Indian Clerk by David Leavitt
- Animal’s People by Indra Sinha
- Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas
