We're starting to see a few people making suggestions for what will be considered this year. Estimates so far are for 150 novels to be entered.

Thanks to Wayne Terwilliger of the University of Virginia Bookstore for the suggestion to include the Alan Warner novel, which, for some reason, I thought was a non-fiction work; and also for the suggestion of the Michael Collins.

Be aware that these are my suggestions. Sometimes I get the publication date wrong or I'm confused as to the nationality of the author, in which case the books listed won't be eligible. Keep that in mind.
- August 8, 2006.

• "Half of a Yellow Sun", Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Apr 2006)
• "Alentejo Blue", Monica Ali (Jun 2006)
• "Poppy Shakespeare", Clare Allan (Apr 2006)
• "Clear Water", Will Ashon (Jun 2006)
• "The Island of Lost Souls", Martyn Bedford (May 2006)
• "Theft: A Love Story", Peter Carey (May 2006)
• "Death of a Writer", Michael Collins (Sep 2006)
• "The Mathematics of Love", Emma Darwin (July 2006)
• "Grace", Robert Drewe (Oct 2005)
• "In the Company of the Courtesan", Sarah Dunant (Mar 2006)
• "House of Orphans", Helen Dunmoore (Feb 2006)
• "The Raft", Arabella Edge (Apr 2006)
• "Gathering the Water", Robert Edric (Jun 2006)
• "An Irresponsible Age", Lavinia Greenlaw (Jan 2006)
• "The Secret River", Kate Grenville (Feb 2006)
• "Carry Me Down", M.J. Hyland (Apr 2006)
• "Dreams of Speaking", Gail Jones (Mar 2006)
• "Londonstani", Gautam Malkani (May 2006)
• "The Ballad of Desmond Kale", Roger McDonald
• "Black Swan Green", David Mitchell (May 2006)
• "Natural Flights of the Human Mind", Clare Morrall (Jan 2006)
• "Hav", Jan Morris (Jun 2006)
• "The Story of You", Julie Myerson (June 2006)
• "Be Near Me", Andrew O'Hagan (Aug 2006)
• "Ludmilla's Broken English", DBC Pierre (Mar 2006)
• "Mother's Milk", Edward St Aubyn (Jan 2006)
• "The Book of Dave", Will Self (Jun 2006)
• "Kept: A Victorian Mystery", D.J. Taylor (Feb 2006)
• "The Night Watch", Sarah Waters (Feb 2006)
• "The Bullet Trick", Louise Welsh (July 2006)