Longlist
H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon
Miss Burma by Charmaine Craig
The Trick to Time by Kit de Waal
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
Sight by Jessie Greengrass
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife
by Meena Kandasamy
Elmet by Fiona Mozley
The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
A Boy in Winter by Rachel Seiffert
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Winner
Dark Chapter by Winnie M Li
Shortlist
Not Thomas by Sara Gethin
The Threat Level Remains Severe by Rowena Macdonald
The Ludlow Ladies’ Society by Ann O'Loughlin
Man with a Seagull on His Head by Harriet Paige
Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
Longlist
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Open My Eyes, That I May See Marvellous Things by Alice Allan
The Rift by Nina Allan
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
An American Decade by Richard Aronowitz
The Night Visitors by Jenn Ashworth & Richard V Hirst
The Golden Legend by Nadeem Aslam
Dark Waters by Sara Bailey
H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker
Greatest Hits by Laura Barnett
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume
The Gingerbread House by Kate Beaufoy
Two Cousins of Azov by Andrea Bennett
The Last Wave by Gillian Best
The Return of the Courtesan by Victoria Blake
The Cruelty of Lambs by Angelena Boden
No Place To Call Home by JJ Bola
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Guest by SJ Bradley
Sealskin by Su Bristow
Ink by Alice Broadway
The Clocks in the House All Tell Different Times by Xan Brooks
Marlena by Julie Buntin
Moonglow by Michael Chabon
In the Still by Jacqueline Chadwick
Larchfield by Polly Clark
Death’s Silent Judgement by Anne Coates
Moving Kings by Joshua Cohen
The Uncommon Life of Alfred Warner in Six Days by Juliet Conlin
These Dividing Walls by Fran Cooper
Sorry to Disrupt the Peace by Patty Yumi Cottrell
The Lie of the Land by Amanda Craig
Don’t Look for Me by Mason Cross
Moonrise by Sarah Crossan
Our Bright Dark Summer by Richard Daniels
Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
Little Bird by Sharon Dempsey
Day 7 by Kerry Drewery
In the Name of the Family by Sarah Dunant
Goblin by Ever Dundas
The Dragonfly by Kate Dunn
Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames
The Hopkins Conundrum by Simon Edge
Doorways: A Bermuda Jones Casefile by Robert Enright
Finding Alison by Deirdre Eustace
Death of a Devil by Derek Farrell
The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie
Desperation Road by Michael Farris Smith
All The Good Things by Clare Fisher
Little Deaths by Emma Flint
This is How it Always Is by Laurie Frankel
Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller
This is How We Talk by Julian Furman
All the Places I’ve Ever Lived by David Gafney
Every Fox is a Rabid Fox by Harry Gallon
The Giddy Career of Mr Gadd (Deceased) by Marie Gameson
Montpelier Parade by Karl Geary
Strange Heart Beating by Eli Goldstone
The Dark Circle by Linda Grant
Stephen Florida by Gabe Habash
How To Stop Time by Matt Haig
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Reconciliation for the Dead by Paul E Hardisty
The Dry by Jane Harper
Seeking Eden by Beverley Harvey
None So Blind by Alis Hawkins
The Other Twin by LV Hay
Spook Street by Mick Herron
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
Flesh Evidence by Malcolm Hollingdrake
Pseudotooth by Verity Holloway
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Another Justified Sinner by Sophie Hopesmith
The Evening Road by Laird Hunt
The End We Start From by Megan Hunter
The Dark Places by Elizabeth Jenner
Travels with My Father by Karen Jennings
The Haunting of Henry Twist by Rebecca F John
Court of Lions by Jane Johnson
Wait for Me, Jack by Addison Jones
Anglesey Blue by Dylan H Jones
Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar
When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young
Wife by Meena Kandaswamy
The Dancing Girl and the Turtle by Karen Kao
English Animals by Laura Kaye
This is Memorial Device by David Keenan
The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong
Himself by Jess Kidd
Handcuffs, Truncheon, and a Polyester Thong by Gina Kirkham
The Friend by Dorothy Koomson
The Patriots by Sana Krasikov
At First Light by Vanessa LaFaye
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
The State of Grace by Rachel Lucas
Legends of Persia by Jennifer Macaire
Being Simon Haines by Tom Vaughan MacAulay
Midwinter Break by Bernard MacLaverty
An Honest Deceit by Guy Mankowski
How Saints Die by Carmen Marcus
Rapeseed by Alwyn Marriage
The Wild Air by Rebecca Mascull
Dare to Fall by Estelle Maskame
Stronger Than Skin by Stephen May
The Gift Maker by Mark Mayes
Flesh of the Peach by Helen McClory
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack
Narcissism for Beginners by Martine McDonagh
The Book of Harlan by Bernice L McFadden
The Watch House by Bernie McGill
Electric Souk by Rose McGinty
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
A Ton of Malice by Barry McKinley
Ithaca by Alan McMonagle
Under the Almond Tree by Laura McVeigh
An Unlikely Agent by Jane Menczer
All the Galaxies by Philip Miller
State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee
The Possessions by Sara Flannery Murphy
The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers
We Shall Not All Sleep by Estep Nagy
Release by Patrick Ness
Beware the Cuckoo by Julie Newman
The End of the Day by Claire North
In the Absence of Absalon by Simon Okotie
Brat by Ghillian Potts
The Jungle by Pooja Puri
The Secret Wound by Deirdre Quiery
A Natural by Ross Raisin
Blame by Paul Read
The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak
A Song For Will by Hilary Robinson
The Tryst by Monique Roffey
Little Gold by Allie Rogers
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
Unspeakable by Dilys Rose
“Green Lion” by Henrietta Rose-Innes
The Man Who Loved Islands by David F Ross
The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
An English Guide to Birdwatching by Nicholas Royle
The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir by Jennifer Ryan
Flesh and Bone and Water by Luiza Sauma
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Mary’s the Name by Ross Sayer
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
Dead Cat Bounce by Kevin Scott
Phone by Will Self
Fallow by Daniel Shand
The Prague Ultimatum by James Silvester
A Woman of Integrity by J David Simons
The Cardinal’s Man by MG Sinclair
The Red Cobra by Rob Sinclair
A Murder of Crows by Ian Skewis
Autumn by Ali Smith
The Speech by Andrew Smith
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
Falling Creatures by Katherine Stansfield
Widdershins by Helen Steadman
Conflicts of Interest by Terry Stiastny
How to Kill Friends and Implicate People by Jay Stringer
Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile by Adelle Stripe
Sympathy by Olivia Sudjic
A Sea of Straw by Julia Sutton
Players of the Game by Graeme K Talboys
Losing Juliet by June Taylor
Black Wave by Michelle Tea
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Missing Fay by Adam Thorpe
House of Names by Colm Toibin
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Eyes of the Blind by Alex Tresillian
A Thousand Paper Birds by Tor Udall
The Witchfinder's Sister by Beth Underdown
Spoils by Brian Van Reet
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
A Monster by Violet by Laura Wake
Not the Only Sky by Alyssa Warren
The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
The Man Who Played Trains by Richard Whittle
The Goddess Project by Bryan Wigmore
Skin Deep by Laura Wilkinson
Street Song by Sheena Wilkinson
The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams
The Photographer by Meike Ziervogel
Winner
The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel
Shortlist
Walking the Lights by Deborah Andrews
The Combinations by Louis Armand
What Will Remain by Dan Clements
The Less Than Perfect Legend of Donna Creosote by Dan Micklethwaite
Chains of Sand by Jemma Wayne
Longlist
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
The Lonely Life of Biddy Weir by Lesley Allen
The Storyteller by Kate Armstrong
The Last Days Of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp
Fell by Jenn Ashworth
The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder
A Country Road by Jo Baker
The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes
Rush Oh! by Shirley Barrett
Beatlebone by Kevin Barry
The Mountain in My Shoe by Louise Beech
Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
Dodgers by Bill Beverly
The Wave by Lochlan Bloom
Sitting Ducks by Lisa Blower
Everyone Is Watching by Megan Bradbury
The Memory Stones by Caroline Brothers
Wild Life by Liam Brown
Harmless Like You by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Addlands by Tom Bullough
The Black Path by Paul Burston
Glass Houses by Jackie Buxton
The Swimming Pool by Louise Candlish
The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon
The Last Photograph by Emma Chapman
Tainted Love by Anna Chilvers
Everyone Brave Is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
The Girls by Emma Cline
Stickleback by Mark Connors
River of Ink by Paul MM Cooper
Paris Mon Amour by Isabel Costello
Dodge Rose by Jack Cox
The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
Transit by Rachel Cusk
The Confession of Stella Moon by Shelley Day
Zero K by Don DeLillo
Bright Stars by Sophie Duffy
Nowhere Girl by Ruth Dugdall
Country Life by Ken Edwards
Stone Seeds by Jo Ely
Back to Moscow by Guillermo Erades
Eleven Hours by Pamela Erens
The Wacky Man by Lyn G Farrell
What a Way to Go by Julia Forster
The Shapes Of Dogs’ Eyes by Harry Gallon
Nine Folds Make A Paper Swan by Ruth Gilligan
The Words in My Hand by Guinevere Glasfurd
We Go Around in the Night Consumed By Fire by Jules Grant
What Belongs to You by Garth Greenwell
Infinite Rooms by David John Griffin
Epiphany Jones by Michael Grothaus
The Bastard Wonderland by Lee Harrison
Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
Graft by Matt Hill
Blood and Roses by Catherine Hokin
The Ballroom by Anna Hope
The Countenance Divine by Michael Hughes
Europe at Midnight by Dave Hutchinson
In Her Wake by Amanda Jennings
Born on a Tuesday by Elnathan John
The Living by Anjali Joseph
Sometimes a River Song by Avril Joy
The World Without Us by Mireille Juchau
Dirt Road by James Kelman
Everything Love Is by Claire King
The Outside Lands by Hannah Kohler
Amy and the Fox by John Lake
Shtum by Jem Lester
Raven and Skull by Ashley Lister
Ghostbird by Carol Lovekin
Armadillos by PK Lynch
Infinite Ground by Martin MacInnes
The Brilliant and Forever by Kevin MacNeil
Dodge and Burn by Seraphina Madsen
The Turning Tide by Brooke Magnanti
Sofia Khan is not Obliged by Ayisha Malik
Bad Samaritan by Michael J Malone
The Waves Burn Bright by Iain Maloney
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo
Manyika
The Darkest Secret by Alex Marwood
Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann
The North Water by Ian McGuire
The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie
The Many by Wyl Menmuir
Knowing Anna by Sarah Meyrick
This Census-Taker by China Miéville
Augustown by Kei Miller
Jerusalem by Alan Moore
Death and the Seaside by Alison Moore
When the Floods Came by Clare Morrall
The Natashas by Yelena Moskovich
The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Resolution Way by Carl Neville
Fractured by Clár Ni Chonghaile
Duff by Suzy Norman
Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain by Barney Norris
The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North
The Little Red Chairs by Edna O'Brien
The Maker of Swans by Paraic O'Donnell
This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell
Anatomy of a Soldier by Harry Parker
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
The Dowry Blade by Cherry Potts
The Unforgotten by Laura Powell
The Gradual by Christopher Priest
The Amber Shadows by Lucy Ribchester
After She Fell by Mary-Jane Riley
The Thing Itself by Adam Roberts
A Mystery’s No Problem by Lou Rowan
As If I Were a River by Amanda Saint
Willnot by James Sallis
They Are Trying to Break Your Heart by David Savill
Martin John by Anakana Schofield
The Comet Seekers by Helen Sedgwick
The Mandibles by Lionel Shriver
The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter
Changed Times by Ethyl Smith
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
If You Look For Me I Am Not Here by Sarayu Srivatsa
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Hunters and Collectors by M Suddain
Owl Song at Dawn by Emma Claire Sweeney
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
All That Man Is by David Szalay
Melissa by Jonathan Taylor
Lingua Franca by William Thacker
Jihadi: A Love Story by Yusuf Toropov
Killing Hapless Alley by Anna Vaught
Smoke by Dan Vyleta
A Quiet Life by Natasha Walter
Love and a Dozen Roast Potatoes by Simon Wan
Foxlowe by Eleanor Wasserberg
Tall Oaks by Chris Whitaker
The Arrival of the Missives by Aliya Whiteley
The Reflection by Hugo Wilcken
The Blackbird Singularity by Matt Wilven
The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
Three Craws by James Yorkston
