The list is in:

• Aravind Adiga              The White Tiger
• Gaynor Arnold             Girl in a Blue Dress
• Sebastian Barry           The Secret Scripture
• John Berger                 From A to X
• Michelle de Kretser      The Lost Dog
• Amitav Ghosh              Sea of Poppies
• Linda Grant                 The Clothes on Their Backs
• Mohammed Hanif         A Case of Exploding Mangoes
• Philip Hensher             The Northern Clemency
• Joseph O’Neill              Netherland
• Salman Rushdie          The Enchantress of Florence
• Tom Rob Smith            Child 44
• Steve Toltz                   A Fraction of the Whole