2005 Man Booker Prize Longlist

The longlist for the 2005 Man Booker Prize was as follows.

Author Title Publisher
Tash Aw The Harmony Silk Factory Perennial
John Banville The Sea Picador
Julian Barnes Arthur & George Jonathan Cape
Sebastian Barry A Long Long Way Faber and Faber
J.M. Coetzee Slow Man Secker & Warburg
Rachel Cusk In the Fold Faber and Faber
Kazuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go Faber and Faber
Dan Jacobson All For Love Hamish Hamilton
Marina Lewycka A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian Viking
Hilary Mantel Beyond Black Fourth Estate
Ian McEwan Saturday Jonathan Cape
James Meek The People's Act of Love Canongate
Salman Rushdie Shalimar the Clown Jonathan Cape
Ali Smith The Accidental Hamish Hamilton
Zadie Smith On Beauty Hamish Hamilton
Harry Thompson This Thing of Darkness Review
William Wall This is the Country Sceptre