Guardian first book award 2006
Brevity brings reward for Chinese-born author
Short stories triumph at first book award
Comeback for fiction in Guardian book prize shortlist
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li
Book prize list spans centuries and species
Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany
A Sense of the World by Jason Roberts
Lonesome George: the life and loves of a conservation icon by Henry Nicholls
Donne: the Reformed Soul by John Stubbs
Poppy Shakespeare by Clare Allan
Waiting for the Night-Rowers by Roger Moulson
Running for the Hills by Horatio Clare