The longlist for the much-coveted 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction has been announced today (26 July), with four first time novelists and a former Man Booker Prize winner making it into the selection of 13 books. A total of 138 titles were considered by the judges, with the winner to be announced in October. Author and former Director-General of MI5, Dame Stella Rimington, chaired the panel. "We are delighted by the quality and breadth of our longlist, which emerged from an impassioned discussion," she said. "The list ranges from the Wild West to multi-ethnic London via post-Cold War Moscow and Bucharest."
Discover the 13 books to make the longlist for this year's Man Book Prize below - simply click an image to launch the gallery. Has your favourite book of the last year made the list, or is it missing? Share your thoughts in the comments section at the bottom of this page.
Man Booker Prize 2011 Longlist
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (previously shortlisted for the prize for Arthur and George, 2005, England, England, 1998 and Flaubert's Parrot, 1984)
Man Booker Prize 2011 Longlist
On Canaan's Side by Irish writer Sebastian Barry (previously shortlisted for the prize for The Secret Scripture, 2008 and A Long Long Way, 2005)
Man Booker Prize 2011 Longlist
Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch (previously longlisted for the prize in 2003 for Turn Again Home)
Man Booker Prize 2011 Longlist
The Sisters Brothers by Canadian author Patrick deWitt
Man Booker Prize 2011 Longlist
Half Blood Blues by Canadian writer Esi Edugyan
Man Booker Prize 2011 Longlist
A Cupboard Full of Coats by first-time novelist Yvvette Edwards
Man Booker Prize 2011 Longlist
The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst, who won the man Booker prize in 2004 for The Line of Beauty.
Man Booker Prize 2011 Longlist
Pigeon English by first-time novelist Stephen Kelman
Man Booker Prize 2011 Longlist
The Last Hundred Days by published poet and first-time novelist Patrick McGuinness
Man Booker Prize 2011 Longlist
Snowdrops by first-time novelist A.D. Miller
Man Booker Prize 2011 Longlist
Far to Go by published poet and Canadian novelist Alison Pick
Man Booker Prize 2011 Longlist
The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers
Man Booker Prize 2011 Longlist
Derby Day by D.J. Taylor