Booker shortlist

Six of the best

♦ Anuk Arudpragasam (Sri Lankan)

A Passage North

♦ Damon Galgut (South African)

The Promise

♦ Patricia Lockwood (American)

No One is Talking About This

♦ Nadifa Mohamed (British/somali)

The Fortune Men

♦ Richard Powers (American)

Bewilderment

♦ Maggie Shipstead (American)

Great Circle