Books 2006

Barely have they finished making lists of books from 2005 than they're compiling others to look forward to in the coming year. Though it must be said that there seems to be a rich harvest in store: the new work from Margaret Atwood, Kate Grenville, Tim Parks, DBC Pierre and Russian-American Olga Grushin's debut look quite promising. My kingdom for more shelf space.

Update: And here's The Guardian with another list that includes new work from -- among others -- David Mitchell and Peter Carey, as well as "a much anticipated debut in Gautam Malkani's Londonstani." (Malkani works with the Financial Times and is already being labelled "the new Zadie".)