2005 GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD Shortlist

2005 Guardian First Book Award

The Guardian First Book Award recognises new writing across genres, both fiction and non-fiction, and the five books that made the final cut are as follows:

Shortlist
No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam (Nonfiction) / Reza Aslan
The Farm (Nonfiction) / Richard Benson
Stuart: A Life Backwards (Nonfiction) / Alexander Masters
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found (Nonfiction) / Suketu Mehta
Sightseeing (Fiction) / Rattawut Lapcharoensap

The winner will be announced on December 8, 2005

Update
Alexander Masters has beaten a strong field of contenders to win the 2005 Guardian First Book Award for Stuart: A Life Backwards, his biography of a homeless man.