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The British Book Awards 2006

WH Smith Book of the Year


And the WINNER is: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J K Rowling (Bloomsbury)
Congratulations!

Six bestsellers that have brought people flocking into bookshops and libraries...

The final shortlist was:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J K Rowling (Bloomsbury)

The Insider
Piers Morgan (Ebury Press)

Jamie's Italy
Jamie Oliver (Michael Joseph)

Margrave of the Marshes
John Peel & Sheila Ravenscroft (Bantam Press)

Sharon Osbourne Extreme: My Autobiography
Sharon Osbourne (Time Warner)

The World According to Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson (Michael Joseph)

Who do you think should have won Book of the Year 2006?
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First Shown on 4
British Book Awards 2005
1 Apr 2006, 6.00pm

Repeated on More 4
2 Apr 2006, 5.00pm
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