Greetings, Booker-fans. The 2012 shortlist – as selected by this year's panel, Dinah Birch, Amanda Foreman, Dan Stevens, Bharat Tandon and chair Sir Peter Stothard – has been announced. News story, comment and gallery on the shortlisted titles to follow; meanwhile, take a look at the list and tell us what you think. Bookies' favourites Self and Mantel are there, but the other names are less well-known. Over to you.

The shortlist

Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil (Faber & Faber)

Swimming Home by Deborah Levy (And Other Stories)

Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (Fourth Estate)

The Lighthouse by Alison Moore (Salt)

Umbrella by Will Self (Bloomsbury)

The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (Myrmidon Books)