What's missing from the Guardian first book award submissions?

Foyles Jonathan Ruppin Snowdrops by Andrew Miller (Atlantic) is "an intensely riveting psychological drama that unfolds over the course of one Moscow winter, as a young Englishman's moral compass is spun by the seductive opportunities revealed to him by a new Russia" - that's a book that stayed with me, very vivid indeed A Book for All and None by Clare Morgan (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) is distinguished by some particularly elegant prose Is That A Fish in Your Ear? by David Bellos (father of Alex of Numberland fame) (Particular Books) is a fascinating book on the world of translation (out in September) that might well be this year's Just My Type Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights Nic Bottomley How I Lost the War by Filippo Bologna (Pushkin) - Wonderful novel of tradition versus progress in a small Tuscan town And from customers: Twirlymen by Amol Rajan (Vintage) The Warmth of the Heart Prevents Your Body From Rusting by Marie de Hennezel (Macmillan) Snowdrops by Andrew Miller (Atlantic) Fictionbitch Elizabeth Baines Palo Alto by James Franco (Faber) A story cycle. The voices of a bunch of alienated suburban American teenagers. Unflinching but touching. Brilliantly written The Principle of Camouflage by Frances Bingham (Two Ravens Press) A novel. Poetic reworking of The Tempest: lonely souls washed up on a remote coast during WW2. Themes of home and exile, loss and recovery. Very literary, probably not to a lot of people's taste, but beautifully written (I loved it) The War Tour by Zoe Lambert (Comma) Short stories, perspectives on war. Plainly told but very moving Somewhere Else, or Even Here by Andrea Ashworth (Salt) Stories. Winner of the Salt-run Scott Award Bookslut Jessa Crispin O Fallen Angel by Kate Zambreno Zazen by Vanessa Veselka Who is Ana Mendieta? by Christine Redfern and Caro Caron (Feminist Press) The Colony by Jillian Weisse Asylum John Self Open City by Teju Cole (Random House)