The best books to look out for in 2006

Guardian Unlimited Books Special Reports : "Over the next few months, despite the brave claims and rash promises you made last night, you will probably not be learning Japanese, slashing your body mass index or abseiling down Hadrian's Wall. We will be charitably optimistic and assume that you may, indeed, succeed in kicking the cigarettes and you will be kinder to small children. But some resolutions are easier to stick to than others, and what we can help with is that far more important pledge to keep abreast of the latest literary dispatches."