- Jayne Anne Phillips Night Watch
- Andrew D. Miller Snowdrops
- Kate Grenville The Idea of Perfection
- Clare Chambers Small Pleasures
- Alexander Baron The Lowlife
- Samantha Harvey Orbital
- Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle
- J.M. Coetzee Disgrace
- Rose Tremain Sacred Country
- Eric Ambler The Mask of Dimitrios
- Edna O’Brien The Country Girls
- Attica Locke Blue Bird, Blue Bird