- Sebastian Barry Secret Scripture
- Robert Harris Conclave
- Kate Morton The Distant Hours
- Evan S. Connell Mrs Bridge
- Paul Beatty The Sellout
- Gail Honeyman Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
- Virginia Baily Early One Morning
- Graham Swift Waterland
- Will Dean Dark Pines
- Elizabeth Bowen The Heat of the Day
- Elizabeth Strout Anything is Possible
- Madelein Thien Do Not Say We Have Nothing