| 1 | Peter Carey | Oscar and Lucinda | 
|
| 2 | Kobo Abe | The Ark Sakura | 
|
| 3 | William Gibson | Mona Lisa Overdrive | 
|
| 4 | Pete Dexter | Paris Trout | 
|
| 5 | William Trevor | The Silence in the Garden | 
|
| 6 | Rubem Fonseca | The Lost Manuscript | 
|
| 7 | Michael Chabon | The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | 
|
| 8 | Joseph Heller | Picture This | 
|
| 9 | Stephen Dobyns | The Two Deaths of Senora Puccini | 
|