| 1 | Vikram Seth | A Suitable Boy | 
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| 2 | Jeff Noon | Vurt | 
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| 3 | E. Annie Proulx | The Shipping News | 
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| 4 | William Gibson | Virtual Light | 
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| 5 | T Coraghessan Boyle | The Road to Wellville | 
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| 6 | Jeffrey Eugenides | The Virgin Suicides | 
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| 7 | Rupert Thomson | Air & Fire | 
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| 8 | Steve Erickson | Arc D'X | 
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| 9 | Adam Mars-Jones | The Waters of Thirst | 
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| 10 | Barbara Kingsolver | Pigs in Heaven | 
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