| 1 | Jose Saramago | Blindness | 
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| 2 | Jeff Noon | Pollen | 
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| 3 | Neal Stephenson | The Diamond Age | 
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| 4 | Harry Crews | The Mulching of America | 
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| 5 | Patrick McCabe | The Dead School | 
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| 6 | Iain Banks | Whit | 
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| 7 | T. Coraghessan Boyle | The Tortilla Curtain | 
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| 8 | Peter Cunningham | Tapes of the River Delta | 
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| 9 | Jon Stephen Fink | Long Pig | 
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| 10 | Michael Chabon | Wonder Boys | 
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