| 1 | Iain Sinclair | Radon Daughters | 
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| 2 | William Gaddis | A Frolic of His Own | 
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| 3 | Tibor Fischer | The Thought Gang | 
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| 4 | Peter Carey | The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith | 
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| 5 | Louis de Bernieres | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | 
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| 6 | Paul Auster | Mr Vertigo | 
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| 7 | E L Doctorow | The Waterworks | 
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| 8 | Tom Drury | The End of Vandalism | 
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