Lee Child - Killing Floor

Donna Tartt - The Secret History

Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner

Disobedience - Naomi Alderman

John Banville - The Sea

Christos Tsiolkas - The Slap

Emma Donoghue - Room

Lorrie Moore - Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?

Sadie Jones - The Outcast

Allan Massie - A Question of Loyalties