- Ten dead comedians, Fred Van Lente
- The comedown, a novel, Rebekah Frumkin
- The casual vacancy, J.K. Rowling
- Gnomon, a novel, Nick Harkaway
- How to be safe, a novel, Tom McAllister
- The Italian party, Christina Lynch
- Severance, Ling Ma
- Trio, a novel, William Boyd
- The bus on Thursday, Shirley Barrett
- Middle England, a novel, Jonathan Coe
- Too much lip, a novel, Melissa Lucashenko
- What the hell did I just read, a novel of cosmic horror, David Wong
- French exit, by Patrick deWitt
- Mother Land, Paul Theroux