Title	Author	Shortlisted
Possession: A Romance	A. S. Byatt	Booker Prize for Fiction winner
Hopeful Monsters	Nicholas Mosley	Costa Book Award for Novel winner
Hyperion	Dan Simmons	Hugo Award for Best Novel winner
Middle Passage	Charles Johnson	National Book Award for Fiction winner
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance	Ron Chernow	National Book Award for Nonfiction winner
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love	Oscar Hijuelos	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner
Relato de um Certo Oriente	Milton Hatoum	Prêmio Jabuti Romance Literário winner
An Awfully Big Adventure	Beryl Bainbridge	Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
The Gate of Angels	Penelope Fitzgerald	Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
Amongst Women	John McGahern	Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
Lies of Silence	Brian Moore	Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
Solomon Gursky Was Here	Mordecai Richler	Booker Prize for Fiction shortlisted
A Fire in the Sun	George Alec Effinger	Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlisted
Prentice Alvin	Orson Scott Card	Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlisted
The Boat of a Million Years	Poul Anderson	Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlisted
Grass	Sheri S. Tepper	Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlisted
Chromos	Felipe Alfau	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Paradise	Elena Castedo	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Dogeaters	Jessica Hagedorn	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart	Joyce Carol Oates	National Book Award for Fiction shortlisted
Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students and Their High School	Samuel G. Freedman	National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted
Richard Milhous Nixon: The Rise of an American Politician	Roger Morris	National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted
Jackson Pollock: An American Saga	Steven Naifeh	National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted
Righteous Pilgrim: The Life and Times of Harold L. Ickes, 1847–1952	T.H. Watkins	National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlisted
Billy Bathgate	E. L. Doctorow	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction shortlisted