- The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
- The Gook Lover by Ron Wulkan
- Oracle Night by Paul Auster
- All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P. Jones
- Purgatorio by Dante
- The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
- Remainder by Tom McCarthy
- Filthy Shakespeare by Pauline Kiernan
- Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
- Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
- Girl Factory by Jim Krusoe
- The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster
- The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
- Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
- The Chess Machine by Robert Löhr
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon