The Corrections

Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Michael Chabon

A Visit from the Goon Squad

Jennifer Egan

A heartbreaking work of staggering genius

Dave Eggers

The World According to Garp

John Irving

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz

Atonement

Ian McEwan

American Pastoral

Philip Roth

White Teeth

Zadie Smith

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole

Empire Falls

Richard Russo

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov