The Alternate Top 10 List

1. The New York Trilogy [1987: comprising City of Glass (1985); Ghosts (1986); and The Locked Room (1986)] / Paul AUSTER
4. Peace Like a River (2001) / Leif ENGER
5. A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989) / John IRVING
6. Empire Falls (2001) / Richard RUSSO
7. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (2000) / Michael CHABON
8. Gilead (2004) / Marilynne ROBINSON
9. Nobody’s Fool (1993) / Richard RUSSO
10. Infinite Jest (1996) / David Foster WALLACE