1990s
- Billy Bathgate - E.L. Doctorow (1990)
- Children of the Night - Mercedes Lackey (1990)
- A Home at the End of the World - Michael Cunningham (1990)
- The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love - Oscar Hijuelos (1990)
- Moon Palace - Paul Auster (1990)
- Our House in the Last World - Oscar Hijuelos (1990)
- Skinny Legs and All - Tom Robbins (1990)
- Sniper's Moon - Carsten Stroud (1990)
- American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis (1991)
- Aftershock - Chuck Scarborough
- Day of Atonement - Faye Kellerman (1991)
- Sacrifice - Andrew Vachss (1991)
- Sliver - Ira Levin (1991)
- The First Wives Club - Olivia Goldsmith (1992)
- The blindfold - Siri Hustvedt (1992)
- Good Fairies of New York - Martin Millar (1992)
- Sweet Liar - Jude Deveraux (1992)
- The Kaisho - Eric Lustbader (1993)
- A Mother's Love - Mary Morris (1993)
- Nude Men - Amanda Filipacchi (1993)
- Banished Children of Eve - Peter Quinn (1994)
- Closing Time - Joseph Heller (1994)
- Down in the Zero - Andrew Vachss (1994)
- A Feather on the Breath of God - Sigrid Nunez (1994)
- Just Like That - Lily Brett (1994)
- The Alienist - Caleb Carr (1995)
- The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms - J. P. Donleavy (1995)
- Footsteps of the Hawk - Andrew Vachss (1995)
- Full Stop - Joan Smith (1995)
- One Coffee With - Margaret Maron (1995)
- Winter's Tale - Mark Helprin (1995)
- World's Fair - E.L. Doctorow (1996)
- The Book of Night with Moon - Diane Duane (1997)
- A History of Violence - John Wagner (1997)
- Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer - Steven Millhauser (1997)
- Off Season - Naomi Holoch (1997)
- Sewer, Gas and Electric - Matt Ruff (1997)
- Sex and the City - Candace Bushnell (1997)
- Lives of the Monster Dogs - Kirstin Bakis (1997)
- Snow in August - Pete Hamill (1997)
- The Waterworks - E.L. Doctorow (1997)
- Underworld - Don DeLillo (1997)
- Always Hiding - Sophia G. Romero (1998)
- Wrong Information is being Given Out at Princeton - J. P. Donleavy (1998)
- Bringing Out The Dead - Joe Connelly (1998)
- Eating Chinese Food Naked - Mei Ng (1998)
- The Extra Man - Jonathan Ames (1998)
- Herb's Pajamas - Abigail Thomas (1998)
- The Hours - Michael Cunningham (1998)
- Last Days of Summer - Steve Kluger (1998)
- New York Graphic - Adam Lloyd Baker (1998)
- Of Kings and Planets - Ethan Canin (1998)
- Safe House - Andrew Vachss (1998)
- Solo Variations - Cassandra Garbus (1998)
- The Willow Tree - Hubert Selby, Jr. (1998)
- The Broken Hearts Club - Ethan Black (1999)
- Choice of Evil - Andrew Vachss (1999)
- Downsiders - Neal Shusterman (1999)
- Glamorama - Bret Easton Ellis (1999)
- Liberty Falling - Nevada Barr (1999)
- Morningside Heights - Cheryl Mendelson (1999)
- Motherless Brooklyn - Jonathan Lethem (1999)
- The Silk Code - Paul Levinson (1999)
- Vapor - Amanda Filipacchi (1999)
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