Fight night

Miriam Toews

The turnout

Megan Abbott

Asymmetry

Lisa Halliday

Hadley & Grace

Suzanne Redfearn

The bread the devil knead

Lisa Allen-Agostini

The chateau

Catherine Cooper

The push

Ashley Audrain

All the fun of the fair

Caroline Hulse

Every vow you break

Peter Swanson

Nick

Michael Farris Smith

I couldn't love you more

Esther Freud

Second place

Rachel Cusk

The wedding party

Tammy Cohen

Six weeks to live

Catherine McKenzie

Under the wave at Waimea

Paul Theroux

Missing pieces

Tim Weaver

My year abroad

Chang-Rae Lee

The guncle

Steven Rowley

The committed

Viet Thanh Nguyen

His & hers

Alice Feeney

The anniversary

Laura Marshall

The ladies' midnight swimming club

Faith Hogan

Open water

Caleb Azumah Nelson

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

When you are mine

Michael Robotham

The heart principle

Helen Hoang

Detransition, baby

Torrey Peters

Sunset

Jessie Cave

Hell of a book, or, The altogether factual, wholly bona fida story of a big dreams, hard luck, American-made mad kid

Jason Mott

Magpie

Elizabeth Day