This is a comprehensive list of every title published by Vintage Contemporaries between September 1984 and December 1999, with the exception of the two promotional Vintage Contemporaries Readers (1984 and 1998) and the pseudo-Vintage Contemporaries titles published in Canada.
Click the VC Bibliography Number to navigate to that title’s bibliographical description.
| Title | VC Bibliography Number | Author | Publication Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral | 84.09.VCW001 | Carver, Raymond | September 1984 |
| Dancing Bear | 84.09.VCW002 | Crumley, James | September 1984 |
| Dancing in the Dark | 84.09.VCW003 | Hobhouse, Janet | September 1984 |
| Chosen Place, the Timeless People, The | 84.09.VCW004 | Marshall, Paule | September 1984 |
| Far Tortuga | 84.09.VCW005 | Matthiessen, Peter | September 1984 |
| Bushwhacked Piano, The | 84.09.VCW006 | McGuane, Thomas | September 1984 |
| Bright Lights, Big City | 84.09.VCW007 | McInerney, Jay | September 1984 |
| Debut, The | 85.03.VCW008 | Brookner, Anita | March 1985 |
| Fan’s Notes, A | 85.04.VCW009 | Exley, Frederick | April 1985 |
| Piece of My Heart, A | 85.04.VCW010 | Ford, Richard | April 1985 |
| Something to Be Desired | 85.04.VCW011 | McGuane, Thomas | May 1985 |
| Handbook for Visitors From Outer Space, A | 85.05.VCW012 | Kramer, Kathryn | May 1985 |
| Norwood | 85.08.VCW013 | Portis, Charles | August 1985 |
| Taking Care | 85.08.VCW014 | Williams, Joy | August 1985 |
| Ransom | 85.09.VCW015 | McInerney, Jay | September 1985 |
| Ransom (Hardcover) | 85.09.VCW15(HC) | McInerney, Jay | September 1985 |
| Airships | 85.11.VCW016 | Hannah, Barry | November 1985 |
| Wrong Case, The | 86.01.VCW017 | Crumley, James | January 1986 |
| First Love & Other Sorrows | 86.03.VCW018 | Brodkey, Harold | March 1986 |
| Sportswriter, The | 86.03.VCW019 | Ford, Richard | March 1986 |
| Fiskadoro | 86.04.VCW020 | Johnson, Denis | April 1986 |
| Carnival for the Gods | 86.06.VCW021 | Swan, Gladys | June 1986 |
| Love Always | 86.08.VCW022 | Beattie, Ann | August 1986 |
| Ultimate Good Luck, The | 86.08.VCW023 | Ford, Richard | August 1986 |
| Days Between Stations | 86.09.VCW024 | Erickson, Steve | September 1986 |
| Mohawk | 86.09.VCW025 | Russo, Richard | September 1986 |
| Fat City | 86.10.VCW026 | Gardner, Leonard | October 1986 |
| Suttree | 86.10.VCW027 | McCarthy, Cormac | October 1986 |
| November | 86.11.VCW028 | Hobhouse, Janet | November 1986 |
| Nobody’s Angel | 86.11.VCW029 | McGuane, Thomas | November 1986 |
| Last Election, The | 87.01.VCW030 | Davies, Pete | January 1987 |
| River Dogs | 87.03.VCW031 | Olmstead, Robert | March 1987 |
| Car Thief, The | 87.03.VCW032 | Weesner, Theodore | March 1987 |
| Asa, as I Knew Him | 87.04.VCW033 | Kaysen, Susanna | April 1987 |
| Within Normal Limits | 87.05.VCW034 | Grimson, Todd | May 1987 |
| One to Count Cadence | 87.06.VCW035 | Crumley, James | June 1987 |
| Myra Breckinridge and Myron | 87.07.VCW036 | Vidal, Gore | July 1987 |
| BOP | 87.09.VCW037 | Chernoff, Maxine | September 1987 |
| Rubicon Beach | 87.09.VCW038 | Erickson, Steve | September 1987 |
| Clea & Zeus Divorce | 87.10.VCW039 | Prager, Emily | October 1987 |
| Visit From the Footbinder and Other Stories, A | 87.10.VCW040 | Prager, Emily | October 1987 |
| Narrow Time, A | 87.11.VCW041 | Downing, Michael | November 1987 |
| To Skin a Cat | 87.11.VCW042 | McGuane, Thomas | November 1987 |
| Stars at Noon, The | 88.01.VCW043 | Johnson, Denis | January 1988 |
| Steps | 88.01.VCW044 | Kosinski, Jerzy | January 1988 |
| Anywhere But Here | 88.01.VCW045 | Simpson, Mona | January 1988 |
| Family Resemblances | 88.02.VCW046 | Pei, Lowry | February 1988 |
| Lulu Incognito | 88.03.VCW047 | Kennedy, Raymond | March 1988 |
| Ellen Foster | 88.05.VCW048 | Gibbons, Kaye | May 1988 |
| Soft Water | 88.05.VCW049 | Olmstead, Robert | May 1988 |
| From Rockaway | 88.06.VCW050 | Eisenstadt, Jill | June 1988 |
| Breaking & Entering | 88.06.VCW051 | Williams, Joy | June 1988 |
| Platitudes | 88.07.VCW052 | Ellis, Trey | July 1988 |
| Fan’s Notes, A | 88.09.VCW009 | Exley, Frederick | September 1988 |
| First Love & Other Sorrows | 88.09.VCW018 | Brodkey, Harold | September 1988 |
| Pages from a Cold Island | 88.09.VCW053 | Exley, Frederick | September 1988 |
| Rock Springs | 88.09.VCW054 | Ford, Richard | September 1988 |
| Saigon, Illinois | 88.09.VCW055 | Hoover, Paul | September 1988 |
| Last Good Kiss, The | 88.11.VCW056 | Crumley, James | November 1988 |
| I Look Divine | 89.01.VCW057 | Coe, Christopher | January 1989 |
| All-Girl Football Team, The | 89.02.VCW058 | Nordan, Lewis | February 1989 |
| Mama Day | 89.04.VCW059 | Naylor, Gloria | April 1989 |
| Eleven Kinds of Loneliness | 89.04.VCW060 | Yates, Richard | April 1989 |
| Bad Behavior | 89.05.VCW061 | Gaitskill, Mary | May 1989 |
| Revolutionary Road | 89.05.VCW062 | Yates, Richard | May 1989 |
| Cathedral | 89.06.VCW001 | Carver, Raymond | June 1989 |
| Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories | 89.06.VCW063 | Carver, Raymond | June 1989 |
| What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories | 89.06.VCW064 | Carver, Raymond | June 1989 |
| Where I’m Calling From: New and Selected Stories | 89.06.VCW065 | Carver, Raymond | June 1989 |
| Easter Parade, The | 89.06.VCW066 | Yates, Richard | June 1989 |
| Great Jones Street | 89.07.VCW067 | DeLillo, Don | July 1989 |
| Names, The | 89.07.VCW068 | DeLillo, Don | July 1989 |
| Players | 89.07.VCW069 | DeLillo, Don | July 1989 |
| Ratner’s Star | 89.07.VCW070 | DeLillo, Don | July 1989 |
| Running Dog | 89.07.VCW071 | DeLillo, Don | July 1989 |
| Commitments, The | 89.07.VCW072 | Doyle, Roddy | July 1989 |
| California Bloodstock | 89.07.VCW073 | McDonell, Terry | July 1989 |
| Player, The | 89.07.VCW154 | Tolkin, Michael | July 1989 |
| Angels | 89.08.VCW074 | Johnson, Denis | August 1989 |
| Consolation of Nature and Other Stories, The | 89.08.VCW075 | Martin, Valerie | August 1989 |
| Recent Martyr, A | 89.08.VCW076 | Martin, Valerie | August 1989 |
| Story of My Life | 89.08.VCW077 | McInerney, Jay | August 1989 |
| Welcome to the Arrow-Catcher Fair | 89.08.VCW078 | Nordan, Lewis | August 1989 |
| Beginning of Sorrows, The | 89.09.VCW079 | Martin, David | September 1989 |
| Rabbit Boss | 89.09.VCW080 | Sanchez, Thomas | September 1989 |
| Stories in an Almost Classical Mode | 89.10.VCW081 | Brodkey, Harold | October 1989 |
| Mohawk | 89.11.VCW025 | Russo, Richard | November 1989 |
| Garden State, The | 89.11.VCW082 | Krist, Gary | November 1989 |
| Risk Pool, The | 89.11.VCW083 | Russo, Richard | November 1989 |
| Selected Stories | 89.12.VCW084 | Dubus II, Andre | December 1989 |
| Mezzanine, The | 90.01.VCW085 | Baker, Nicholson | January 1990 |
| Colorist, The | 90.01.VCW086 | Daitch, Susan | January 1990 |
| Debut, The | 90.02.VCW008 | Brookner, Anita | February 1990 |
| Latecomers | 90.02.VCW087 | Brookner, Anita | February 1990 |
| Last Notes from Home | 90.02.VCW088 | Exley, Frederick | February 1990 |
| House of Heroes and Other Stories | 90.02.VCW089 | LaChapelle, Mary | February 1990 |
| State of Grace | 90.02.VCW090 | Williams, Joy | February 1990 |
| We Find Ourselves in Moontown | 90.03.VCW091 | Gummerman, Jay | March 1990 |
| Late-Summer Passion of a Woman of Mind, The | 90.04.VCW092 | Goldstein, Rebecca | April 1990 |
| Ellen Foster | 90.05.VCW048 | Gibbons, Kaye | May 1990 |
| Virtuous Woman, A | 90.05.VCW093 | Gibbons, Kaye | May 1990 |
| Cockroaches of Stay More, The | 90.05.VCW094 | Harington, Donald | May 1990 |
| Sirens | 90.06.VCW095 | Pett, Stephen | June 1990 |
| Sleeping in Flame | 90.07.VCW096 | Carroll, Jonathan | July 1990 |
| I Pass Like Night | 90.08.VCW097 | Ames, Jonathan | August 1990 |
| History of Luminous Motion, The | 90.08.VCW098 | Bradfield, Scott | August 1990 |
| Jack | 90.09.VCW099 | Homes, A. M. | September 1990 |
| Dirty Work | 90.10.VCW100 | Brown, Larry | October 1990 |
| Wild at Heart : The Story of Sailor and Lula | 90.10.VCW101 | Gifford, Barry | October 1990 |
| Far Afield | 90.10.VCW102 | Kaysen, Susanna | October 1990 |
| Mile Zero | 90.10.VCW103 | Sanchez, Thomas | October 1990 |
| Chinchilla Farm, The | 90.11.VCW105 | Freeman, Judith | November 1990 |
| Obscene Gestures for Women | 90.11.VCW106 | Kauffman, Janet | November 1990 |
| Keep the Change | 90.11.VCW107 | McGuane, Thomas | November 1990 |
| Farm Under a Lake, A | 90.12.VCW104 | Bergland, Martha | December 1990 |
| Chilly Scenes of Winter | 91.01.VCW108 | Beattie, Ann | January 1991 |
| Distortions | 91.01.VCW109 | Beattie, Ann | January 1991 |
| Picturing Will | 91.01.VCW110 | Beattie, Ann | January 1991 |
| All It Takes | 91.02.VCW111 | Volk, Patricia | February 1991 |
| Lewis Percy | 91.03.VCW112 | Brookner, Anita | March 1991 |
| Coast of Chicago, The | 91.03.VCW113 | Dybek, Stuart | March 1991 |
| American Psycho | 91.03.VCW114 | Ellis, Bret Easton | March 1991 |
| Port Tropique | 91.03.VCW115 | Gifford, Barry | March 1991 |
| Mischief Makers | 91.03.VCW116 | Jones, Nettie | March 1991 |
| Room Temperature | 91.04.VCW117 | Baker, Nicholson | April 1991 |
| House On Mango Street, The | 91.04.VCW118 | Cisneros, Sandra | April 1991 |
| Escapes | 91.04.VCW119 | Williams, Joy | April 1991 |
| Falling in Place | 91.05.VCW120 | Beattie, Ann | May 1991 |
| Secrets and Surprises | 91.05.VCW121 | Beattie, Ann | May 1991 |
| Homeboy | 91.05.VCW122 | Morgan, Seth | May 1991 |
| Beggar Maid, The | 91.05.VCW123 | Munro, Alice | May 1991 |
| Friend of My Youth | 91.05.VCW124 | Munro, Alice | May 1991 |
| Moons of Jupiter, The | 91.05.VCW125 | Munro, Alice | May 1991 |
| Wildlife | 91.06.VCW126 | Ford, Richard | June 1991 |
| Floating in My Mother’s Palm | 91.06.VCW127 | Hegi, Ursula | June 1991 |
| Zoot-Suit Murders | 91.06.VCW128 | Sanchez, Thomas | June 1991 |
| Harry and Catherine | 91.08.VCW129 | Busch, Frederick | August 1991 |
| White Girls | 91.09.VCW130 | Lauber, Lynn | September 1991 |
| Good Baby, A | 91.09.VCW131 | Rooke, Leon | September 1991 |
| Joy Luck Club, The | 91.09.VCW132 | Tan, Amy | September 1991 |
| Big Bad Love | 91.10.VCW133 | Brown, Larry | October 1991 |
| Wars of Heaven, The | 91.10.VCW134 | Currey, Richard | October 1991 |
| Spider | 91.10.VCW135 | McGrath, Patrick | October 1991 |
| Safety of Objects, The | 91.11.VCW136 | Homes, A. M. | November 1991 |
| Philadelphia Fire | 91.11.VCW137 | Wideman, John Edgar | November 1991 |
| Final Club, The | 91.11.VCW138 | Wolff, Geoffrey | November 1991 |
| Providence (Wolff) | 91.11.VCW139 | Wolff, Geoffrey | November 1991 |
| Anywhere But Here | 92.01.VCW045 | Simpson, Mona | January 1992 |
| Laughing Sutra, The | 92.01.VCW140 | Salzman, Mark | January 1992 |
| Many Things Have Happened Since He Died | 92.01.VCW141 | Vaughn, Elizabeth Dewberry | January 1992 |
| U and I | 92.02.VCW142 | Baker, Nicholson | February 1992 |
| Dream of the Wolf | 92.02.VCW143 | Bradfield, Scott | February 1992 |
| Birdy | 92.02.VCW144 | Wharton, William | February 1992 |
| Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories | 92.03.VCW145 | Cisneros, Sandra | March 1992 |
| Planets, The : A Novel | 92.04.VCW146 | Boylan, James | April 1992 |
| Brief Lives | 92.04.VCW147 | Brookner, Anita | April 1992 |
| Jernigan | 92.04.VCW148 | Gates, David | April 1992 |
| What Was Mine: Stories | 92.05.VCW149 | Beattie, Ann | May 1992 |
| Sailor’s Holiday | 92.05.VCW150 | Gifford, Barry | May 1992 |
| No Heroics, Please: Uncollected Writings | 92.06.VCW151 | Carver, Raymond | June 1992 |
| Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?: Stories | 92.06.VCW152 | Carver, Raymond | June 1992 |
| Ride a Cockhorse | 92.06.VCW153 | Kennedy, Raymond | June 1992 |
| Player, The | 92.06.VCW154 | Tolkin, Michael | June 1992 |
| Gorilla, My Love | 92.07.VCW155 | Bambara, Toni Cade | July 1992 |
| Salt Eaters, The | 92.07.VCW156 | Bambara, Toni Cade | July 1992 |
| Revolution of Little Girls, The | 92.07.VCW157 | Boyd, Blanche McCrary | July 1992 |
| Gathering of Old Men, A | 92.07.VCW158 | Gaines, Ernest J. | July 1992 |
| In My Father’s House | 92.07.VCW159 | Gaines, Ernest J. | July 1992 |
| Cure for Dreams, A | 92.07.VCW160 | Gibbons, Kaye | July 1992 |
| Easy Travel to Other Planets | 92.07.VCW161 | Mooney, Ted | July 1992 |
| Traffic and Laughter | 92.07.VCW162 | Mooney, Ted | July 1992 |
| Thereafter Johnnie | 92.09.VCW163 | Herron, Carolivia | October 1992 |
| Chosen Place, the Timeless People, The | 92.10.VCW004 | Marshall, Paule | October 1992 |
| Five Gates of Hell, The | 92.10.VCW310 | Thomson, Rupert | October 1992 |
| Kentucky Straight | 92.11.VCW164 | Offutt, Chris | November 1992 |
| Eve’s Tattoo | 92.11.VCW165 | Prager, Emily | November 1992 |
| Closed Eye, A | 93.01.VCW166 | Brookner, Anita | January 1993 |
| Lost Father, The | 93.01.VCW167 | Simpson, Mona | January 1993 |
| Vox | 93.02.VCW168 | Baker, Nicholson | February 1993 |
| Violence | 93.03.VCW169 | Bausch, Richard | October 1993 |
| Catherine Carmier | 93.04.VCW170 | Gaines, Ernest J. | April 1993 |
| Landscape with Traveler: The Pillow Book of Francine Re | 93.04.VCW171 | Gifford, Barry | April 1993 |
| Brightness Falls | 93.04.VCW172 | McInerney, Jay | April 1993 |
| Impossible Vacation | 93.05.VCW173 | Gray, Spalding | May 1993 |
| City of Boys | 93.06.VCW174 | Nugent, Beth | June 1993 |
| Guide for the Perplexed, A | 93.07.VCW175 | Levi, Jonathan | July 1993 |
| All Stories Are True | 93.08.VCW176 | Wideman, John Edgar | August 1993 |
| Mama Day | 93.09.VCW059 | Naylor, Gloria | September 1993 |
| Short Cuts | 93.09.VCW177 | Carver, Raymond | September 1993 |
| Et Tu, Babe | 93.09.VCW178 | Leyner, Mark | September 1993 |
| My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist | 93.09.VCW179 | Leyner, Mark | September 1993 |
| Bailey’s Café | 93.09.VCW180 | Naylor, Gloria | September 1993 |
| Through the Ivory Gate | 93.10.VCW181 | Dove, Rita | October 1993 |
| Evolution Man, The | 93.12.VCW182 | Lewis, Roy | [no month] 1993 |
| Kitchen God’s Wife, The | 93.12.VCW183 | Tan, Amy | December 1993 |
| Dr. Haggard’s Disease | 94.##VCW309 | McGrath, Patrick | [no month] 1994 |
| Fraud | 94.01.VCW184 | Brookner, Anita | January 1994 |
| Providence (Brookner) | 94.01.VCW185 | Brookner, Anita | January 1994 |
| Bushwhacked Piano, The | 94.02.VCW006 | McGuane, Thomas | February 1994 |
| Something to Be Desired | 94.02.VCW011 | McGuane, Thomas | February 1994 |
| Nobody’s Angel | 94.02.VCW029 | McGuane, Thomas | February 1994 |
| To Skin a Cat | 94.02.VCW042 | McGuane, Thomas | February 1994 |
| Keep the Change | 94.02.VCW107 | McGuane, Thomas | February 1994 |
| Nothing But Blue Skies | 94.02.VCW186 | McGuane, Thomas | February 1994 |
| Buffalo Soldiers | 94.03.VCW187 | O’Connor, Robert | March 1994 |
| Room Temperature | 94.04.VCW117 | Baker, Nicholson | April 1991 |
| In a Country of Mothers | 94.04.VCW188 | Homes, A. M. | April 1994 |
| Mohawk | 94.05.VCW025 | Russo, Richard | May 1994 |
| Particles and Luck | 94.05.VCW189 | Jones, Louis B. | May 1994 |
| Nobody’s Fool | 94.05.VCW190 | Russo, Richard | May 1994 |
| Far Afield | 94.06.VCW102 | Kaysen, Susanna | June 1994 |
| Lesson Before Dying, A | 94.06.VCW191 | Gaines, Ernest J. | June 1994 |
| Of Love and Dust | 94.06.VCW192 | Gaines, Ernest J. | July 1994 |
| Fan Man, The | 94.07.VCW193 | Kotzwinkle, William | July 1994 |
| Last Good Time, The | 94.08.VCW194 | Bausch, Richard | August 1994 |
| Rebel Powers | 94.08.VCW195 | Bausch, Richard | August 1994 |
| Littlejohn | 94.08.VCW196 | Owen, Howard | August 1994 |
| Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories | 94.08.VCW197 | Wolff, ed., Tobias | August 1994 |
| One-Room Schoolhouse, The | 94.09.VCW198 | Heynen, Jim | September 1994 |
| Sleeping Beauties | 94.10.VCW199 | Moore, Susanna | October 1994 |
| Secrets | 94.11.VCW200 | James, Kelvin Christopher | November 1994 |
| Honey | 94.11.VCW201 | Tallent, Elizabeth | November 1994 |
| Fermata, The | 95.01.VCW202 | Baker, Nicholson | January 1995 |
| Redneck Way of Knowledge, The | 95.01.VCW203 | Boyd, Blanche McCrary | January 1995 |
| Dolly | 95.01.VCW204 | Brookner, Anita | January 1995 |
| I Smell Esther Williams and Other Stories | 95.02.VCW205 | Leyner, Mark | February 1995 |
| Soloist, The | 95.02.VCW206 | Salzman, Mark | February 1995 |
| Loose Woman | 95.03.VCW207 | Cisneros, Sandra | March 1995 |
| Life Estates | 95.05.VCW208 | Hearon, Shelby | May 1995 |
| Sportswriter, The | 95.06.VCW019 | Ford, Richard | June 1995 |
| Ninety-Two in the Shade | 95.06.VCW209 | McGuane, Thomas | June 1995 |
| Panama | 95.06.VCW210 | McGuane, Thomas | June 1995 |
| Air & Fire | 95.06.VCW311 | Thomson, Rupert | June 1995 |
| Rare and Endangered Species : A Novella and Stories | 95.08.VCW211 | Bausch, Richard | August 1995 |
| Stranger in this World, A | 95.08.VCW212 | Canty, Kevin | August 1995 |
| Informers, The | 95.08.VCW213 | Ellis, Bret Easton | August 1995 |
| Burning House, The : Stories | 95.09.VCW214 | Beattie, Ann | September 1995 |
| Hotel du Lac | 95.10.VCW215 | Brookner, Anita | October 1995 |
| Snow Falling on Cedars | 95.10.VCW216 | Guterson, David | October 1995 |
| Open Secrets | 95.11.VCW217 | Munro, Alice | November 1995 |
| Selected Stories | 96.01.VCW084 | Dubus II, Andre | January 1996 |
| Private View, A | 96.01.VCW218 | Brookner, Anita | January 1996 |
| Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog | 96.01.VCW219 | Leyner, Mark | January 1996 |
| Grotesque, The | 96.02.VCW220 | McGrath, Patrick | February 1996 |
| Sporting Club, The | 96.02.VCW221 | McGuane, Thomas | February 1996 |
| Edwin Mullhouse : The Life and Death of an American W | 96.03.VCW222 | Millhauser, Steven | March 1996 |
| Rocket City | 96.04.VCW223 | Alpert, Cathryn | April 1996 |
| Krik? Krak! | 96.04.VCW224 | Danticat, Edwidge | April 1996 |
| Cuba and the Night | 96.04.VCW225 | Iyer, Pico | April 1996 |
| Heartburn | 96.05.VCW226 | Ephron, Nora | May 1996 |
| Country Ahead of Us, The Country Behind, The | 96.05.VCW227 | Guterson, David | May 1996 |
| Independence Day | 96.07.VCW228 | Ford, Richard | July 1996 |
| Let ‘Em Eat Cake | 96.07.VCW229 | Jedren, Susan | July 1996 |
| Where Love Goes | 96.08.VCW230 | Maynard, Joyce | August 1996 |
| Another You | 96.09.VCW231 | Beattie, Ann | September 1996 |
| Back in the World | 96.10.VCW232 | Wolff, Tobias | October 1996 |
| Incidents in the Rue Laugier | 97.01.VCW233 | Brookner, Anita | January 1997 |
| Look at Me | 97.01.VCW234 | Brookner, Anita | January 1997 |
| Dancing After Hours | 97.02.VCW235 | Dubus II, Andre | February 1997 |
| Harmony of the World | 97.03.VCW236 | Baxter, Charles | March 1997 |
| White Merc With Fins, A | 97.03.VCW237 | Hawes, James | March 1997 |
| I Was Amelia Earhart | 97.03.VCW238 | Mendelsohn, Jane | March 1997 |
| Mona in the Promised Land | 97.04.VCW239 | Jen, Gish | April 1997 |
| Martin Dressler | 97.04.VCW240 | Millhauser, Steven | April 1997 |
| Last of the Savages, The | 97.05.VCW241 | McInerney, Jay | May 1997 |
| Push | 97.05.VCW242 | Sapphire | May 1997 |
| Wonder Book of the Air | 97.05.VCW243 | Shearer, Cynthia | May 1997 |
| Desert of Pure Feeling, A | 97.06.VCW244 | Freeman, Judith | June 1997 |
| Getting Over Homer | 97.06.VCW245 | O’Donnell, Mark | June 1997 |
| Hottest State, The | 97.08.VCW246 | Hawke, Ethan | August 1997 |
| My Old Sweetheart | 97.08.VCW247 | Moore, Susanna | August 1997 |
| Exegesis | 97.08.VCW248 | Teller, Astro | August 1997 |
| Into the Great Wide Open | 97.10.VCW249 | Canty, Kevin | October 1997 |
| Regular Guy, A | 97.10.VCW250 | Simpson, Mona | October 1997 |
| Night in Question, The | 97.10.VCW251 | Wolff, Tobias | October 1997 |
| Selected Stories (Munro) | 97.11.VCW252 | Munro, Alice | November 1997 |
| Bloodline | 97.12.VCW253 | Gaines, Ernest J. | December 1997 |
| Live Girls | 97.12.VCW254 | Nugent, Beth | December 1997 |
| Love Invents Us | 98.01.VCW255 | Bloom, Amy | January 1998 |
| Altered States | 98.01.VCW256 | Brookner, Anita | January 1998 |
| Family and Friends | 98.01.VCW257 | Brookner, Anita | January 1998 |
| What Girls Learn | 98.02.VCW258 | Cook, Karin | February 1998 |
| Little Kingdoms | 98.02.VCW259 | Millhauser, Steven | February 1998 |
| As She Climbed Across the Table | 98.03.VCW260 | Lethem, Jonathan | March 1998 |
| Asylum | 98.03.VCW261 | McGrath, Patrick | March 1998 |
| Hundred Brothers, The | 98.04.VCW262 | Antrim, Donald | April 1998 |
| Spartina | 98.05.VCW263 | Casey, John | May 1998 |
| Breath, Eyes, Memory | 98.05.VCW264 | Danticat, Edwidge | May 1998 |
| Women with Men | 98.05.VCW265 | Ford, Richard | May 1998 |
| Carson Valley | 98.06.VCW266 | Barich, Bill | June 1998 |
| My Life, Starring Dara Falcon | 98.06.VCW267 | Beattie, Ann | June 1998 |
| Midwives: A Novel | 98.06.VCW268 | Bohjalian, Chris | June 1998 |
| Terminal Velocity | 98.06.VCW269 | Boyd, Blanche McCrary | June 1998 |
| Exiles | 98.06.VCW270 | Caputo, Philip | June 1998 |
| Less Than Zero | 98.06.VCW271 | Ellis, Bret Easton | July 1998 |
| Rules of Attraction, The | 98.06.VCW272 | Ellis, Bret Easton | June 1998 |
| Straight Man | 98.06.VCW273 | Russo, Richard | June 1998 |
| Hundred Secret Senses, The | 98.07.VCW274 | Tan, Amy | July 1998 |
| Cold Mountain | 98.08.VCW275 | Frazier, Charles | August 1998 |
| Friends of Freeland, The | 98.08.VCW276 | Leithauser, Brad | August 1998 |
| Dance of the Happy Shades And Other Stories | 98.08.VCW277 | Munro, Alice | August 1998 |
| Round Rock | 98.09.VCW278 | Huneven, Michelle | September 1998 |
| Tetherballs of Bougainville, The | 98.09.VCW279 | Leyner, Mark | September 1998 |
| Believers | 98.10.VCW280 | Baxter, Charles | October 1998 |
| Through the Safety Net | 98.10.VCW281 | Baxter, Charles | October 1998 |
| California’s Over | 98.11.VCW282 | Jones, Louis B. | November 1998 |
| Visitors | 99.01.VCW283 | Brookner, Anita | January 1999 |
| Horace Afoot | 99.01.VCW284 | Reuss, Frederick | January 1999 |
| Deep Sightings & Rescue Missions: Fiction, Essays, & C | 99.02.VCW285 | Bambara, Toni Cade | February 1999 |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | 99.02.VCW286 | Golden, Arthur | February 1999 |
| Plays Well With Others | 99.02.VCW287 | Gurganus, Allan | February 1999 |
| Girl in Landscape | 99.02.VCW288 | Lethem, Jonathan | February 1999 |
| Singing into the Piano | 99.02.VCW289 | Mooney, Ted | February 1999 |
| Knife Thrower and Other Stories, The | 99.03.VCW290 | Millhauser, Steven | March 1999 |
| Everlasting Story of Nory, The | 99.04.VCW291 | Baker, Nicholson | April 1999 |
| Bringing Out the Dead | 99.04.VCW292 | Connelly, Joe | April 1999 |
| Meditations from a Movable Chair | 99.04.VCW293 | Dubus II, Andre | April 1999 |
| Preston Falls | 99.04.VCW294 | Gates, David | April 1999 |
| House of Sleep, The | 99.05.VCW295 | Coe, Jonathan | May 1999 |
| Inn at Lake Devine | 99.05.VCW296 | Lipman, Elinor | May 1999 |
| Bicycle Days | 99.05.VCW297 | Schwartz, John Burnham | May 1999 |
| Park City: New and Selected Stories | 99.06.VCW298 | Beattie, Ann | June 1999 |
| Goodnight, Nebraska | 99.06.VCW299 | McNeal, Tom | June 1999 |
| Autobiography of Red | 99.08.VCW300 | Carson, Anne | August 1999 |
| Half-Life of Happiness, The | 99.08.VCW301 | Casey, John | August 1999 |
| Rules of the Wild | 99.09.VCW302 | Marciano, Francesca | September 1999 |
| Evening | 99.09.VCW303 | Minot, Susan | September 1999 |
| Sometimes the Soul | 99.09.VCW304 | Timpanelli, Gioia | September 1999 |
| Slapboxing with Jesus | 99.10.VCW305 | LaValle, Victor D. | October 1999 |
| Reservation Road | 99.10.VCW306 | Schwartz, John Burnham | October 1999 |
| Love of a Good Woman, The | 99.11.VCW307 | Munro, Alice | November 1999 |
| Machine Dreams | 99.11.VCW308 | Phillips, Jayne Anne | November 1999 |
| Let Nothing You Dismay | 99.12.VCW309 | O’Donnell, Mark | December 1999 |