I've presently nominated

-The Autograph Man - Zadie Smith (About hybrid Jewish-Chinese identity in present day London)

-Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie (Indian Magical-Realist post-independence history)

-Throne of the Crescent Moon - Saladin Ahmed (Medieval Arabia-inspired fantasy epic)

-Treemonisha - Scott Joplin (early twentieth century ragtime opera)

-Trapped in the Closet - R. Kelly (early twenty-first century hip hop opera)


If I had more nominating space I'd want to add Samuel Delany's Dhalgren, Terence Taylor's Vampire Testaments, and maybe something by RK Narayan.