Can't remember my recommendations, except that James Robertson's And The Land Lay Still was on it (deemed to be too long). My review of that used very little printer ink. "Bleak House meets Pulp Fiction meets Hansard meets my unwritten diaries from 1974-99." His Testament Of Gideon Mack is really good too.
I only ever read Banks's The Bridge which was a bit tooooooo allegorical for my literal, simplistic understanding.