2024: The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
2023: Oh William by Elizabeth Strout
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2022: The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
2021: Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
2020: There There by Tommy Orange
2019: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
2018: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
2017: The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
2016: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2015: The First of July by Elizabeth Speller
2014: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
2013: Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle
2012: The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
2011: Wish You Well by David Baldacci
2010: Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
2009-2010: March by Geraldine Brooks
2008-2009: 60 Poems by Charles Simicains
2007-2008: Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
2006-2007: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2005-2006: North Star Conspiracy by Miriam Grace Monfredo
2004-2005: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
2003-2004: On hiatus
2002-2003: The Works of Arthur Miller
2001-2002: A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines