2007
The Road by McCarthy, Cormac
The Measure of a Man (nonfiction) by Poitier, Sidney
2006
Night by Wiesel, Elie
2005
As I Lay Dying by Faulkner, William
Light in August by Faulkner, William
The Sound and the Fury by Faulkner, William
A Million Little Pieces (nonfiction) by Frey, James
2004
The Good Earth by Buck, Pearl S.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Garcia Marquez, Gabriel
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by McCullers, Carson
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo
2003
Cry, the Beloved Country by Paton, Alan
East of Eden by Steinbeck, John
2002
Fall on Your Knees by MacDonald, Ann-Marie
Sula by Morrison, Toni
2001
The Corrections by Franzen, Jonathan
A Fine Balance by Mistry, Rohinton
We Were the Mulvaneys by Oates, Joyce Carol
Stolen Lives (nonfiction) by Oufkir, Malika
Icy Sparks by Rubio, Gwyn Hyman
Cane River by Tademy, Lalita
2000
Daughter of Fortune by Allende, Isabel
Open House by Berg, Elizabeth
House of Sand and Fog by Dubus, Andre
The Poisonwood Bible by Kingsolver, Barbara
While I Was Gone by Miller, Sue
Gap Creek by Morgan, Robert
The Bluest Eye by Morrison, Toni
Back Roads by O'Dell, Tawni
Drowning Ruth by Schwarz, Christina
1999
Vinegar Hill by Ansay, A. Manette
Tara Road by Binchy, Maeve
River, Cross My Heart by Clarke, Breena
White Oleander by Fitch, Janet
A Map of the World by Hamilton, Jane
Mother of Pearl by Haynes, Melinda
Jewel by Lott, Bret
The Reader by Schlink, Bernhard
The Pilot's Wife by Shreve, Anita
1998
Midwives by Bohjalian, Christopher A.
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Cleage, Pearl
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Danticat, Edwidge
Here on Earth by Hoffman, Alice
I Know This Much is True by Lamb, Wally
Where the Heart Is by Letts, Billie
Paradise by Morrison, Toni
Black and Blue by Quindlen, Anna