2021
"Interior China" by Charles Yu
2020
"Crazy Brave" by Joy Harjo
2019
"Hey, Kiddo" by Jarrett Krosoczka
2018
"Exit West" by Mohsin Hamid
2017
"Homegoing" by Yaa Gyasi
2015
"Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption" by Bryan Stevenson
2014
"Dirty Life" by Kristin Kimball
2013
"Little Princess" by Conor Grennan
2012
"Caleb's Crossing" by Geraldine Brooks
2011
"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
2010
"A Pearl in the Storm" by Tori Murden McClure
2009
"City of Thieves" by David Benioff
2008
"Life is So Good" by Richard Glaubman
2007
"Across a Hundred Mountains" by Reyna Grande
2006
"The True Story of Hansel and Gretel" by Louise Murphy (Adult selection)
"Briar Rose" by Jane Yolen (Teen selection)
"Hansel and Gretel" illustrated by Paul Zelinsky (Children's selection)
2005
"Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder
2004
"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
2003
"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
2002
"Snow in August" by Pete Hamill