2013 Winner
- The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
- The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Drank by Nathan Englander
- None
- Train Dreams by Denis Johnson (3 stars)
- Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (4 stars)
- The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
- A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (5 stars)
2011 Finalists
- The Privileges by Jonathan Dee (4.5 stars)
- The Surrendered by Chang-rae Lee
- Tinkers by Paul Harding (4.5 stars)
- Love in Infant Monkeys by Lydia Millet (4 stars)
- In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin (3.5 stars)
- Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (4 stars)
- All Souls by Christine Schutt
- The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (4 stars)
- Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
- Shakespeare's Kitchen by Lore Segal
2007 Winner
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
2007 Finalists
- After This by Alice McDermott
- The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
2006 Winner
2005 Winner
- March by Geraldine Brooks
2006 Finalists
- The March by E.L. Doctorow
- The Bright Forever by Lee Martin
- Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (2.5 stars)
2005 Finalists
- War Trash by Ha Jin
- An Unfinished Season by Ward Just
2004 Winner
- The Known World by Edward P. Jones
2004 Finalists
- American Woman by Susan Choi
- Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins
2003 Winner
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
2003 Finalists
- Servants of the Map: Stories by Andrea Barrett
- You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett
2002 Winner
- Empire Falls by Richard Russo
2002 Finalists
- The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
- John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead
2001 Winner
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
2001 Finalists
- Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
- The Quick and the Dead by Joy Williams
2000 Winner
- Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
2000 Finalists
- Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx
- Waiting by Ha Jin
