| 2016 (Fiction) |
| LaRose |
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Louise Erdrich
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| 2016 (Poetry) |
| House of Lords and Commons |
Ishion Hutchinson
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| 2015 (Fiction) |
| The Sellout: A Novel |
Paul Beatty
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| 2015 (Autobiography) |
| Negroland: A Memoir |
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Margo Jefferson
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| 2015 (Criticism) |
| The Argonauts |
Maggie Nelson
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| 2014 (Fiction) |
| Lila |
Marilynne Robinson
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| 2014 (Criticism) |
| The Essential Ellen Willis |
Ellen Willis
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| 2013 (Fiction) |
| Americanah |
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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| 2013 (Poetry) |
| Metaphysical Dog: Poems |
Frank Bidart
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| 2013 (Criticism) |
| Distant Reading |
Franco Moretti
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| 2012 (Autobiography) |
| Swimming Studies |
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Leanne Shapton
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| 2011 (Autobiography) |
| The Memory Palace: A Memoir |
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Mira Bartok
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| 2011 (Poetry) |
| Space, in Chains |
Laura Kasischke
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| 2010 (Fiction) |
| A Visit from the Goon Squad |
Jennifer Egan
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| 2010 (General Nonfiction) |
| The Warmth of Other Suns |
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Isabel Wilkerson
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| 2010 (Autobiography) |
| Half a Life |
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Darin Strauss
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| 2010 (Poetry) |
| One with Others |
CD Wright
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| 2009 (Fiction) |
| Wolf Hall |
Hilary Mantel
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| 2009 (Biography) |
| Cheever: A life |
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Blake Bailey
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| 2009 (Autobiography) |
| Somewhere Towards the End |
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Diana Athill
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| 2009 (Poetry) |
| Versed |
Rae Armantrout
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| 2008 (General Nonfiction) |
| The Forever War |
Dexter Filkins
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| 2008 (Fiction) |
| 2666 |
Roberto Bolaņo
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| 2007 (Fiction) |
| The Inheritance of Loss |
Kiran Desai
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| 2006 (Fiction) |
| The March |
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E. L. Doctorow
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| 2005 (Fiction) |
| Gilead |
Marilynne Robinson
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| 2005 (Nonfiction) |
| The Reformation: A History |
Diarmaid MacCulloch
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| 2004 (Fiction) |
| The Known World |
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Edward P. Jones
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| 2004 (Nonfiction) |
| Sons of Mississippi |
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Paul Hendrickson
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| 2003 (Fiction) |
| Atonement |
Ian McEwan
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| 2003 (Nonfiction) |
| A Problem From Hell |
Samantha Power
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| 2003 (Biography) |
| Charles Darwin |
Janet Browne
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| 2002 (Fiction) |
| Austerlitz |
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W. G. Sebald
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| 2002 (Nonfiction) |
| Double Fold |
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Nicholson Baker
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| 2002 (Biography) |
| Boswells Presumptious Task |
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Adam Sisman
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| 2001 (Fiction) |
| Being Dead |
Jim Crace
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| 2001 (Nonfiction) |
| Newjack: Guarding Sing-Sing |
Ted Conover
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| 2000 (Fiction) |
| Motherless Brooklyn |
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Jonathan Lethem
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| 2000 (Nonfiction) |
| Time, Love, Memory |
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Jonathan Weiner
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| 2000 (Biography) |
| The Hairstons |
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Henry Wiencek
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| 1999 (Fiction) |
| The Love of a Good Woman |
Alice Munro
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| 1999 (Biography) |
| A Beautiful MInd |
Sylvia Nasar
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| 1998 (Fiction) |
| The Blue Flower |
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Penelope Fitzgerald
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| 1998 (Biography) |
| Ernie Pyles War |
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James Tobin
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| 1997 (Fiction) |
| Women in their Beds |
Gina Berriault
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| 1997 (Nonfiction) |
| Bad Land |
Jonathan Raban
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| 1997 (Biography) |
| Angelas Ashes |
Frank McCourt
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| 1996 (Fiction) |
| Mrs. Ted Bliss |
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Stanley Elkin
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| 1996 (Nonfiction) |
| A Civil Action |
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Jonathan Harr
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| 1996 (Biography) |
| Savage Art |
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Robert Polito
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| 1995 (Fiction) |
| The Stone Diaries |
Carol Shields
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| 1995 (Nonfiction) |
| The Rape of Europa |
Lynn Nicholas
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| 1995 (Biography) |
| Shot in the Heart |
Mikal Gilmore
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