| Year |
Category |
Title |
Author |
Result |
|---|
| 2004 |
Adult Fiction |
The Da Vinci Code |
Dan Brown |
Winner |
| The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
Mark Haddon |
Honor |
| The Master Butchers Singing Club |
Louise Erdrich |
| Mrs. Kimble |
Jennifer Haigh |
| The Time Traveler's Wife |
Audrey Niffenegger |
| Adult Nonfiction |
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books |
Azar Nafisi |
Winner |
| The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America |
Erik Larson |
Honor |
| Flyboys: A True Story of Courage |
James Bradley |
| Michelangelo & The Pope's Ceiling |
Ross King |
| Mountains Beyond Mountains |
Tracy Kidder |
| Children's Literature |
Eragon |
Christopher Paolini |
Winner |
| Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code |
Eoin Colfer |
Honor |
| Inkheart |
Cornelia Funke |
| The Second Summer of the Sisterhood |
Ann Brashares |
| The Tale of Despereaux |
Kate DiCamillo and Timothy Basil Ering (illus.) |
| Children's Illustrated |
How I Became a Pirate |
Melinda Long and David Shannon (illus.) |
Winner |
| Diary of a Wombat |
Jackie French and Bruce Whatley (illus.) |
Honor |
| Diary of a Worm |
Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss (illus.) |
| Old Turtle and the Broken Truth |
Douglas Wood and Jon J. Muth (illus.) |
| Olivia ... and the Missing Toy |
Ian Falconer |
| Paperback |
The Secret Life of Bees |
Sue Monk Kidd |
Winner |
| Atonement |
Ian McEwan |
Honor |
| The Dive from Clausen's Pier |
Ann Packer |
| Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal |
Christopher Moore |
| Life of Pi |
Yann Martel |
| 2005 |
Adult Fiction |
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell |
Susanna Clarke |
Winner |
| Eventide |
Kent Haruf |
Honor |
| The Birth of Venus |
Sarah Dunant |
| The Plot Against America |
Philip Roth |
| The Shadow of the Wind |
Carlos Ruiz Zafon |
| Adult Nonfiction |
Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II |
Robert Kurson |
Winner |
| Candyfreak |
Steve Almond |
Honor |
| The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker |
Robert Mankoff (ed.) |
| Magical Thinking |
Augusten Burroughs |
| Truth & Beauty: A Friendship |
Ann Patchett |
| Children's Literature |
Chasing Vermeer |
Blue Balliett and Brett Helquist (Illus.) |
Winner |
| Becoming Naomi Leon |
Pam Muñoz Ryan |
Honor |
| Ida B ... and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World |
Katherine Hannigan |
| Peter and the Starcatchers |
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson |
| The Sea of Trolls |
Nancy Farmer |
| Children's Illustrated |
Duck for President |
Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin (Illus.) |
Winner |
| Kitten's First Full Moon |
Kevin Henkes |
Honor |
| Knuffle Bunny |
Mo Willems |
| Mister Seahorse |
Eric Carle |
| Wild About Books |
Judy Sierra |
| 2006 |
Adult Fiction |
The Historian: A Novel |
Elizabeth Kostova |
Winner |
| Kafka on the Shore |
Haruki Murakami |
Honor |
| The March: A Novel |
E. L. Doctorow |
| Saturday |
Ian McEwan |
| Snow Flower and the Secret Fan |
Lisa See |
| Adult Nonfiction |
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything |
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner |
Winner |
| The Glass Castle |
Jeannette Walls |
Honor |
| The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece |
Jonathan Harr |
| Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog |
John Grogan |
| The Tender Bar: A Memoir |
J.R. Moehringer |
| Children's Literature |
Inkspell |
Cornelia Funke |
Winner |
| A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray |
Ann M. Martin |
Honor |
| Eldest |
Christopher Paolini |
| Flush |
Carl Hiaasen |
| The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy |
Jeanne Birdsall |
| Children's Illustrated |
Zen Shorts |
Jon J Muth |
Winner |
| Diary of a Spider |
Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss (Illus.) |
Honor |
| Leaf Man |
Lois Ehlert |
| Leonardo, the Terrible Monster |
Mo Willems |
| Seen Art? |
Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith (Illus.) |
| 2007 |
Adult Fiction |
Water for Elephants |
Sara Gruen |
Winner |
| The Brief History of the Dead |
Kevin Brockmeier |
Honor |
| The Inheritance of Loss |
Kiran Desai |
| The Road |
Cormac McCarthy |
| Suite française |
Irène Némirovsky |
| Adult Nonfiction |
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman |
Nora Ephron |
Winner |
| The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid |
Bill Bryson |
Honor |
| Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War |
Nathaniel Philbrick |
| Thunderstruck |
Erik Larson |
| The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl |
Timothy Egan |
| Children's Literature |
The Book Thief |
Markus Zusak |
Winner |
| The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party |
M. T. Anderson |
Honor |
| Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! |
Lynne Truss |
| New Moon |
Stephenie Meyer |
| Peter and the Shadow Thieves |
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson |
| Children's Illustrated |
Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship |
Paul Kahumbu, Isabella Hatkoff and Dr. Paul Kahumbu |
Winner |
| Fancy Nancy |
Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser (illus.) |
Honor |
| Flotsam |
David Wiesner |
| Library Lion |
Michelle Knudsen and Kevin Hawkes (illus.) |
| Pirateology: A Pirate Hunter's Companion |
Captain William Lubber and Nghiem Ta (designer) |
| 2008 |
Adult Fiction |
A Thousand Splendid Suns |
Khaled Hosseini |
Winner |
| The Yiddish Policemen's Union |
Michael Chabon |
Honor |
| Bridge of Sighs |
Richard Russo |
| Away |
Amy Bloom |
| Run |
Ann Patchett |
| Adult Nonfiction |
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life |
Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver |
Winner |
| The World Without Us |
Alan Weisman |
Honor |
| Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life |
Steve Martin |
| The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War |
David Halberstam |
| The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible |
A. J. Jacobs |
| Children's Literature |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret |
Brian Selznick |
Winner |
| The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian |
Sherman Alexie |
Honor |
| Eclipse |
Stephenie Meyer |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
Jeff Kinney |
| The Arrival |
Shaun Tan |
| Children's Illustrated |
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity |
Mo Willems |
Winner |
| Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy |
Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.) |
Honor |
| Pirates Don't Change Diapers |
Melinda Long and David Shannon (Illus.) |
| The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain |
Peter Sis |
| Llama Llama Mad at Mama |
Anna Dewdney |
| 2009 |
Best Indie Buzz Book (Fiction) |
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society |
Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows |
Winner |
| Best Conversation Starter (Nonfiction) |
The Wordy Shipmates |
Sarah Vowell |
| Best Author Discovery |
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle |
David Wroblewski |
| Best Indie Young Adult Buzz Book (Fiction) |
The Graveyard Book |
Neil Gaiman |
| Best New Picture Book |
Bats at the Library |
Brian Lies |
| Most Engaging Author |
Sherman Alexie |
|
| 2010 |
Adult Fiction |
Cutting for Stone |
Abraham Verghese |
| Adult Nonfiction |
The Lost City of Z |
David Grann |
| Adult Debut |
The Help |
Kathryn Stockett |
| Young Adult |
Catching Fire |
Suzanne Collins |
| Middle Reader |
When You Reach Me |
Rebecca Stead |
| New Picture Book |
The Lion & the Mouse |
Jerry Pinkney |
| Most Engaging Author |
Kate DiCamillo |
|
| 2011 |
Adult Fiction |
Room |
Emma Donoghue |
| Adult Nonfiction |
Unbroken |
Laura Hillenbrand |
| Adult Debut |
Matterhorn |
Karl Marlantes |
| Young Adult |
Revolution |
Jennifer Donnelly |
| 2012[1][2] |
Adult Fiction |
The Marriage Plot |
Jeffrey Eugenides |
| Adult Nonfiction |
Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef |
Gabrielle Hamilton |
| Adult Debut |
The Tiger’s Wife |
Téa Obreht |
| Young Adult |
Between Shades of Gray |
Ruta Sepetys |
| Most Engaging Author |
Ann Patchett |
|
| Middle Reader |
The Apothecary |
Maile Meloy and Ian Schoenherr (Illus.) |
| Middle Reader |
Wildwood |
Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis (Illus.) |
| Picture Book |
I Want My Hat Back |
Jon Klassen |
| 2013[3][4] |
Adult Fiction |
The Round House |
Louise Erdrich |
| Adult Nonfiction |
Wild |
Cheryl Strayed |
| 2014[5][6] |
Adult Fiction |
Life After Life |
Kate Atkinson |
| Adult Nonfiction |
The Boys in the Boat |
Daniel James Brown |
| Adult Debut |
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena |
Anthony Marra |
| Young Adult |
Eleanor & Park |
Rainbow Rowell |
| Indie Champion |
James Patterson |
|
| 2015 |
Adult Fiction |
All the Light We Cannot See |
Anthony Doerr |
| Adult Nonfiction |
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End |
Atul Gawande |
| Adult Debut |
The Martian |
Andy Weir |
| Young Adult |
The Darkest Part of the Forest |
Holly Black |
| Indie Champion |
Neil Gaiman |
|
| Amanda Palmer |
|
| 2016[7] |
Adult Fiction |
Fates and Furies |
Lauren Groff |
Winner |
| City on Fire |
Garth Risk Hallberg |
Honor |
| Get in Trouble |
Kelly Link |
| A Little Life |
Hanya Yanagihara |
| The Sympathizer |
Viet Thanh Nguyen |
| Welcome to Braggsville |
T. Geronimo Johnson |
| Adult Nonfiction |
Between the World and Me |
Ta-Nehisi Coates |
Winner |
| Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania |
Erik Larson |
Honor |
| Don't Suck, Don't Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt |
Kristin Hersh |
| H Is for Hawk |
Helen Macdonald |
| Hold Still: A Memoir With Photographs |
Sally Mann |
| Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey |
Marie Mutsuki Mockett |
| Adult Debut |
Kitchens of the Great Midwest: A Novel |
J. Ryan Stradal |
Winner |
| Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen |
Mary Norris |
Honor |
| Dragonfish |
Vu Tran |
| The Meursault Investigation |
Kamel Daoud |
| Our Endless Numbered Days |
Claire Fuller |
| The Turner House |
Angela Flournoy |
| Young Adult |
Anna and the Swallow Man |
Gavriel Savit |
Winner |
| Nimona |
ND Stevenson |
| Dumplin’ |
Julie Murphy |
Honor |
| More Happy Than Not |
Adam Silvera |
| Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda |
Becky Albertalli |
| Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad |
M. T. Anderson |
| Indie Champion |
Richard Russo |
|
Winner |
| Dave Eggers |
|
Honor |
| Louise Erdrich |
|
| Loren Long |
|
| Celeste Ng |
|
| Maggie Stiefvater |
