Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeCloud Atlas by David  MitchellThe Plot Against America by Philip RothThe News from Paraguay by Lily TuckHeir To The Glimmering World by Cynthia Ozick
2005 Tournament of Books
16 books — 12 voters
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyOn Beauty by Zadie SmithThe History of Love by Nicole KraussExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
2006 Tournament of Books
16 books — 13 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Echo Maker by Richard PowersThe Emperor's Children by Claire MessudArthur & George by Julian BarnesAlentejo Blue by Monica Ali
2007 Tournament of Books
16 books — 12 voters
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazOn Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanLet the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela VidaAn Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock ClarkeThen We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
2008 Tournament of Books
16 books — 9 voters

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaA Mercy by Toni MorrisonShadow Country by Peter MatthiessenHome by Marilynne Robinson
2009 Tournament of Books
16 books — 6 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Detour by Gerbrand BakkerLowboy by John WrayThe Lacuna by Barbara KingsolverWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
2010 Tournament of Books Finalists
96 books — 7 voters

Life After Life by Kate AtkinsonThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttA Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony MarraA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiTenth of December by George Saunders
2014 Tournament of Books Long List
93 books — 62 voters
A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaFates and Furies by Lauren GroffEileen by Ottessa MoshfeghKitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan StradalThe Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante
The 2016 Tournament of Books Longlist
85 books — 41 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Bone Clocks by David  MitchellThe Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard FlanaganThe Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
2015 Tournament of Books Long List
72 books — 158 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnTell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka BruntThe Round House by Louise ErdrichThe Orphan Master's Son by Adam  Johnson
2013 Tournament of Books Watch List
64 books — 379 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternState of Wonder by Ann PatchettThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David WroblewskiAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrMudbound by Hillary Jordan
Powell's Indiespensable
92 books — 156 voters