Naked by David Sedaris
Best Books of 1997
538 books — 247 voters
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Best Books of 1999
518 books — 263 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of 2002
684 books — 242 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of 2005
876 books — 640 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Best Books of 2007
1,115 books — 993 voters
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best Books of 2008
1,643 books — 6,777 voters

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Books of 2009
1,764 books — 6,931 voters
Room by Emma Donoghue
Best Books of 2010
1,574 books — 2,472 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Best Books of 2011
2,668 books — 6,701 voters
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of 2012
3,523 books — 9,195 voters

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Best Books Published in 2013
3,585 books — 7,160 voters
For Today I Am a Boy by Kim Fu
Best Books of 2014
3,571 books — 6,361 voters

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Best Books of 2016
1,829 books — 2,781 voters
What We Lose by Zinzi ClemmonsLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Best Books of 2017
1,734 books — 3,084 voters

Freshwater by Akwaeke EmeziHeart Berries by Terese Marie MailhotCirce by Madeline Miller
Best Books of 2018
1,655 books — 2,957 voters
Circe by Madeline MillerTurtles All the Way Down by John GreenThe River King by Alice HoffmanFreshwater by Akwaeke EmeziCall Me By Your Name by André Aciman
What We've Read So Far in 2019
6,522 books — 643 voters

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgHomegoing by Yaa Gyasi
What We've Read So Far in 2018
6,468 books — 688 voters