Naked by David Sedaris
Best Books of 1997
541 books — 248 voters
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Best Books of 1999
522 books — 262 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of 2002
687 books — 241 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of 2005
878 books — 640 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Best Books of 2007
1,122 books — 991 voters
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best Books of 2008
1,644 books — 6,771 voters

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Books of 2009
1,767 books — 6,927 voters
Room by Emma Donoghue
Best Books of 2010
1,577 books — 2,471 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Best Books of 2011
2,666 books — 6,694 voters
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of 2012
3,516 books — 9,187 voters

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Best Books Published in 2013
3,586 books — 7,153 voters
For Today I Am a Boy by Kim Fu
Best Books of 2014
3,570 books — 6,482 voters

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Best Books of 2016
1,827 books — 2,781 voters
What We Lose by Zinzi ClemmonsLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Best Books of 2017
1,736 books — 3,082 voters

Freshwater by Akwaeke EmeziHeart Berries by Terese Marie MailhotCirce by Madeline Miller
Best Books of 2018
1,652 books — 2,958 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
6,535 books — 699 voters

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgHomegoing by Yaa Gyasi
What We've Read So Far in 2018
6,504 books — 757 voters