Naked by David Sedaris
Best Books of 1997
537 books — 245 voters
Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Best Books of 1999
518 books — 262 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of 2002
686 books — 242 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of 2005
875 books — 639 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Best Books of 2007
1,114 books — 993 voters
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best Books of 2008
1,632 books — 6,782 voters

The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,934 voters
Room by Emma Donoghue
Best Books of 2010
1,574 books — 2,471 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Best Books of 2011
2,669 books — 6,705 voters
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of 2012
3,521 books — 9,203 voters

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Best Books Published in 2013
3,586 books — 7,162 voters
For Today I Am a Boy by Kim Fu
Best Books of 2014
3,571 books — 6,309 voters

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Best Books of 2016
1,832 books — 2,784 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
1,652 books — 2,959 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
6,515 books — 638 voters

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgHomegoing by Yaa Gyasi
What We've Read So Far in 2018
6,457 books — 678 voters