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  1. 1JamesPercival Everett · 2024 · 3 honors
  2. 2HamnetMaggie O’Farrell · 2020 · 3 honors
  3. 3The Yellow HouseSarah M. Broom · 2019 · 3 honors
  4. 4Sing, Unburied, SingJesmyn Ward · 2017 · 3 honors
  5. 5The PowerNaomi Alderman · 2017 · 3 honors
  6. 6The Underground RailroadColson Whitehead · 2016 · 3 honors
  7. 7Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates · 2015 · 3 honors
  8. 8RedeploymentPhil Klay · 2014 · 3 honors
  9. 9A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and ShipwreckSophie Elmhirst · 2025 · 2 honors
  10. 10Mother Mary Comes to MeArundhati Roy · 2025 · 2 honors
  11. 11The Loneliness of Sonia and SunnyKiran Desai · 2025 · 2 honors
  12. 12There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in AmericaBrian Goldstone · 2025 · 2 honors
  13. 13All FoursMiranda July · 2024 · 2 honors
  14. 14Martyr!Kaveh Akbar · 2024 · 2 honors
  15. 15The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James CookHampton Sides · 2024 · 2 honors
  16. 16Chain Gang All StarsNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah · 2023 · 2 honors
  17. 17Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey From Slavery to FreedomIlyon Woo · 2023 · 2 honors
  18. 18North WoodsDaniel Mason · 2023 · 2 honors
  19. 19The Bee StingPaul Murray · 2023 · 2 honors
  20. 20The FraudZadie Smith · 2023 · 2 honors
  21. 21Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make UsRachel Aviv · 2022 · 2 honors
  22. 22The Candy House: A NovelJennifer Egan · 2022 · 2 honors
  23. 23TrustHernan Diaz · 2022 · 2 honors
  24. 24Under The Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our NationLinda Villarosa · 2022 · 2 honors
  25. 25No One Is Talking About This: A NovelPatricia Lockwood · 2021 · 2 honors
  26. 26On JuneteenthAnnette Gordon-Reed · 2021 · 2 honors
  27. 27The Copenhagen Trilogy: Childhood – Youth – DependencyTove Ditlevsen · 2021 · 2 honors
  28. 28A Children's Bible: A NovelLydia Millet · 2020 · 2 honors
  29. 29A Promised LandBarack Obama · 2020 · 2 honors
  30. 30Deacon King Kong: A NovelJames McBride · 2020 · 2 honors
  31. 31Hidden Valley Road: Inside The Mind Of An American FamilyRobert Kolker · 2020 · 2 honors
  32. 32The Vanishing Half: A NovelBrit Bennett · 2020 · 2 honors
  33. 33Lost Children Archive: A NovelValeria Luiselli · 2019 · 2 honors
  34. 34Midnight In Chernobyl: The Untold Story Of The World's Greatest Nuclear DisasterAdam Higginbotham · 2019 · 2 honors
  35. 35Night Boat To Tangier: A NovelKevin Barry · 2019 · 2 honors
  36. 36The Topeka School: A NovelBen Lerner · 2019 · 2 honors
  37. 37How To Change Your Mind: What The New Science Of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, And TranscendenceMichael Pollan · 2018 · 2 honors
  38. 38Small FryLisa Brennan-Jobs · 2018 · 2 honors
  39. 39The Great BelieversRebecca Makkai · 2018 · 2 honors
  40. 40Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black AmericaJames Forman Jr. · 2017 · 2 honors
  41. 41PachinkoMin Jin Lee · 2017 · 2 honors
  42. 42A Manual For Cleaning Women: Selected StoriesLucia Berlin · 2015 · 2 honors
  43. 43H Is For HawkHelen Macdonald · 2015 · 2 honors
  44. 44The Story Of The Lost Child: Neapolitan Novels, Book FourElena Ferrante · 2015 · 2 honors
  45. 45All The Light We Cannot See: A NovelAnthony Doerr · 2014 · 2 honors
  46. 46Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A MemoirRoz Chast · 2014 · 2 honors
  47. 47EuphoriaLily King · 2014 · 2 honors
  48. 48The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural HistoryElizabeth Kolbert · 2014 · 2 honors
  49. 49Thirteen Days In September: Carter, Begin, And Sadat At Camp DavidLawrence Wright · 2014 · 2 honors
  50. 50Five Days At MemorialSheri Fink · 2013 · 2 honors
  51. 51Life After LifeKate Atkinson · 2013 · 2 honors
  52. 52Tenth Of December: StoriesGeorge Saunders · 2013 · 2 honors
  53. 53The GoldfinchDonna Tartt · 2013 · 2 honors
  54. 54Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai UndercityKatherine Boo · 2012 · 2 honors
  55. 55Bring Up the BodiesHilary Mantel · 2012 · 2 honors
  56. 56The Tiger’s WifeTéa Obreht · 2011 · 2 honors
  57. 57Tree of SmokeDenis Johnson · 2007 · 2 honors
  58. 58Angel DownDaniel Kraus · 2025 · 1 honor
  59. 59Mother EmanuelKevin Sack · 2025 · 1 honor
  60. 60Stone Yard DevotionalCharlotte Wood · 2025 · 1 honor
  61. 61The DirectorDaniel Kehlmann · 2025 · 1 honor
  62. 62The SistersJonas Hassen Khemiri · 2025 · 1 honor
  63. 63Wild ThingSue Prideaux · 2025 · 1 honor
  64. 64Cold CrematoriumJózsef Debreczeni · 2024 · 1 honor
  65. 65Everyone Who Is Gone Is HereJonathan Blitzer · 2024 · 1 honor
  66. 66Good MaterialDolly Alderton · 2024 · 1 honor
  67. 67I Heard Her Call My NameLucy Sante · 2024 · 1 honor
  68. 68ReaganMax Boot · 2024 · 1 honor
  69. 69You Dreamed of EmpiresÁlvaro Enrigue · 2024 · 1 honor
  70. 70Bottoms Up and the Devil LaughsKerry Howley · 2023 · 1 honor
  71. 71EastboundMaylis de Kerangal · 2023 · 1 honor
  72. 72Fire WeatherJohn Vaillant · 2023 · 1 honor
  73. 73Some People Need KillingPatricia Evangelista · 2023 · 1 honor
  74. 74The Best MindsJonathan Rosen · 2023 · 1 honor
  75. 75An Immense WorldEd Yong · 2022 · 1 honor
  76. 76Checkout 19Claire-Louise Bennett · 2022 · 1 honor
  77. 77Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver · 2022 · 1 honor
  78. 78Stay TrueHua Hsu · 2022 · 1 honor
  79. 79The FurrowsNamwali Serpell · 2022 · 1 honor
  80. 80We Don't Know OurselvesFintan O'Toole · 2022 · 1 honor
  81. 81How Beautiful We WereImbolo Mbue · 2021 · 1 honor
  82. 82How the Word Is PassedClint Smith · 2021 · 1 honor
  83. 83IntimaciesKatie Kitamura · 2021 · 1 honor
  84. 84Invisible ChildAndrea Elliott · 2021 · 1 honor
  85. 85Red CometHeather Clark · 2021 · 1 honor
  86. 86The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisHonorée Fanonne Jeffers · 2021 · 1 honor
  87. 87When We Cease to Understand the WorldBenjamín Labatut · 2021 · 1 honor
  88. 88Homeland ElegiesAyad Akhtar · 2020 · 1 honor
  89. 89Shakespeare in a Divided AmericaJames Shapiro · 2020 · 1 honor
  90. 90Uncanny ValleyAnna Wiener · 2020 · 1 honor
  91. 91WarMargaret MacMillan · 2020 · 1 honor
  92. 92Disappearing EarthJulia Phillips · 2019 · 1 honor
  93. 93ExhalationTed Chiang · 2019 · 1 honor
  94. 94No Visible BruisesRachel Louise Snyder · 2019 · 1 honor
  95. 95Say NothingPatrick Radden Keefe · 2019 · 1 honor
  96. 96The ClubLeo Damrosch · 2019 · 1 honor
  97. 97American PrisonShane Bauer · 2018 · 1 honor
  98. 98AsymmetryLisa Halliday · 2018 · 1 honor
  99. 99EducatedTara Westover · 2018 · 1 honor
  100. 100Frederick DouglassDavid W. Blight · 2018 · 1 honor
  101. 101The Perfect NannyLeila Slimani · 2018 · 1 honor
  102. 102There ThereTommy Orange · 2018 · 1 honor
  103. 103Washington BlackEsi Edugyan · 2018 · 1 honor
  104. 104AutumnAli Smith · 2017 · 1 honor
  105. 105Exit WestMohsin Hamid · 2017 · 1 honor
  106. 106GrantRon Chernow · 2017 · 1 honor
  107. 107Prairie FiresCaroline Fraser · 2017 · 1 honor
  108. 108PriestdaddyPatricia Lockwood · 2017 · 1 honor
  109. 109The Evolution of BeautyRichard O. Prum · 2017 · 1 honor
  110. 110At the Existentialist CaféSarah Bakewell · 2016 · 1 honor
  111. 111Dark MoneyJane Mayer · 2016 · 1 honor
  112. 112EvictedMatthew Desmond · 2016 · 1 honor
  113. 113In the DarkroomSusan Faludi · 2016 · 1 honor
  114. 114The Association of Small BombsKaran Mahajan · 2016 · 1 honor
  115. 115The North WaterIan McGuire · 2016 · 1 honor
  116. 116The ReturnHisham Matar · 2016 · 1 honor
  117. 117The VegetarianHan Kang. Translated by Deborah Smith · 2016 · 1 honor
  118. 118War and TurpentineStefan Hertmans. Translated by David McKay · 2016 · 1 honor
  119. 119Empire of CottonSven Beckert · 2015 · 1 honor
  120. 120One of UsAsne Seierstad · 2015 · 1 honor
  121. 121OutlineRachel Cusk · 2015 · 1 honor
  122. 122The DoorMagda Szabo · 2015 · 1 honor
  123. 123The Invention of NatureAndrea Wulf · 2015 · 1 honor
  124. 124The SelloutPaul Beatty · 2015 · 1 honor
  125. 125Dept. of SpeculationJenny Offill · 2014 · 1 honor
  126. 126Family LifeAkhil Sharma · 2014 · 1 honor
  127. 127On ImmunityEula Biss · 2014 · 1 honor
  128. 128Penelope FitzgeraldHermione Lee · 2014 · 1 honor
  129. 129After the Music StoppedAlan S. Blinder · 2013 · 1 honor
  130. 130AmericanahChimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2013 · 1 honor
  131. 131Days of FirePeter Baker · 2013 · 1 honor
  132. 132The FlamethrowersRachel Kushner · 2013 · 1 honor
  133. 133The SleepwalkersChristopher Clark · 2013 · 1 honor
  134. 134WaveSonali Deraniyagala · 2013 · 1 honor
  135. 135A Hologram for the KingDave Eggers · 2012 · 1 honor
  136. 136Building StoriesChris Ware · 2012 · 1 honor
  137. 137Far From the TreeAndrew Solomon · 2012 · 1 honor
  138. 138NWZadie Smith · 2012 · 1 honor
  139. 139The Passage of PowerRobert A. Caro · 2012 · 1 honor
  140. 140The PatriarchDavid Nasaw · 2012 · 1 honor
  141. 141The Yellow BirdsKevin Powers · 2012 · 1 honor
  142. 142Why Does the World Exist? An Existential Detective StoryJim Holt · 2012 · 1 honor
  143. 14311/22/63Stephen King · 2011 · 1 honor
  144. 144A World on FireAmanda Foreman · 2011 · 1 honor
  145. 145ArguablyChristopher Hitchens · 2011 · 1 honor
  146. 146Malcolm XManning Marable · 2011 · 1 honor
  147. 147Swamplandia!Karen Russell · 2011 · 1 honor
  148. 148Ten Thousand SaintsEleanor Henderson · 2011 · 1 honor
  149. 149The Art of FieldingChad Harbach · 2011 · 1 honor
  150. 150The Boy in the MoonIan Brown · 2011 · 1 honor
  151. 151Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman · 2011 · 1 honor
  152. 152A Visit from the Goon SquadJennifer Egan · 2010 · 1 honor
  153. 153Apollo's AngelsJennifer Homans · 2010 · 1 honor
  154. 154CleopatraStacy Schiff · 2010 · 1 honor
  155. 155Finishing the HatStephen Sondheim · 2010 · 1 honor
  156. 156FreedomJonathan Franzen · 2010 · 1 honor
  157. 157RoomEmma Donoghue · 2010 · 1 honor
  158. 158Selected StoriesWilliam Trevor · 2010 · 1 honor
  159. 159The Emperor of All MaladiesSiddhartha Mukherjee · 2010 · 1 honor
  160. 160The New Yorker StoriesAnn Beattie · 2010 · 1 honor
  161. 161The Warmth of Other SunsIsabel Wilkerson · 2010 · 1 honor
  162. 162A Gate at the StairsLorrie Moore · 2009 · 1 honor
  163. 163A Short History of WomenKate Walbert · 2009 · 1 honor
  164. 164Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want ItMaile Meloy · 2009 · 1 honor
  165. 165Chronic CityJonathan Lethem · 2009 · 1 honor
  166. 166Half Broke HorsesJeannette Walls · 2009 · 1 honor
  167. 167LitMary Karr · 2009 · 1 honor
  168. 168Lords of FinanceLiaquat Ahamed · 2009 · 1 honor
  169. 169Raymond CarverCarol Sklenicka · 2009 · 1 honor
  170. 170The Age of WonderRichard Holmes · 2009 · 1 honor
  171. 171The Good SoldiersDavid Finkel · 2009 · 1 honor
  172. 1722666Roberto Bolaño · 2008 · 1 honor
  173. 173A MercyToni Morrison · 2008 · 1 honor
  174. 174Dangerous LaughterSteven Millhauser · 2008 · 1 honor
  175. 175NetherlandJoseph O'Neill · 2008 · 1 honor
  176. 176Nothing to Be Frightened OfJulian Barnes · 2008 · 1 honor
  177. 177The Dark SideJane Mayer · 2008 · 1 honor
  178. 178The Forever WarDexter Filkins · 2008 · 1 honor
  179. 179The World Is What It IsPatrick French · 2008 · 1 honor
  180. 180This Republic of SufferingDrew Gilpin Faust · 2008 · 1 honor
  181. 181Unaccustomed EarthJhumpa Lahiri · 2008 · 1 honor
  182. 182Imperial Life in the Emerald CityRajiv Chandrasekaran · 2007 · 1 honor
  183. 183Little HeathensMildred Armstrong Kalish · 2007 · 1 honor
  184. 184Man Gone DownMichael Thomas · 2007 · 1 honor
  185. 185Out Stealing HorsesPer Petterson · 2007 · 1 honor
  186. 186The NineJeffrey Toobin · 2007 · 1 honor
  187. 187The Ordeal of Elizabeth MarshLinda Colley · 2007 · 1 honor
  188. 188The Rest Is NoiseAlex Ross · 2007 · 1 honor
  189. 189The Savage DetectivesRoberto Bolaño · 2007 · 1 honor
  190. 190Then We Came to the EndJoshua Ferris · 2007 · 1 honor
  191. 191AbsurdistanGary Shteyngart · 2006 · 1 honor
  192. 192Falling Through the EarthDanielle Trussoni · 2006 · 1 honor
  193. 193MayflowerNathaniel Philbrick · 2006 · 1 honor
  194. 194Special Topics in Calamity PhysicsMarisha Pessl · 2006 · 1 honor
  195. 195The Collected Stories of Amy HempelAmy Hempel · 2006 · 1 honor
  196. 196The Emperor's ChildrenClaire Messud · 2006 · 1 honor
  197. 197The Lay of the LandRichard Ford · 2006 · 1 honor
  198. 198The Looming TowerLawrence Wright · 2006 · 1 honor
  199. 199The Omnivore's DilemmaMichael Pollan · 2006 · 1 honor
  200. 200The Places in BetweenRory Stewart · 2006 · 1 honor