2012 Fiction
Eviction notice /
K'wan.

2012 Nonfiction
One day it'll all make sense : a memoir /
Common (Musician).

2011 Overall
Decoded /
Jay-Z, 1969-

2010 Fiction
The Cartel. 2, Tale of the Murda Mamas
Ashley, 1985-

2010 Nonfiction
A question of freedom : a memoir of survival, learning, and coming of age in prison /
Betts, R. Dwayne.

2009 Fiction
Midnight : a gangster love story /
Souljah, Sister.

2009 Nonfiction
War of the Bloods in my veins : a street soldier's march toward redemption /
Morris, Dashaun.

2008 Fiction (tie)
To live and die in Harlem /
Relentless Aaron.

2008 Fiction (tie)
Every thug needs a lady /
Clark, Wahida.

2008 Nonfiction
Grace after midnight : a memoir /
Pearson, Felicia, 1980-

2007 Fiction
Second chance /
Divine, L.

2007 Nonfiction
The house on Childress Street : a memoir /
Jasper, Kenji.

2006 Fiction
Hoodlum /
K'wan.

2006 Nonfiction
From pieces to weight : once upon a time in Southside, Queens /
50 Cent (Musician).

2005 Fiction (tie)
Wifey /
Swinson, Kiki.

2005 Fiction (tie)
Bitch : the beginning : a novel /
King, Deja.

2005 Nonfiction
Prophets of the hood : politics and poetics in hip hop /
Perry, Imani, 1972-

2004 Fiction
Dutch : the first of a trilogy /
Woods, Teri.

2004 Nonfiction
E.A.R.L. : the autobiography of DMX /
D M X.

2003 Fiction
Let that be the reason : a novel /
Stringer, Vickie M.

2003 Nonfiction
In search of respect : selling crack in El Barrio /
Bourgois, Philippe I., 1956-

2002 Fiction
B-more careful : a novel /
Holmes, Shannon.

2001 Nonfiction
Angry blonde /
Eminem (Musician).

2000 Fiction (tie)
The coldest winter ever : a novel /
Souljah, Sister.

2000 Fiction (tie)
True to the game : [the book that started it all] /
Woods, Teri.

2000 Nonfiction
The rose that grew from concrete /
Shakur, Tupac, 1971-1996.