2013
The orphan master's son : a novel /
Johnson, Adam, 1967-

2011
A visit from the Goon Squad /
Egan, Jennifer.

2010
Tinkers /
Harding, Paul, 1967-

2009
Olive Kitteridge /
Strout, Elizabeth.

2008
The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao /
Díaz, Junot, 1968-

2007
The road /
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-

2006
March : a novel /
Brooks, Geraldine.

2005
Gilead /
Robinson, Marilynne.

2004
The known world /
Jones, Edward P.

2003
Middlesex /
Eugenides, Jeffrey.

2002
Empire Falls /
Russo, Richard, 1949-

2001
The amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay : a novel /
Chabon, Michael.

2000
Interpreter of maladies : stories /
Lahiri, Jhumpa.

1999
The hours /
Cunningham, Michael, 1952-

1998
American pastoral /
Roth, Philip.

1997
Martin Dressler : the tale of an American dreamer /
Millhauser, Steven.

1996
Independence day /
Ford, Richard, 1944-

1995
The stone diaries /
Shields, Carol.

1994
The shipping news /
Proulx, Annie.

1993
A good scent from a strange mountain : stories /
Butler, Robert Olen.

1992
A thousand acres /
Smiley, Jane.

1991
Rabbit at rest /
Updike, John.

1990
The mambo kings play songs of love /
Hijuelos, Oscar.

1989
Breathing lessons /
Tyler, Anne.

1988
Beloved : a novel /
Morrison, Toni.

1987
A summons to Memphis /
Taylor, Peter Hillsman, 1917-

1986
Lonesome dove : a novel /
McMurtry, Larry.

1985
Foreign affairs : a novel /
Lurie, Alison.

1984
Ironweed : a novel /
Kennedy, William, 1928-

1983
The color purple /
Walker, Alice, 1944-

1982
Rabbit is rich /
Updike, John.

1981
A confederacy of dunces /
Toole, John Kennedy, 1937-1969.

1980
The executioner's song /
Mailer, Norman.

1979
The stories of John Cheever.
Cheever, John.

1978
Elbow room : stories /
McPherson, James Alan, 1943-

1976
Humboldt's gift /
Bellow, Saul.

1975
The killer angels : a novel /
Shaara, Michael.

1973
The optimist's daughter /
Welty, Eudora, 1909-2001.

1972
Angle of repose /
Stegner, Wallace Earle, 1909-1993.

1970
The collected stories of Jean Stafford.
Stafford, Jean, 1915-1979.

1969
House made of dawn /
Momaday, N. Scott, 1934-

1968
The confessions of Nat Turner /
Styron, William, 1925-2006.

1967
The fixer /
Malamud, Bernard.

1966
The collected stories of Katherine Anne Porter.
Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980.

1965
The keepers of the house : a novel /
Grau, Shirley Ann.

1963
The reivers : a reminiscence /
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.

1962
The edge of sadness /
O'Connor, Edwin.

1961
To kill a mockingbird /
Lee, Harper.

1960
Advise and consent.
Drury, Allen.

1959
The travels of Jaimie McPheeters /
Taylor, Robert Lewis.

1958
A death in the family /
Agee, James, 1909-1955.

1956
Andersonville /
Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-1977.

1955
A fable /
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.

1953
The old man and the sea /
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.

1952
The Caine mutiny : a novel of World War II /
Wouk, Herman, 1915-

1951
The town /
Richter, Conrad, 1890-1968.

1950
The way West /
Hassrick, Peter H.

1949
Guard of honor.
Cozzens, James Gould, 1903-1978.

1948
Tales of the South Pacific /
Michener, James A. 1907-1997.