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January 2023 | The Deluge by Stephen Markley​​​ | New York Times Notable Book of 2023 | Publishers Weekly Starred Review | Library Journal Starred Review
February 2023 | I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai | Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2023 | Library Journal Best Books of 2023 | Publishers Weekly Starred Review | Library Journal Starred Review | Booklist Starred Review | BookPage Starred Review
March 2023 | Biography of X by Catherine Lacey | Named the "Great American Novel" of 2023 by The Atlantic | New York Times Notable Book of 2023 | Kirkus Best Books of 2023 | Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2023
April 2023 | Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah | Winner Alex Award | New York Times Top Ten Best Books of 2023 | Finalist for the 2023 National Book Awards | Longlisted for the Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize | Kirkus Best Books of 2023 | Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2023 | Library Journal Best Books of 2023 | Read with Jenna Book Club Pick | Roxanne Gay's Audacious Book Club Selection | Kirkus Starred Review | Publishers Weekly Starred Review
May 2023 | Yellowface by R.F. Kuang | Winner 2023 New England Book Award in Fiction | New York Times Notable Book of 2023 | Kirkus Best Books of 2023 | Library Journal Best Books of 2023 | #1 Indie Next Pick
August 2023 | The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride | Winner 2023 Kirkus Prize in Fiction | New York Times Notable Book of 2023 | Barak Obama's 2023 Favorite Book List | Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2023 | Kirkus Best Books of 2023 | Library Journal Best Books of 2023
September 2023 | The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff | Barak Obama's 2023 Favorite Book List | Publisher's Weekly Starred Review | Booklist Starred Review
October 2023 | Blackouts by Justin Torres | Winner 2023 National Book Award in Fiction | New York Times Notable Book of 2023
November 2023 | Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward | Andrew Carnegie Medal | Finalist for the 2023 Kirkus Prize in Fiction | Kirkus Best Books of 2023 | Library Journal Best Books of 2023 | Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2023 | #1 Indie Next Pick
December 2023 | The New Naturals by Gabriel Bump | New York Times Notable Book of 2023
 
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January 2022  | To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara  | Kirkus Starred Review  
February 2022 | Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James  | Kirkus Starred Review  | Publishers Weekly Starred Review
March 2022 | Glory, by NoViolet Bulawayo | New York Times Book Review cover review, March 13, 2022 | Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize | 2023 Longlist for the Women's Prize for Fiction
April 2022 | Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart  | Kirkus Starred Review  | Publishers Weekly Starred Review | Booklist Starred Review | Library Journal Starred Review | Bookpage Starred Review
May 2022 | We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama | Longlisted for the Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize
June 2022 | Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley | Kirkus Starred Review  | Publishers Weekly Starred Review | Booklist Starred Review | Library Journal Starred Review | Oprah's Book Club Selection | Longlisted for the Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize | Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize
July 2022 | Human Blues by Elisa Albert | Kirkus Starred Review  | Publishers Weekly Starred Review | Booklist Starred Review
August 2022 | Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah | Publishers Weekly Starred Review | Winner PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
September 2022 | Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah | Kirkus Starred Review | Publishers Weekly Starred Review | Booklist Starred Review
October 2022 | The Furrows by Namwai Serpell | Kirkus Starred Review | Shortlisted National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction
December 2022 | Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion by Bushra Rehman | Publishers Weekly Starred Review
 
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January 2021  | The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. | Longlist for the 2021 National Book Awards
April 2021 | Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge  | Winner 2021 New England Book Awards, fiction
September 2021 | The Book of Form and Emptyness by Ruth Ozeki
October 2021 | Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr | Longlist for the 2021 National Book Awards | 2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist
December 2021 | Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim | 2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist
 
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January 2020  | American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins A note about American Dirt
February 2020 | Everywhere You Don't Belong by Gabriel Bump | Heartland Booksellers Award Finalist - Fiction
March 2020 | The Everlasting by Katy Simpson Smith | Kirkus Starred Review
April 2020 | How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang ** Offering signed bookplate with first edition  | Kirkus Starred Review  | Publishers Weekly Starred Review | Longlisted for 2020 Man Booker Prize | Longlisted for The Center for Fiction's 2020 First Novel Prize
May 2020 | Sea Wife by Amity Gaige  | Publishers Weekly Starred Review
June 2020 | A Burning by Megha Majumdar ** Offering signed bookplate with first edition | 2020 Longlist for National Book Award 
July 2020 | Fraternity: Stories by Benjamin Nugent | Kirkus Starred Review
August 2020 | Luster by Raven Leilani | Kirkus Starred Review | Longlisted for The Center for Fiction's 2020 First Novel Prize | Finalist for 2020 Kirkus Prize - Fiction
September 2020 | Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi | Kirkus Starred Review  | Publishers Weekly Starred Review
October 2020 | Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam  | Kirkus Starred Review  | Publishers Weekly Starred Review | 2020 Longlist for National Book Award 
November 2020 | The Sun Collective by Charles Baxter  | Kirkus Starred Review
December 2020 | At The Edge of the Haight | PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction
 
2019
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January | The Weight of a Piano by Chris Cander | Kirkus Starred Review | Publishers Weekly Starred Review 
February | The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer | Kirkus Starred Review | Publishers Weekly Starred Review
March | Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James | Kirkus Starred Review  | 2019 Longlist for National Book Award | 2019 National Book Award Finalist | Kirkus Best Books 2019  | The Washington Post 10 Books 2019 | NPR Best Books of 2019 | L.A. Times Book Ray Bradbury Prize 
April | The Other Americans by Laila Lalami | Kirkus Starred Review | Publishers Weekly Starred Review | 2019 Finalist for Kirkus Prize  | 2019 Longlist for National Book Award  | 2019 National Book Award Finalist | Kirkus Best Books 2019  | 2020 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist  | The Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction 2019 | NPR Best Books of 2019
May | Feast Your Eyes by Myla Goldberg | Kirkus Starred Review | 2020 Longlist for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction | Kirkus Best Books 2019 | NPR Best Books of 2019 | National Book Critics Circle Award Fiction Finalist 2019
June | On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong| Kirkus Starred Review | 2019 Finalist for Kirkus Prize  | 2019 Longlist for National Book Award | Winner NEIBA New England Book Award for Fiction | 2020 Longlist for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction  | Kirkus Best Books 2019  | Kirkus Best Debut Fiction 2019  | 2020 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist | The Washington Post 10 Books 2019  | 2020 Pen/Hemingway Longlist Best Debut Fiction  | NPR Best Books of 2019  | Vanity Fair Best Books of 2019 | The New Yorker Best Books of 2019   | The Guardian Best Books of 2019  | International Dylan Thomas Prize Finalist | 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award Longlist
July | The Travelers by Regina Porter | 2020 Pen/Hemingway Finalist Best Debut Fiction
August | The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell
September| Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh  | Vanity Fair Best Books of 2019
October | The Topeka School by Ben Lerner | Kirkus Starred Review | Kirkus Best Books 2019  | New York Times Notable Book 2019 | The Washington Post 10 Books 2019 | NPR Best Books of 2019 | The Atlantic Best Books of 2019   | Vanity Fair Best Books of 2019 | The Guardian Best Books of 2019 | National Book Critics Circle Award Fiction Finalist 2019 | 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award Longlist | L.A. Times Book Prize Fiction | 2020 Pulitzer Prize Fiction Finalist
November| The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern | Kirkus Starred Review | Kirkus Best Books 2019 | Publishers Weekly Starred Review | NPR Best Books of 2019
December | The Sacrament by Olaf Olafsson  | Kirkus Starred Review 
 
 
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December  | Those Who Knew by Idra Novey | NPR Best Books of 2018 | Kirkus Starred Review | Kirkus Best Fiction of 2018
November | Little by Edward Carey | NPR Best Books of 2018 | Kirkus Starred Review | Kirkus Best Fiction of 2018
October | Waiting for Eden by Elliot Ackerman | Kirkus Starred Review  | Longlisted for 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
September | She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore | ALA's Book Club Central SJP Pick
August | My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh | NPR Best Books of 2018 | New York Times Notable Book 2018 | The Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction 2018 | Kirkus Starred Review | Kirkus Best Fiction of 2018
July | Florida by Lauren Groff | NPR Best Books of 2018 | 2018 National Book Award Finalist | Shortlisted for 2018 Kirkus Prize | The Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction 2018  | Kirkus Starred Review | 2018 Winner of The Story Prize
June |  There There by Tommy Orange | NPR Best Books of 2018 | New York Times Notable Book 2018 | Shortlisted for 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction | 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist | Kirkus Starred Review | Kirkus Best Fiction of 2018 | Pulitzer Prize Finalist 2019
May | Heads of the Colored People: Stories by Nafissa Thompson-Spires | NPR Best Books of 2018 | Shortlisted for 2018 Kirkus Prize | 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist  | Kirkus Starred Review
April | Circe by Madeline Miller | NPR Best Books of 2018 | The Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction 2018 | Kirkus Starred Review | Kirkus Best Fiction of 2018  | Longlisted for 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction | Shortlisted for 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction   
March | Anatomy of a Miracle by Jonathan Miles | Kirkus Starred Review | ALA's Book Club Central SJP Pick
February | Red Clocks by Leni Zumas | The Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction 2018  
January | The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin | NPR Best Books of 2018 | The Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction 2018
 
 
2017

January | The Signal Flame by Andrew Krivak
February | Indelible by Adelia Saunders 2018 PEN/Hemingway Finalist
March | Exit West by Mohsin Hamid Shortlisted for 2017 Man Booker Prize | Shortlisted for 2017 St. Francis Literary Prize | Shortlisted for 2017 Kirkus Prize | NPR Best Books of 2017 | New York Times Notable Book 2017 | 2017 Book Critics Circle Award Finalist | 2018 Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist
April  | The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti | NPR Best Books of 2017
May | Salt Houses by Hala Alyan | NPR Best Books of 2017
June | The Leavers by Lisa Ko Winner 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize | Longlisted for 2017 National Book Award | NPR Best Books of 2017 | 2017-2018 Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Award Winner | B&N 2017 Discover Award for Fiction Finalist | 2018 PEN/Hemingway Finalist
July Quiet Until the Thaw by Alexandra Fuller
August | Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie Longlisted for 2017 Man Booker Prize | Shortlisted for 2017 Costa Book Award | NPR Best Books of 2017 | New York TImes Notable Book 2017 | Winner 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction
September | Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Winner 2017 National Book Award | Shortlisted for 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction | Shortlisted for 2017 Kirkus Prize | NPR Best Books of 2017 | New York Times Notable Book 2017 | 2017 Book Critics Circle Award Finalist | 2018 Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist | Shortlisted for 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction | Finalist for 2018 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction | 2018 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner
October | The Twelve-Mile Straight by Eleanor Henderson
November | The Floating World by C. Morgan Babst
December  | One Station Away by Olaf Olafsson

 
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January | Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa Shorlisted for the 2017 PEN/Faulkner Award
February | A Doubter's Almanac by Ethan Canin
March | What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi Publishers Weekly Best Books 2016 | NPR Best Books 2016
April | The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith
May | Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo New York Times Notable Book 2016 | NPR Best Books 2016
May | Heat & Light by Jennifer Haigh NPR Best Books 2016
June | Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2016 | Publishers Weekly Best Books 2016 | New York Times Notable Book 2016 | NPR Best Books 2016 | Winner 2016 Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize | Winner 2017 PEN/Hemingway Award
June | The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan Winner Kirkus Prize 2016 | New York Times Notable Book 2016 | NPR Best Books 2016 | Shortlisted for the 2017 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 
| 2017 Pulitzer Prize Finalist
July | Barkskins by Annie Proulx 2016 Kirkus Prize Finalist | Publishers Weekly Best Books 2016 |  New York Times Notable Book 2016 | NPR Best Books 2016 | Longlisted for the 2017 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
August | Mr. Eternity by Aaron Thier 2017 Thurber Prize Finalist
September | Mischling by Affinity Konar Publishers Weekly Best Books 2016 |  New York Times Notable Book 2016
September | Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer New York Times Notable Book 2016
October | Commonwealth by Ann Patchett New York Times Notable Book 2016 | NPR Best Books 2016 | 2016 Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
November | The Mothers by Brit Bennett NPR Best Books 2016
December | Moonglow by Michael Chabon 
New York Times Notable Book 2016 | NPR Best Books 2016 | 2016 Book Critics Circle Award Finalist

 

2015

  

January | Black River by S.M. Hulse Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2015 | ALA 2016 Notable Book
February | The Half Brother by Holly LeCraw
March | The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro NPR Best Books 2015
April | A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015 | Longlisted for the National Book Award 2015 | Winner: Kirkus Fiction Prize 2015 | NYT Notable Book 2015 | ALA 2016 Notable Book
May | Girl at War by Sara Novic Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2015 | Winner: Alex Award 2015
June | Church of Marvels by Leslie Parry
July | Speak by Louisa Hall | NPR Best Books 2015
August | All That Followed by Gabriel Urza
September | Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson  Winner National Book Award 2015 | NYT Notable Book 2015 | Kirkus Reviews 100 Best Fiction 2015 | ALA 2016 Notable Book | NPR Best Books 2015
October | The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra NYT Notable Book 2015 | Kirkus Reviews 100 Best Fiction 2015 | ALA 2016 Notable Book | NPR Best Books 2015 | 2018 Simpson Family Literary Prize Shortlist
November | City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg  Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2015 | Kirkus Reviews 100 Best Fiction 2015 | NPR Best Books 2015
December | Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2015 |Kirkus Reviews 100 Best Fiction 2015 | NPR Best Books 2015

 

 

2014

 

 

January | The Kept by James Scott Longlisted for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize 2014

February | The Ghost of the Mary Celeste by Valerie Martin
March | Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi Kirkus Reviews Best 100 Fiction of 2014 | NYT Notable Book of 2014 | Longlisted for the Folio Prize 2014
April | All Our Names by Dinau Mengestu Finalist for the Kirkus Fiction Prize 2014 | Kirkus Reviews Best 100 Fiction of 2014 | NYT Notable Book of 2014 | Longlisted for the Folio Prize 2014
May | Ruby by Cynthia Bond Longlisted for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize 2014
June | All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Finalist for the National Book Award 2014 | Kirkus Reviews Best 100 Fiction of 2014 | NYT Notable Book of 2014 | Longlisted for the Folio Prize 2014 | Winner: Pulitzer Prize 2015
July | Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson Finalist for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize 2014 | NYT Notable Book of 2014 | Longlisted for the Folio Prize 2014
August | Land of Love and Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique Winner: Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize 2014
September | The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 | Kirkus Reviews Best 100 Fiction of 2014 | NYT Notable Book of 2014 | Longlisted for the Folio Prize 2014
October | Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Finalist for the National Book Award 2014 | Kirkus Reviews Best 100 Fiction of 2014
November | Lila by Marilynne Robinson Winner: NBCC Award 2014 | Finalist for the National Book Award 2014 | Kirkus Reviews Best 100 Fiction of 2014 | NYT Notable Book of 2014 | Longlisted for the Folio Prize 2014 | Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015
December | The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson NYT Notable Book of 2014

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January | Kind of Kin by Rilla Askew
February | How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid
March | A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki Shortlisted for Booker Prize | NBCC Finalist
April | The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud NYT Notable Book of 2013
May | A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra Shortlisted for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize | NBCC John Leonard Prize | NYT Notable Book of 2013
June | The Son by Philipp Meyer Pulitzer Prize Finalist 2014 | NYT Notable Book of 2013
July | Flora by Gail Godwin 
August | A Marker to Measure Drift by Alexander Maksik NYT Notable Book of 2013
September | The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize & National Book Award | NYT Notable Book of 2013 | Shortlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2014
October | The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt New York Times Top 10 Book of 2013 | NBCC Finalist | Winner: Pulitzer Prize 2014 | Shortlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2014
November | At Night We Walk in Circles by Daniel Alarcón
December | We Are Water by Wally Lamb

 

2012


January | The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson | Winner: Pulitzer Prize 2013 |NBCC Finalist 2012   
February | Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron | Winner of the 2010 Bellwether Prize
March | What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander | NYT Notable Book of 2012 | Pulitzer Prize Finalist 2013
April | Carry the One by Carol Anshaw | NYT Notable Book of 2012
May | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain | National Book Award Finalist | Winner, Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize| NYT Notable Book of 2012 | NBCC WINNER 2012 | 2018 Simpson Family Literary Prize Shortlist
June | Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter | NYT Notable Book of 2012
July | The Collective by Don Lee
August | In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner
September | The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin Author named one of 5 Under 35
October | The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
November | Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver | NYT Notable Book of 2012
December | In Sunlight and In Shadow by Mark Helprin

 

2011


January | The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard     
February | Open City by Teju Cole | 2012 Hemingway/PEN Award, 2012 New York City Book Award
March | West of Here by Jonathan Evison     
April |  The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht | Winner of the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction
May | Touch by Alexi Zentner     
June | State of Wonder by Ann Patchett | Shortlisted for the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction  
July | Big Girl Small by Rachel DeWoskin     
August | We the Animals by Justin Torres     
September | The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern     
October | The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach | Named one of New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year 
November | The Uninnocent by Bradford Morrow     
December | The Conference of the Birds by Peter Sis

 

2010


January | Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem | Named one of New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year
February | Shadow Tag by Louis Erdrich    
March | The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi Durrow    
April | Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel    
May | The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall    
June | Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes | American Booksellers Association Indies Choice Award, Adult Debut Book of the Year
July | What is Left the Daughter by Howard Norman    
August | Kings of the Earth by Jon Clinch    
September | Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay    
October | Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin    
November | All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost by Lan Samantha Chang    
December | How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu    

2009


January | Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese    
February | Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips | Finalist, National Book Award, Finalist, National Book Critics' Circle Award
March | The Writing on My Forehead by Nafisa Haji    
April | The Color of Lightning by Paulette Jiles    
May | The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umrigar    
June | Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel    
July | Border Songs by Jim Lynch    
August | This is Where I leave You by Jonathan Tropper    
September | Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon | A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
October | Going Away Shoes by Jill McCorkle    
November | The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood | A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
December | Crossers by Philip Caputo    

 

 

2008


January | A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam | 2008 Commonwealth Prize, Best First Book
January (Alternate Selection) | The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz    
February | People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks | Winner, Australian Book Industry Book of the Year, 2008
March | The Reserve by Russell Banks    
April | Mudbound by Hillary Jordan | Winner, Bellwether Prize for Fiction 2006 (manuscript)
May | City of Thieves by David Benioff    
June | The End of Manners by Francesca Marciano    
July | The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski    
August | The Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus III    
September | City of Refuge by Tom Piazza    
October | The Given Day by Dennis Lehane    
November | Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh | Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
December | Songs for the Missing by Stewart O'Nan    

 

 

 

 

2007


January | The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford | Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award, 2006
February | Like Trees, Walking by Ravi Howard | Finalist, Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, 2008
March | The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian    
April | Finn by Jon Clinch | Shortlisted, John Sargent Jr. First Novel Prize, 2007
May | The Folded World by Amity Gaige | Winner, ForeWord Magazine Editor's Choice 2008
June | Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje | Shortlisted, Scotiabank Giller Prize for Fiction, 2007
July | On Kingdom Mountain by Howard Frank Mosher    
August | Free Food For Millionaires by Min Jin Lee    
September | The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz | 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner; National Book Critics' Circle Award Winner; John Sargent Jr. First Novel Prize Winner, 2007,
October | Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo    
November | The Air We Breathe by Andrea Barrett    
December | The Pirate's Daughter by Margaret Cezair-Thompson | Winner, 2008 Essence Literary Award for Fiction

 

 

 

 

2006


January | The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai | Winner, Man Booker Prize, 2006
February | The Best People in the World by Justin Tussing | Winner, Oregon Book Award (Fiction), 2006
March | Brookland by Emily Barton    
April | Saving the World by Julia Alvarez | #1 Booksense Pick
May | The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard    
June | The Whole World Over by Julia Glass    
July | Talk Talk by T.C. Boyle | California Book Award Silver Medal, Fiction
August | The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens | Winner, Governor-General's Award for Fiction (Canada)
September | The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen | Winner, James Fenimore Cooper Prize, 2007
October | The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox | Shortlisted, Costa First Novel Award, 2006
November | Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award, 2006 | Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007 Winner

 

 

 

 

2005


January | Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh | #1 Booksense Pick
February | Towelhead by Alicia Erian    
March | The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank by Ellen Feldman    
April | Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro | Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award, 2005
May | Misfortune by Wesley Stace    
June | Responsible Men by Edward Schwarzschild    
July | We're All In This Together by Owen King     
August | Third Girl from the Left by Martha Southgate | Winner, Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award, Fiction, 2006
September | In the Province of Saints By Thomas O'Malley      
October | I'll Never be Long Gone by Thomas Christopher Greene    
November | The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr | One of New York Times' Ten Best Books of the Year.
December | Seven Lies by James Lasdun    

 

 

 

 

2004


February | Waterborne by Bruce Murkoff      
March | The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat | Finalist for Book Sense Book of the Year Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award
April | Aloft by Chang-Rae Lee      
June | Between Two Rivers by Nicholas Rinaldi      
July | Country of Origin by Don Lee | Edgar Award for Best First Novel
August | The Laments by George Hagen      
September | The Divine Husband by Francisco Goldman      
October | Absent Friends by S. J. Rozan      
November | The Fearless Man by Donald Pfarrer      
December | Banishing Verona by Margot Livesey      

 

 

 

 

2003


January | Child of My Heart by Alice McDermott      
February | The Master Butcher's Singing Club by Louise Erdrich      
March | The Coffee Trader by David Liss      
April | The Sixpence House by Paul Collins | #1 Booksense Pick
May | The English Disease by Joseph Skibell      
June | Getting Mother's Body by Suzan-Lori Parks      
July | Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes      
August | Hell at the Breech by Tom Franklin      
September | The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem      
October | Kartography by Kamila Shamsie      
November | My Life as a Fake by Peter Carey      
December | Me and Orson Welles by Robert Kaplow      

 

 

 

 

2002


January | Good as Any: Stories by Tim Westmorland      
February | For Rouenna by Sigrid Nunez      
March | The Translator by John Crowley      
April | Burning Marguerite by Elizabeth Inness-Brown      
May | Walk Through Darkness by David Anthony Durham      
June | Wish You Were Here by Stewart O'Nan      
July | Demon of the Waters by Gregory Gibson      
August | Lost Nation by Jeffrey Lent      
September | Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry | 2002 Booker Prize
October | Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides | 2003 Pulitzer Prize
November | Paradise Alley by Kevin Baker      
December | Out of the Flames by Lawrence and Nancy Goldberger      

 

 

 

 

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May | Empire Falls by Richard Russo | 2002 Pulitzer Prize
June | Good People of New York by Thisbe Nissen      
July | John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead | 2002 Pulitzer Finalist
August | The Hunters: Two Short Novels by Claire Messud      
September | Days of Awe by Achy Obejas | 2001 Lambda Award
October | Creatures of Habit by Jill McCorkle      
November | Patience and Fortitude by Nicholas Basbanes      
December | This Cold Heaven by Gretel Ehrlich