Best Book Awards
2008
The Great Man by Kate Christensen (winner)
The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
The Indian Clerk by David Leavitt
The Gateway by T M McNally
Chemistry and Other Stories by Ron Rash
The Great Man by Kate Christensen (winner)
The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
The Indian Clerk by David Leavitt
The Gateway by T M McNally
Chemistry and Other Stories by Ron Rash
2007
The Dead Fish Museum by Charles D'Ambrosio
Twilight of the Superheroes by Deborah Eisenberg
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel by Amy Hempel
All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P Jones
Everyman by Philip Roth (winner)
The Dead Fish Museum by Charles D'Ambrosio
Twilight of the Superheroes by Deborah Eisenberg
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel by Amy Hempel
All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P Jones
Everyman by Philip Roth (winner)
2006
The March by E L Doctorow (winner)
I Got Somebody in Staunton by William Henry Lewis
Last Night by James Salter
The Chrysanthemum Palace by Bruce Wagner
The March by E L Doctorow (winner)
I Got Somebody in Staunton by William Henry Lewis
Last Night by James Salter
The Chrysanthemum Palace by Bruce Wagner
2005
The Green Lantern: A Romance of Stalinist Russia by Jerome Charyn
The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
War Trash by Ha Jin (winner)
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Prisoners of War by Steve Yarbrough
The Green Lantern: A Romance of Stalinist Russia by Jerome Charyn
The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
War Trash by Ha Jin (winner)
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Prisoners of War by Steve Yarbrough
2004
Elroy Nights by Frederick Barthelme
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z Z Packer
A Distant Shore by Caryl Phillips
The Early Stories: 1953-1975 by John Updike (winner)
Old School by Tobias Wolff
Elroy Nights by Frederick Barthelme
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by Z Z Packer
A Distant Shore by Caryl Phillips
The Early Stories: 1953-1975 by John Updike (winner)
Old School by Tobias Wolff
2003
The City of Your Final Destination by Peter Cameron
Roscoe by William Kennedy
The Ecstatic by Victor LaValle
The Caprices by Sabina Murray (winner)
Little Casino by Gilbert Sorrentino
The City of Your Final Destination by Peter Cameron
Roscoe by William Kennedy
The Ecstatic by Victor LaValle
The Caprices by Sabina Murray (winner)
Little Casino by Gilbert Sorrentino
2002
Sister Noon by Karen Joy Fowler
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (winner)
The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri
Sister Noon by Karen Joy Fowler
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (winner)
The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri
2001
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Harry Gold by Millicent Dillon
The Name of the World by Denis Johnson
The Human Stain by Philip Roth (winner)
Off Keck Road by Mona Simpson
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Harry Gold by Millicent Dillon
The Name of the World by Denis Johnson
The Human Stain by Philip Roth (winner)
Off Keck Road by Mona Simpson
2000
The Night Inspector by Frederick Busch
Waiting by Ha Jin (winner)
PU-239: And Other Russian Fantasies by Ken Kalfus
Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
Siam: Or the Woman Who Shot a Man by Lily Tuck
The Night Inspector by Frederick Busch
Waiting by Ha Jin (winner)
PU-239: And Other Russian Fantasies by Ken Kalfus
Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
Siam: Or the Woman Who Shot a Man by Lily Tuck
1999
Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks
The Hours by Michael Cunningham (winner)
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Starting Out in the Evening by Brian Morton
The Doctor Stories by Richard Selzer
Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks
The Hours by Michael Cunningham (winner)
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Starting Out in the Evening by Brian Morton
The Doctor Stories by Richard Selzer
1998
The Hundred Brothers by Donald Antrim
The Mercy Seat by Rilla Askew
The Ordinary Seaman by Francisco Goldman
The Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor (winner)
The Hundred Brothers by Donald Antrim
The Mercy Seat by Rilla Askew
The Ordinary Seaman by Francisco Goldman
The Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor (winner)
1997
St Burl's Obituary by Daniel Akst
Women in Their Beds: New and Selected Stories by Gina Berriault (winner)
The Book of Mercy by Kathleen Cambor
Atticus by Ron Hansen
The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid
St Burl's Obituary by Daniel Akst
Women in Their Beds: New and Selected Stories by Gina Berriault (winner)
The Book of Mercy by Kathleen Cambor
Atticus by Ron Hansen
The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid
1996
All Souls' Rising by Madison Smartt Bell and Mark Mitchell
Independence Day by Richard Ford (winner)
The Tunnel by William H Gass
When the World Was Steady by Claire Messud
The Good Negress by A J Verdelle
All Souls' Rising by Madison Smartt Bell and Mark Mitchell
Independence Day by Richard Ford (winner)
The Tunnel by William H Gass
When the World Was Steady by Claire Messud
The Good Negress by A J Verdelle
1995
The Children in the Woods by Frederick Busch
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson (winner)
Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
What I Lived For by Joyce Carol Oates
Various Antidotes by Joanna Scott
The Children in the Woods by Frederick Busch
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson (winner)
Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
What I Lived For by Joyce Carol Oates
Various Antidotes by Joanna Scott
1994
Van Gogh's Room at Arles by Stanley Elkin
The Magic of Blood by Dagoberto Gilb
Bone by Fae Myenne Ng
Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth (winner)
Van Gogh's Room at Arles by Stanley Elkin
The Magic of Blood by Dagoberto Gilb
Bone by Fae Myenne Ng
Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth (winner)
1993
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler
The Long Night of White Chickens by Francisco Goldman
Natural History by Maureen Howard
Postcards by Annie Proulx (winner)
Talking to the Dead by Sylvia Watanabe
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler
The Long Night of White Chickens by Francisco Goldman
Natural History by Maureen Howard
Postcards by Annie Proulx (winner)
Talking to the Dead by Sylvia Watanabe
1992
Mao II by Don DeLillo (winner)
Frog by Stephen Dixon
Extraordinary People by Paul Gervais
The Almanac Branch by Bradford Morrow
Mao II by Don DeLillo (winner)
Frog by Stephen Dixon
Extraordinary People by Paul Gervais
The Almanac Branch by Bradford Morrow
1990
Affliction by Russell Banks
Billy Bathgate by E L Doctorow (winner)
The Jump-off Creek by Molly Gloss
On the Island: New And Selected Stories by Josephine Jacobsen
Leaving Brooklyn by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Affliction by Russell Banks
Billy Bathgate by E L Doctorow (winner)
The Jump-off Creek by Molly Gloss
On the Island: New And Selected Stories by Josephine Jacobsen
Leaving Brooklyn by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
1989
Tenants of Time by Thomas Flanagan
Vanished by Mary McGarry Morris
Dusk: And Other Stories by James Salter (winner)
The Corner of Rife and Pacific by Thomas Savage
The Death of Methuselah: And Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Tenants of Time by Thomas Flanagan
Vanished by Mary McGarry Morris
Dusk: And Other Stories by James Salter (winner)
The Corner of Rife and Pacific by Thomas Savage
The Death of Methuselah: And Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer
1988
World's End by T C Boyle (winner)
That Night by Alice McDermott
The Messiah of Stockholm by Cynthia Ozick
Imagining Argentina by Lawrence Thornton
World's End by T C Boyle (winner)
That Night by Alice McDermott
The Messiah of Stockholm by Cynthia Ozick
Imagining Argentina by Lawrence Thornton
1987
The Sportswriter by Richard Ford
Expensive Habits by Maureen Howard
The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Charles Johnson
Collaborators by Janet Kauffman
Soldiers in Hiding by Richard Wiley (winner)
The Sportswriter by Richard Ford
Expensive Habits by Maureen Howard
The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Charles Johnson
Collaborators by Janet Kauffman
Soldiers in Hiding by Richard Wiley (winner)
1986
Carpenter's Gothic by William Gaddis
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Tree of Life by Hugh Nissenson
Later the Same Day by Grace Paley
The Old Forest by Peter Taylor
Carpenter's Gothic by William Gaddis
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Tree of Life by Hugh Nissenson
Later the Same Day by Grace Paley
The Old Forest by Peter Taylor
1985
Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr
The Dixie Association by Donald Hays
Family Dancing by David Leavitt
On Glory's Course by James Purdy
The Barracks Thief by Tobias Wolff
Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr
The Dixie Association by Donald Hays
Family Dancing by David Leavitt
On Glory's Course by James Purdy
The Barracks Thief by Tobias Wolff
1984
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen
Ironweed by William Kennedy
At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid
The Stories of Bernard Malamud by Bernard Malamud
The Cannibal Galaxy by Cynthia Ozick
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen
Ironweed by William Kennedy
At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid
The Stories of Bernard Malamud by Bernard Malamud
The Cannibal Galaxy by Cynthia Ozick
1983
Grace Abounding by Maureen Howard
Shiloh and Other Stories by Bobbie Ann Mason
Seaview by Toby Olson (winner)
The Portage to San Cristobal of A. H. by George Steiner
Dinner At the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
Birthplace : Moving into Nearness by William S Wilson
Grace Abounding by Maureen Howard
Shiloh and Other Stories by Bobbie Ann Mason
Seaview by Toby Olson (winner)
The Portage to San Cristobal of A. H. by George Steiner
Dinner At the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
Birthplace : Moving into Nearness by William S Wilson
1982
Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme
Take Me Back by Richard Bausch
The Chaneysville Incident by David Bradley (winner)
Ellis Island: And Other Stories by Mark Helprin
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
A Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone
Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme
Take Me Back by Richard Bausch
The Chaneysville Incident by David Bradley (winner)
Ellis Island: And Other Stories by Mark Helprin
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
A Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone
1981
How German Is It? by Walter Abish (winner)
A Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
The Second Coming by Walker Percy
Aberration of Starlight by Gilbert Sorrentino
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
How German Is It? by Walter Abish (winner)
A Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard
The Second Coming by Walker Percy
Aberration of Starlight by Gilbert Sorrentino
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
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