2005-2006
Top three:
- A Thread of Grace
- Birds Without Wings
- Lolita
Scorned: Mrs. Kimble
2006-2007
Top three:
- Fidelity
- Wicked
- Daughter of Persia
Scorned: The Dive from Clausen's Pier
2007-2008
Top three:
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
- Interpreter of Maladies
- Small Island
Scorned: Matrimony
Top three:
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- All the King's Men
- Watership Down
2009-2010
Top three:
- Sula
- Bel Canto
- Dracula
Scorned: The Emperor's Children
2010-2011
Top three:
2010-2011
Top three:
- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- My Antonia
- Alias Grace
Scorned: Pillars of the Earth
2011-2012
Top three:
2011-2012
Top three:
- Cutting for Stone
- Death Comes for the Archbishop
- Murder in the Cathedral
Scorned (but not really, because we liked it pretty well): Ordinary Wolves
2012-2013
Top three:
2012-2013
Top three:
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- O Pioneers
- Remains of the Day
Scorned: The Marriage Plot
2013-2014
Top three:
2013-2014
Top three:
- Let the Great World Spin
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- Angle of Repose
Scorned: Swamplandia
2014-2015
Top three:
2014-2015
Top three:
- Stoner
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- The Things They Carried
Scorned: Still Alice
2015-2016
Top three:
2016-2017
Top three:
1./2. (Tie) Jane Eyre
1./2. (Tie) Americana
3. Between the World and Me
Scorned: The Sunken Cathedral
2017-2018
Top three:
1. Homegoing
2. East of Eden
3. The Underground Railroad
Scorned: Difficult Women
2015-2016
Top three:
- All the Light We Cannot See
- Rebecca
- The Age of Innocence
2016-2017
Top three:
1./2. (Tie) Jane Eyre
1./2. (Tie) Americana
3. Between the World and Me
Scorned: The Sunken Cathedral
2017-2018
Top three:
1. Homegoing
2. East of Eden
3. The Underground Railroad
Scorned: Difficult Women
2018-2019
1. A Gentleman in Moscow
2. Death in the Family
3. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Scorned: Improvement
2019-2020
Top three:
1. Song of Solomon
2. Disoriental
3. Ethan Frome
Scorned: The Name of the Rose
2020-2021
Top Three
1. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
2. Dessa Rose
3. The Nickel Boys
Scorned: Blindness
2021-2022
Top Three
1. Hamnet
2. The Warmth of Other Suns
3. The Heart's Invisible Furies
Scorned: The Dutch House
2022-2023
Top three:
1) The End of the Affair
2) Interior Chinatown
3) Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Scorned: Yellowbird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country