2009
- Fiction -
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Stout
The Believers by Zoe Heller
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Honorable Mentions:
"The Women" & "The Tortilla Curtain" both by T.C. Boyle
- Nonfiction -
Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp
Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town
by Nick Reding
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
The Mercy Papers: A Memoir of Three Weeks by Robin Romm
That Went Well: Adventures in Caring for My Sister
by Terrell Harris Dougan
Note: If you like end-of-the-year-best-of lists, there is a comprehensive list of the lists at largehearted boy.
2008
- Nonfiction -
Infidel
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Three Cups of Tea
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
A Three Dog Life
Honorable mention: The Middle Place
- Fiction -
The Road
Interpreter of Maladies
The Senator's Wife
Annie Dunne
Last Night at the Lobster
