2010 Harding, Paul Tinkers
2009 Strout, Elizabeth Olive Kitteridge
2008 Diaz, Junot The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
2007 McCarthy, Cormac The Road
2006 Brooks, Geraldine March
2005 Robinson, Marilynne Gilead

2004 Jones, Edward P. The Known World

2003 Eugenides, Jeffrey Middlesex

2002 Russo, Richard Empire Falls

2001 Chabon, Michael The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
2000 Lahiri, Jhumpa Interpreter of Maladies

2009 Mantel, Hilary Wolf Hall
2008 Adiga, Avarind The White Tiger
2007 Enright, Anne The Gathering
2006 Desai, Kiran Inheritance of Loss
2005 Banville, John The Sea
2004 Hollinghurst, Alan The Line of Beauty

2003 Pierre, D. B. C. Vernon God Little

2002 Martel, Yann Life of Pi

2001 Carey, Peter True History of the Kelly Gang
2000 Atwood, Margaret The Blind Assassin