2010: The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

2009: Home by Marilynne Robinson

2008: The Road Home by Rose Tremain

2007: Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2006: On Beauty by Zadie Smith

2005: We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver

2004: Small Island by Andrea Levy

2003: Property by Valerie Martin

2002: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

2001: The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville

2000: When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant

1999: A Crime in the Neighborhood by Suzanne Berne

1998: Larry’s Party by Carol Shields

1997: Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels:

1996: A Spell of Winter by Helen Dunmore