1. FREEDOM (Jonathan Franzen) 2. ROOM by (Emma Donoghue) 3. ONE DAY (David Nicholls) 4. THE HOLE WE'RE IN (Gabrielle Zevin) 5. THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET (David Mitchell)
Favorites (By Year)
2009 - LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN (Colum McCann)
2008 - THE STORY OF FORGETTING (Stefan Merrill Block)
2007 - THEN WE CAME TO THE END (Joshua Ferris)
2006 - THE BOOK THIEF (Markus Zusak)
2005 - EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE (Jonathan Safran Foer)
2004 - THE CONFESSIONS OF MAX TIVOLI (Andrew Sean Greer)
2003 - THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME (Mark Haddon)
2002 - ATONEMENT (Ian McEwan)
2001 - THE CORRECTIONS (Jonathan Franzen)
2000 - THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY (Michael Chabon)