Modern First Editions
Modern First Editions book picks for 1999–2007
1999
- Chang-Rae Lee,
A Gesture Life - Sena Jeter Naslun,
Ahab's Wife - Seymour Topping, The Peking Letter
- Sussan Vreeland, Girl in Hyacinth Blue
2000
- Karl Ackerman, Dear Will
- James Carlos Blake, The Wildwood Boys
- Charlotte McGuinn Freeman, The Place Last Seen
- Rebecca Goldstein, The Properties of Light
- Jonathan Hull, Losing Julia
- David Wong Louie, The Barbarians Are Coming
- Lisa Reardon, Blameless
- Mark Salzman,
Lying Awake - Jane Smith, Fool's Gold
- James Welch, The Heartsong of Charging Elk
2001
- David Czuchlewski, The Muse Asylum
- David Dunn, Ella Minnow Pea
- David Anthony Durham, Gabriel's Story
- Percival Everett, Erasure
- Alan Kurzweil, The Grand Complication
- David Milofsky, The Color of Law
- John Searles, Boy Still Missing
- Amy Tan,
The Bonesetter's Daughter - Anne Ursu, Spilling Clarence
- Joyce Weatherford,
Heart of the Beast - James Webb, Lost Soldiers
- Leslie Wells, The Curing Season
2002
- Jonathan Carroll, White Apples
- William Diehl, Eureka
- Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish
- Julia Glass, The Three Junes
- Kathi Goldmark, And My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You
- Sue Monk Kidd,
The Secret Life of Bees - John Lanchester, Fragrant Harbor
- Rob Levandoski, Fresh Eggs
- Yxta Murray,
The Conquest - Arthur Phillips,
Prague - Michael Raleigh, In the Castle of the Flynns
- Kim Stanley Robinson,
The Years of Rice and Salt
2003
- Diana Abu-Jaber,
Crescent - Mark Haddon,
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Judi Hendricks,
Isabel's Daughter - Janette T. Hospital, Due Preparations for the Plague
- Khaled Hosseini,
The Kite Runner - Robert Kaplow, Me and Orson Welles
- Colum McCann,
Dancer - Audrey Niffenegger,
The Time-Traveler's Wife - T.J. Pierce, The Australia Stories
- Amanda Ward,
Sleep Toward Heaven - Larry Watson, The Orchard
- Swain Wolfe, The Parrot Trainer
2004
- Morteza Baharloo, The Quince Seed Potion
- Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
- Lev Grossman,
The Codex - Frances Hallowell,
The Annunciation of Francesca Dunn - Peggy Leon, Mother Country
- Bonnie Marsh, Sleeping with Schubert
- Elizabeth Robinson, The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters
- Colm Toibin,
The Master - Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe
- Liza Ward,
Outside Valentine
2005
- John Banville,
The Sea - Brock Brewer, Blue Dog, Green River
- Hal Duncan, Vellum
- Lisa Fugard,
Skinner's Drift - Elizabeth Hickey,
The Painted Kiss - Nicole Krauss,
The History of Love - Russell Martin,
The Sorrow of Archaeology - Ron McLarty,
The Memory of Running - Richard Raynor, The Devil's Wind
- Lisa See,
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Luis Alberto Urrea,
The Hummingbird's Daughter - Victoria Vinton,
The Jungle Law
2006
- Marie Arana, Cellophane
- Ellis Avery,
The Teahouse Fire - John Boyne,
Boy in the Striped Pajamas - Angela Davis-Gardner,
Plum Wine - Gerald Donovan, Julius Winsome
- Debra Ginsberg,
Blind Submission - Jane Horn, World to Come
- Lori Lansens,
The Girls - Ferenc Mate, Ghost Sea
- Marisha Pessl, Special Topics in Calamity Physics
- Ayelet Waldman, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits.
2007
- Anita Amirrezvani,
Blood of Flowers - Peter Anthony, A Town Called Immaculate
- Camille DeAngelis, Mary Modern
- Juno Diaz, The Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- Patry Francis,
The Liar's Diary - Steve Hall,
Raw Shark Texts - Tim Hallinan,
A Nail Through the Heart - Daniel Kehlmann,
Measuring the World - Tyler Knox,
Kockroach - Diane Wei Laing,
Eye of Jade - Gina Nahai,
Caspian Rain - Sara Voorhees,
The Lumiere Affair



