Modern First Editions

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