- A Spell of Winter — Helen Dunmore. 1996.
- Fugitive Pieces — Anne Michaels. 1997.
- Larry's Party — Carol Shields. 1998.
- A Crime in the Neighborhood — Suzanne Berne. 1999.
- When I Lived in Modern Times — Linda Grant. 2000.
- The Idea of Perfection — Kate Grenville. 2001.
- Bel Canto — Ann Patchett. 2002.
- Property — Valerie Martin. 2003.
- Small Island — Andrea Levy. 2004.
- We Need to Talk About Kevin — Lionel Shriver. 2005.
- On Beauty — Zadie Smith. 2006.
- Half of a Yellow Sun — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 2007.
- The Road Home — Rose Tremain. 2008.
- Home — Marilynne Robinson. 2009.
- The Lacuna — Barbara Kingsolver. 2010.
- The Tiger's Wife — Téa Obreht. 2011.
- The Song of Achilles — Madeline Miller. 2012.
- May We Be Forgiven A. M. Homes. 2013.
- A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing — Eimear McBride. 2014.
- How to Be Both — Ali Smith. 2015.
- The Glorious Heresies — Lisa McInerney. 2016.
- The Power — Naomi Alderman. 2017.
- Home Fire — Kamila Shamsie. 2018.
- An American Marriage — Tayari Jones. 2019.
- Hamnet — Maggie O'Farrell. 2020.
- Piranesi — Susanna Clarke. 2021.