2009 - The Last Town on Earth (2006) by Thomas Mullen, winner of the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for excellence in historical fiction.

2008 - The Complete Perspolis (2004) by Marjane Satrapi, award winning author and director.

2007 - The Devil's Highway (2004) by Luis Alberto Urrea, Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

2006 - On Beauty and Being Just (2001) by Elaine Scarry, Professor of English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University.

2005 - Homebase (1979) by Shawn Wong, Professor of Creative Writing and Asian American Studies at University of Washington.

2004 - A Hope in the Unseen:  An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League (1999) by Ron Suskind.

2003 - The Things They Carried (1990) by Tim O'Brien.

2002 - The Battle for God (2001) by Karen Armstrong.

2001 - Guns, Germs and Steel:  The Fates of Human Societies (1997) by Jared Diamond, Professor of Geography and Physiology at UCLA.

2000 - The Things They Carried (1990) by Tim O'Brien.

1999 - Enemy of People (1882 play) by Henrik Ibsen.

1998 - The Visit (1956 play) by Friedrich Durrenmatt.