1995 - Conflict and Crisis: Resolution and Redemption
Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
Making History by Carolyn See
Beyond Deserving by Sandra Scofield
1996 - Rituals and Passages: Four Contemoporary American Novels About Families in Transition
Object Lessons by Anna Quindlen
The Wedding by Dorothy West
Disturbances in the Field by Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Blue Rodeo by Jo-Ann Mapson
1997 - Consider the Children
At Weddings and Wakes by Alice McDermott
Civil Wars by Rosellen Brown
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
Saying Grace by Beth Gutcheon
1998 - Encountering the Other
The Republic of Love by Carol Shields
Eight Months of Ghazzah Street by Hilary Mantel
The River Beyond the World by Janet Peery
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
1999 - Family Sagas of Tragedy and Renewal: Contemporary Women Writers
A Southern Family by Gail Godwin
The House of the Lagoon by Rosario Ferre
The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett
New Year’s Eve by Lisa Grunwald
2000 - The Daughter’s Story
Hanna’s Daughters: A Novel of Three Generations by Marianne Fredriksson
Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
Souls Raised from the Dead by Doris Betts
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
2001 - Families in Crisis
Strange Fits of Passion by Anita Shreve
This is My Daughter by Roxana Robinson
Evening News by Marly Swick
Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
2002 - Journeys of Discovery
Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
The Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif
2003 - Mothers, Daughters, and Grandmothers: Lessons and Legacis Passed from One Generation to Another
The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The World Below by Sue Miller
Unless by Carol Shields
2004 - Relationships: Novels of Family, Friendship, and Love
Dreaming Water by Gail Tsukiyama
These Granite Islands by Sarah Stonich
Fortunate Lives by Robb Forman Dew
The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
2005 - First-Time Novelists
Swan by Frances Mayes
Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes
The Hazards of Good Breeding by Jessica Shattuck
Harbor by Lorraine Adams
2006 - Affirmations: Contemporary Literature Series
Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
Urusula Under by Ingrid Hill
Due Preparations for the Plague by Janet Turner Hospital
2007 - Novels of Fundamental Human Experiences: Identity, Loss, Love, Forgiveness
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Outside Valentine by Liza Ward
The Marriage of the Sea by Jane Allison
Blue Water by A. Manette Ansay
2008 - Love ….. American Style
Triangle by Katherine Weber
Dear Mrs. Lindbergh by Kathleen Hughes
Changing Light by Nora Gallagher
The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
2009 - Fiction’s Fundamentals: Character and Circumstance
The Air We Breathe by Andrea Barrett
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
Nothing is Quite Forgotten in Brooklyn by Alice Mattison
Run by Ann Patchett
2010 - Other Lives, Other Worlds
The Piano Teacher by Janice Lee
The End of Manners by Francesca Marciano
The Girls by Lori Larsen
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
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