Year	Title	Author
2012	Little Princes	Conor Grennan
2011	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks	Rebecca Skloot
2010	The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian	Sherman Alexie
2009	Color of the Sea	John Hamamura
2008	Water for Elephants	Sara Gruen
2007	Drinking Coffee Elsewhere	ZZ Packer
2006	The Kite Runner	Khaled Hosseini
2005	Nickel and Dimed	Barbara Ehrenreich