One City, One Story Selections and Nominees

2013 Selection

The Age of Miracles
by Karen Thompson Walker

Nominees

•  The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
•  The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
•  State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

2012 Selection

People of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks

Nominees

• Lost City Radio by Daniel Alarcón
• The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
• The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley
• Southland by Nina Revoyr
• Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse

2011 Selection

Mudbound
by Hillary Jordan

Nominees

• A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
• City of Thieves by David Benioff
• Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
• The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli
• Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey

2010 Selection

Gardens of Water
by Alan Drew

Nominees

• The Help by Kathryn Stockett 
• Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford 
• The Known World by Edward P. Jones 
• Shanghai Girls by Lisa See 

2009 Selection

The Hummingbird's Daughter
by Luis Alberto Urrea

Nominees

• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
• People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
• The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

2008 Selection

Easter Island
by Jennifer Vanderbes

Nominees

• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
• The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
• Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
• The People of Paper by Salvador Plascencia
• What Is the What by Dave Eggers

2007 Selection

Distant Land of My Father
by Bo Caldwell

Nominees

• Any Bitter Thing by Monica Wood
• The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
• Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore
   

2006 Selection

Kindred
by Octavia Butler

Nominees

• González and Daughter Trucking Co. by María Amparo Escandón
• Queen of Dreams by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
• Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
• Summer of the Big Bachi by Naomi Hirahara
• The Work of Wolves by Kent Meyers

2005 Selection

The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini

Nominees

• Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
• Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes
• Jamesland by Michelle Huneven
• The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

2003 Selection

Peace Like a River
by Leif Enger

Nominees

• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
• The Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell
• Highwire Moon by Susan Straight
• The Hours by Michael Cunningham
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
   

2002 Selection

The Soloist
by Mark Salzman

Nominees

• Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri
• Kindred by Octavia Butler
• The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
• Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle