Prior Book Nominations

2026

April 11

• Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier (chosen)
• 1929, by Andrew Ross Sorkin (the new Innumeracy)
• Theo of Golden, by Allen Levi
• American Struggle, by Jon Meacham
• The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, by Walter Isaacson
• Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir

February 21

• Too Much Blue, by Percival Everett (chosen)
• Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier
• 1929, by Andrew Ross Sorkin

January 17

• The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans (chosen)
• 1929, by Andrew Ross Sorkin
• The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula LeGuin

2025

December 6

• The Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro (chosen)
• Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier
• 1929, by Andrew Ross Sorkin

November 1

• The Lion Women of Tehran, by Marjan Kamali (chosen)
• The Secret of Secrets, by Dan Brown
• Nobody’s Girl, by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
• Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice, by David Tatel
• Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier

September 12

• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith (chosen)
• Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice, by David Tatel
• Rebecca, by Daphne Du Maurier
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, by Patrick Suskind
• Horse, by Geraldine Brooks

July 18

• The Doorman: A Novel, by Chris Pavone (chosen)
• Table for Two, by Amor Towles
• Horse, by Geraldine Brooks
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, by Patrick Suskind
• Small Things like These, by Claire Keegan
• Foster, by Claire Keegan

June 6

• Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck (chosen)
• Small Things like These, by Claire Keegan
• Horse, by Geraldine Brooks
• Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice, by David Tatel
• Magic Hour, by Kristin Hannah
• Perfume, The Story of a Murderer, by Patrick Suskind