Year Author Title Result Judges 2001 Mark Z. Danielewski House of Leaves Winner Michael Chabon , A.M. Homes , Francine Prose David Ebershoff The Danish Girl Finalist Myla Goldberg Bee Season Finalist Heidi Julavits The Mineral Palace Finalist Akhil Sharma An Obedient Father Finalist Darin Strauss Chang and Eng Finalist 2002 Colson Whitehead John Henry Days Winner [ 5] Andrea Barrett , Mark Z. Danielewski , Jonathan Lethem David Czuchlewski The Muse Asylum Finalist Allegra Goodman Paradise Park Finalist Peter Orner Esther Stories Finalist Brady Udall The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint Finalist 2003 Anthony Doerr The Shell Collector Winner [ 6] Joyce Carol Oates , Caryl Phillips , Colson Whitehead Jonathan Safran Foer Everything Is Illuminated Winner [ 6] Adam Johnson Emporium Finalist Ben Marcus Notable American Women Finalist Peter Rock The Ambidextrist Finalist 2004 Monique Truong The Book of Salt Winner [ 7] Anthony Doerr , Jonathan Safran Foer , Maureen Howard Jordan Ellenberg The Grasshopper King Finalist Susan Choi American Woman Finalist Lara Vapnyar There Are Jews in My House Finalist Maile Meloy Liars and Saints Finalist 2005 Andrew Sean Greer The Confessions of Max Tivoli Winner [ 8] Siri Hustvedt , Colum McCann , Monique Truong Marc Bojanowski The Dog Fighter Finalist Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Madeleine Is Sleeping Finalist Stephen Elliott Happy Baby Finalist Aaron Gwyn Dog on the Cross Finalist 2006 Uzodinma Iweala Beasts of No Nation Winner [ 9] Rick Moody , Edmund White , Andrew Sean Greer Rattawut Lapcharoensap Sightseeing Finalist Kelly Link Magic for Beginners Finalist Ander Monson Other Electricities Finalist Eric Puchner Music Through the Floor Finalist 2007 Olga Grushin The Dream Life of Sukhanov Winner [ 10] Kathryn Harrison , Jeff Talarigo, Uzodinma Iweala Chris Adrian The Children's Hospital Finalist Kevin Brockmeier The Brief History of the Dead Finalist Tony D'Souza Whiteman Finalist Karen Russell St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves Finalist 2008 Ron Currie, Jr God Is Dead Winner [ 11] Olga Grushin , Han Ong , Helen Schulman Ellen Litman The Last Chicken In America Finalist Peter Nathaniel Malae Teach the Free Man Finalist Dinaw Mengestu The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears Finalist Emily Mitchell The Last Summer of the World Finalist 2009 Salvatore Scibona The End Winner [ 12] André Aciman , Lore Segal , Ron Currie, Jr. Jon Fasman The Unpossessed City Finalist Rivka Galchen Atmospheric Disturbances Finalist Sana Krasikov One More Year Finalist Zachary Mason The Lost Books of the Odyssey Finalist 2010 Wells Tower Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned Winner [ 6] Amy Hempel , Rick Moody , Salvatore Scibona Jedediah Berry The Manual of Detection Finalist Katie Kitamura The Longshot Finalist Philipp Meyer American Rust Finalist C. E. Morgan All the Living Finalist 2011 Adam Levin The Instructions Winner [ 13] Maile Chapman , Andrew Sean Greer , Kelly Link John Brandon Citrus County Finalist Patricia Engel Vida Suzanne Finalist Suzanne Rivecca Death Is Not an Option Finalist Teddy Wayne Kapitoil Finalist 2012 Karen Russell Swamplandia! Winner [ 14] Álvaro Enrique , A.M. Homes , Adam Levin Teju Cole Open City Finalist Benjamin Hale The Evolution of Bruno Finalist Ben Lerner Leaving the Atocha Station Finalist Jesmyn Ward Salvage the Bones Finalist 2013 Claire Vaye Watkins Battleborn Winner [ 15] Karen Russell , John Wray , Peter Nathaniel Malae Ramona Ausubel No One Is Here Except All of Us Finalist Joshua Cohen Four New Messages Finalist Katie Kitamura Gone to the Forest Finalist Kevin Powers The Yellow Birds Finalist 2014 Paul Yoon Snow Hunters Winner [ 8] Téa Obreht , Colm Tóibín , Claire Vaye Watkins Matt Bell In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods Finalist Jennifer duBois Cartwheel Finalist Anthony Marra A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Finalist Chinelo Okparanta Happiness, Like Water Finalist 2015 Molly Antopol The UnAmericans Winner Ayana Mathis , Rebecca Mead , Paul Yoon Jesse Ball Silence Once Begun Finalist Catherine Lacey Nobody Is Ever Missing Finalist Andrew Ladd What Ends Finalist Ben Lerner 10:04 Finalist 2016 Amelia Gray Gutshot Winner Molly Antopol , Joseph O'Neill , Alejandro Zambra Angela Flournoy The Turner House Finalist Alexandra Kleeman You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine Finalist Helen Phillips The Beautiful Bureaucrat Finalist Kirstin Valdez Quade Night at the Fiestas Finalist 2017 Karan Mahajan The Association of Small Bombs Winner Amelia Gray , Susan Minot , Salvatore Scibona Clare Beams We Show What We Have Learned Finalist Brit Bennett The Mothers Finalist Nicole Dennis-Benn Here Comes the Sun Finalist Kaitlyn Greenidge We Love You Charlie Freeman Finalist 2018 Lesley Nneka Arimah What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky Winner Carys Davies , Lynn Lobash , Karan Mahajan Venita Blackburn Black Jesus and Other Superheroes Finalist Gabe Habash Stephen Florida Finalist Emily Ruskovich Idaho Finalist Jenny Zhang Sour Heart Finalist 2019 Ling Ma Severance Winner Lesley Nneka Arimah , Tayari Jones , Marisa Silver Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Friday Black Finalist Nick Drnaso Sabrina Finalist Akwaeke Emezi Freshwater Finalist Laura van den Berg The Third Hotel Finalist 2020 Bryan Washington Lot Winner Ethan Hawke , Mitchell Jackson , Ling Ma Steph Cha Your House Will Pay Finalist Julia Phillips Disappearing Earth Finalist Kiley Reid Such a Fun Age Finalist Xuan Juliana Wang Home Remedies Finalist 2021 Catherine Lacey Pew Winner Hernan Diaz , Emma Straub , Yahdon Israel Meng Jin Little Gods Finalist Hilary Leichter Temporary Finalist Brandon Taylor Real Life Finalist C Pam Zhang How Much of These Hills Is Gold Finalist 2022 Kalani Pickhart I Will Die in a Foreign Land Winner Venita Blackburn , Jonas Hassen Khemiri , Catherine Lacey Mateo Askaripour Black Buck Finalist Alexandra Kleeman Something Under the Sun Finalist Tom Lin The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu Finalist Dantiel W. Moniz Milk Blood Heat Finalist 2023 Zain Khalid Brother Alive Winner Jessamine Chan , Claire Luchette , and Kalani Pickhart Fatimah Asghar When We Were Sisters Finalist Elaine Hsieh Chou Disorientation Finalist Reyes Ramirez The Book of Wanderers Finalist David Sanchez All Day Is a Long Time Finalist 2024 E. J. Koh The Liberators Winner A. M. Homes , Caoilinn Hughes , and, Zain Khalid Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Chain Gang All-Stars Finalist Monica Brashears House of Cotton Finalist Eskor David Johnson Pay as You Go Finalist C Pam Zhang Land of Milk and Honey Finalist 2025 Pemi Aguda Ghostroots Finalist Eliza Barry Callahan The Hearing Test Finalist Alexander Sammartino Last Acts Finalist Santiago Jose Sanchez Hombrecito Finalist Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Catalina Finalist