| Títols | Ordre |
| The Accidental Tourist de Anne Tyler | Fiction, 1986 |
| Lake Wobegon Days de Garrison Keillor | Fiction, 1986 |
| Cities on a Hill: A Brilliant Exploration of Visonary Communities Remaking the American Dream de Frances FitzGerald | American Studies, 1987 |
| The Cycles of American History de Arthur Meier Schlesinger | American Studies, 1987 |
| The Life of Langston Hughes. Volume 1, 1902–1941, I, Too, Sing America de Arnold Rampersad | Biography/Autobiography, 1987 |
| Roger's Version de John Updike | Fiction, 1987 |
| The Story of English de Robert McCrum | Special Citation, 1987 |
| The Collected Prose de Robert Lowell | American Arts & Letters, 1988 |
| Miami de Joan Didion | American Studies, 1988 |
| Many Masks: A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright de Brendan Gill | Biography/Autobiography, 1988 |
| La Foguera de les vanitats de Tom Wolfe | Fiction, 1988 |
| At Home: Essays 1982-1988 de Gore Vidal | American Arts & Letters, 1989 |
| A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam de Neil Sheehan | American Studies, 1989 |
| Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63 de Taylor Branch | Biography/Autobiography, 1989 |
| Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories de Raymond Carver | Fiction, 1989 |
| The Writing Life de Annie Dillard | American Arts & Letters, 1990 |
| Among Schoolchildren de Tracy Kidder | American Studies, 1990 |
| This Boy's Life de Tobias Wolff | Biography/Autobiography, 1990 |
| Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All de Allan Gurganus | Fiction, 1990 |
| The House of Barrymore de Margot Peters | American Arts & Letters, 1991 |
| New York Life: Of Friends and Others de Brendan Gill | American Studies, 1991 |
| The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance de Ron Chernow | Biography/Autobiography, 1991 |
| Killing Mister Watson de Peter Matthiessen | Fiction, 1991 |
| The Journals of John Cheever de John Cheever | American Arts & Letters, 1992 |
| The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960-1963 de Michael R. Beschloss | American Studies, 1992 |
| Woodrow Wilson de August Heckscher | Biography/Autobiography, 1992 |
| A Thousand Acres de Jane Smiley | Fiction, 1992 |
| American Views: Essays on American Art de John Wilmerding | Special Prize, 1992 |
| Up In the Old Hotel and Other Stories de Joseph Mitchell | 1993 |
| Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America de Garry Wills | American Studies, 1993 |
| Archibald MacLeish; an American Life de Scott Donaldson | Biography/Autobiography, 1993 |
| Outerbridge Reach de Robert Stone | Fiction, 1993 |
| W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race de David Levering Lewis | Biography/Autobiography, 1994 |
| The Oracle at Stoneleigh Court : Stories de Peter Taylor | Fiction, 1994 |
| Tesserae and Other Poems de John Hollander | Poetry, 1994 |
| Speak Now Against The Day: The Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement in the South de John Egerton | American Studies, 1995 |
| No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II de Doris Kearns Goodwin | Biography/Autobiography, 1995 |
| The Collected Stories de Grace Paley | Fiction, 1995 |
| Like Most Revelations de Richard Howard | Poetry, 1995 |
| The Liars' Club de Mary Karr | 1996 |
| Moving Violations de John Hockenberry | American Studies, 1996 |
| Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography de David S. Reynolds | Biography/Autobiography, 1996 |
| All the days and nights: the collected stories de William Maxwell | Fiction, 1996 |
| Atlantis: Poems by de Mark Doty | Poetry, 1996 |
| Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West de Stephen E. Ambrose | American Studies, 1997 |
| Taking on the World: Joseph and Stewart Alsop, Guardians of the American Century de Robert W. Merry | Biography/Autobiography, 1997 |
| In the Beauty of the Lilies de John Updike | Fiction, 1997 |
| The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems, 1966-1996 de Robert Pinsky | Poetry, 1997 |
| Underworld de Peter Conrad | Fiction, 1998 |
| American Visions: The Epic History of Art in America de Robert Hughes | American Studies, 1998 |
| Burning the Days: Recollection de James Salter | Autobiography, 1998 |
| American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson de Joseph J. Ellis | Biography, 1998 |
| Submón de Don DeLillo | Fiction, 1998 |
| Black Zodiac: Poems de Charles Wright | Poetry, 1998 |
| God and the American Writer de Alfred Kazin | Special Prize, 1998 |
| Slaves in the Family de Edward Ball | American Studies, 1999 |
| N. C. Wyeth: A Biography de David Michaelis | Biography/Autobiography, 1999 |
| Em vaig casar amb un comunista de Philip Roth | Fiction, 1999 |
| The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren de Robert Penn Warren | Poetry, 1999 |
| Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 de David M. Kennedy | American Studies, 2000 |
| Morgan: American Financier de Jean Strouse | Biography/Autobiography, 2000 |
| Close Range de Annie Proulx | Fiction, 2000 |
| Vita Nova de Louise Glück | Poetry, 2000 |
| In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex de Nathaniel Philbrick | American Studies, 2001 |
| The Chief: the Life of William Randolph Hearst de David Nasaw | Biography/Autobiography, 2001 |
| The Angel on the Roof: The Stories of Russell Banks de Russell Banks | Fiction, 2001 |
| American Poetry : The Twentieth Century, Volume 1 : Henry Adams to Dorothy Parker de Robert Hass | Poetry, 2001 |
| American Poetry : The Twentieth Century, Volume 2 : E.E. Cummings to May Swenson de Robert Hass | Poetry, 2001 |
| John Adams de David McCullough | 2002 |
| Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution de Diane McWhorter | American Studies, 2002 |
| Empire Falls de Richard Russo | Fiction, 2002 |
| The Darkness and the Light: Poems de Anthony Hecht | Poetry, 2002 |
| Middlesex de Jeffrey Eugenides | Fiction, 2003 |
| In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 de Mary Beth Norton | American Studies, 2003 |
| Jesse James, Last Rebel of the Civil War de T. J. Stiles | Biography/Autobiography, 2003 |
| Springing: New and Selected Poems de Marie Ponsot | Poetry, 2003 |
| The Time of Our Singing de Richard Powers | Fiction, 2004 |
| They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967 de David Maraniss | American Studies, 2004 |
| Hawthorne: A Life de Brenda Wineapple | Biography/Autobiography, 2004 |
| Collected Poems de Robert Lowell | Poetry, 2004 |
| Gilead de Marilynne Robinson | Fiction, 2005 |
| Washington's Crossing de David Hackett Fischer | American Studies, 2005 |
| de Kooning: An American Master de Mark Stevens | Biography/Autobiography, 2005 |
| Collected Poems de Donald Justice | Poetry, 2005 |
| American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer de Kai Bird | 2006 |
| Liberation de Joanna Scott | Fiction, 2006 |
| A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America de Stacy Schiff | American Studies, 2006 |
| Migration: New & Selected Poems de W. S. Merwin | Poetry, 2006 |
| The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl de Timothy Egan | American Studies, 2007 |
| The Afterlife de Donald Antrim | Autobiography, 2007 |
| The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher de Debby Applegate | Biography, 2007 |
| Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq de Thomas E. Ricks | Current Affairs, 2007 |
| The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel de Amy Hempel | Fiction, 2007 |
| Averno: Poems de Louise Glück | Poetry, 2007 |
| Blackbird and Wolf: Poems de Henri Cole | Poetry, 2008 |
| Edith Wharton de Hermione Lee | Biography, 2008 |
| L'integrista reticent de Mohsin Hamid | Fiction, 2008 |
| Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties de Robert Stone | Autobiography, 2008 |
| Storming the Gates of Paradise de Rebecca Solnit | American Studies, 2008 |
| Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories de Steven Millhauser | Fiction, 2009 |
| The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals de Jane Mayer | Current Affairs, 2009 |
| Old War: Poems de Alan Shapiro | Poetry, 2009 |
| A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir de Donald Worster | Biography/Autobiography, 2009 |
| A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade de Christopher Benfey | American Studies, 2009 |
| Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression de Morris Dickstein | American Studies, 2010 |
| Louis D. Brandeis: A Life de Melvin I. Urofsky | Biography/Autobiography, 2010 |
| Mercury Dressing: Poems de J. D. McClatchy | Poetry, 2010 |
| Que el món no pari de rodar de Colum McCann | Fiction, 2010 |
| The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan: A History of the End of the Cold War de James Mann | American Studies, 2010 |
| Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original de Robin Kelley | Special Distinction Award, 2010 |
| The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg de Deborah Eisenberg | Fiction, 2011 |
| El Refugi de la memòria de Tony Judt | Special Distinction Award, 2011 |
| Every Riven Thing: Poems de Christian Wiman | Poetry, 2011 |
| The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks de Rebecca Skloot | American Studies, 2011 |
| The Publisher: Henry Luce and His American Century de Alan Brinkley | Biography/Autobiography, 2011 |
