2003 winner

Valerie Martin Property

shortlist

Anne Donovan Buddha Da

Shena Mackay Heligoland

Carol Shields Unless

Zadie Smith The Autograph Man

Donna Tartt The Little Friend

2003 longlist

2002 winner

Ann Patchett Bel Canto

shortlist

Anna Burns No Bones

Helen Dunmore The Siege

Maggie Gee The White Family

Chloe Hooper A Child's Book of True Crime

Sarah Waters Fingersmith

2002 longlist

2001 winner

Kate Grenville The Idea of Perfection

shortlist

Margaret Atwood The Blind Assassin

Jill Dawson Fred & Edie

Ali Smith Hotel World

Rosina Lippi Homestead

Jane Smiley Horse Heaven

2001 longlist

2000 winner

Linda Grant When I Lived in Modern Times

shortlist

Judy Budnitz If I Told You Once

Elizabeth Strout Amy and Isabelle

Eilis Ni Dhuibhne The Dancers Dancing

Zadie Smith White Teeth

2000 longlist

1999 winner

Suzanne Berne A Crime in the Neighbourhood

shortlist

Jane Hamilton The Short History of a Prince

Barbara Kingsolver The Poisonwood Bible

Toni Morrison Paradise

Julia Blackburn The Leper's Companions

Marilyn Bowering Visible Worlds

1999 longlist

1998 winner

Carol Shields Larry's Party

shortlist

Kirsten Bakis Lives of the Monster Dogs

Pauline Melville The Ventriloquist's Tale

Ann Patchett The Magician's Assistant

Deirdre Purcell Love Like Hate Adore

Anita Shreve The Weight of Water

1998 longlist

1997 winner

Anne Michaels Fugitive Pieces

shortlist

Margaret Atwood Alias Grace

Deirdre Madden One by One in the Darkness

Jane Mendelsohn I Was Amelia Earhart

E Annie Proulx Accordion Crimes

Manda Scott Hen's Teeth

1997 longlist

1996 winner

Helen Dunmore A Spell of Winter

shortlist

Julia Blackburn The Book of Colour

Pagan Kennedy Spinsters

Amy Tan The Hundred Secret Senses

Anne Tyler Ladder of Years

Marianne Wiggins Eveless Eden

1996 longlist