Book of the Week: All Winners

189 weeks of voting, 107 different winners

Hall of Fame

1
School Days
Last win: Week 23, 2026 · First win: week 40, 2023

5

Weeks won
2
Avalon
Last win: Week 22, 2026 · First win: week 39, 2025

4

Weeks won
2
The Black Period
Last win: Week 14, 2026 · First win: week 17, 2023

4

Weeks won
2
They're Going to Love You
Last win: Week 10, 2026 · First win: week 15, 2025

4

Weeks won
2
Aftermath
Last win: Week 38, 2025 · First win: week 30, 2023

4

Weeks won
2
Bridge to the Sun
Last win: Week 28, 2024 · First win: week 49, 2023

4

Weeks won · 2
7
The Book of Goose
Last win: Week 1, 2027 · First win: week 7, 2024

3

Weeks won
7
Camera Man
Last win: Week 39, 2026 · First win: week 18, 2023

3

Weeks won
7
Checkout 19
Last win: Week 38, 2026 · First win: week 16, 2024

3

Weeks won
7
Liberation Day
Last win: Week 34, 2026 · First win: week 20, 2023

3

Weeks won

In a row: the longest run of consecutive weeks won.

Winners of 2027

The Book of Goose
Week 1, 2027 · 4–10 January 2027

Winners of 2026

American Caliph
Week 44, 2026 · 26 October – 1 November 2026
Butler to the World
Week 43, 2026 · 19–25 October 2026
Sweat: A History of Exercise
Week 42, 2026 · 12–18 October 2026
Customs
Week 41, 2026 · 5–11 October 2026
Either/Or
Week 40, 2026 · 28 September – 4 October 2026
Camera Man
Week 39, 2026 · 21–27 September 2026
Checkout 19
Week 38, 2026 · 14–20 September 2026
Butler to the World
Week 37, 2026 · 7–13 September 2026
Stepping Back from the Ledge
Week 36, 2026 · 31 August – 6 September 2026
Everything I Need I Get from You
Week 35, 2026 · 24–30 August 2026
Liberation Day
Week 34, 2026 · 17–23 August 2026
Camera Man
Week 33, 2026 · 10–16 August 2026
The Chaos Machine
Week 32, 2026 · 3–9 August 2026
Worn
Week 31, 2026 · 27 July – 2 August 2026
Of Boys and Men
Week 30, 2026 · 20–26 July 2026
The Song of the Cell
Week 29, 2026 · 13–19 July 2026
Horse
Week 28, 2026 · 6–12 July 2026
The Founders
Week 27, 2026 · 29 June – 5 July 2026
An Honest Living
Week 26, 2026 · 22–28 June 2026
Checkout 19
Week 25, 2026 · 15–21 June 2026
Everything Abridged
Week 24, 2026 · 8–14 June 2026
School Days
Week 23, 2026 · 1–7 June 2026
Avalon
Week 22, 2026 · 25–31 May 2026
I Came All This Way to Meet You
Week 21, 2026 · 18–24 May 2026
I'm More Dateable than a Plate of Refried Beans
Week 20, 2026 · 11–17 May 2026
A Heart That Works
Week 19, 2026 · 4–10 May 2026
The Invisible Kingdom
Week 18, 2026 · 27 April – 3 May 2026
Giuliani
Week 17, 2026 · 20–26 April 2026
City of Newsmen
Week 16, 2026 · 13–19 April 2026
The Uninnocent
Week 15, 2026 · 6–12 April 2026
The Black Period
Week 14, 2026 · 30 March – 5 April 2026
Life Is Hard
Week 13, 2026 · 23–29 March 2026
The Grand Affair
Week 12, 2026 · 16–22 March 2026
The Uninnocent
Week 11, 2026 · 9–15 March 2026
They're Going to Love You
Week 10, 2026 · 2–8 March 2026
Defenestrate
Week 9, 2026 · 23 February – 1 March 2026
Avalon
Week 8, 2026 · 16–22 February 2026
Rogues
Week 7, 2026 · 9–15 February 2026
The Torqued Man
Week 6, 2026 · 2–8 February 2026
The Invisible Kingdom
Week 5, 2026 · 26 January – 1 February 2026
Otherlands
Week 4, 2026 · 19–25 January 2026
They're Going to Love You
Week 3, 2026 · 12–18 January 2026
School Days
Week 2, 2026 · 5–11 January 2026
Whole Earth
Week 1, 2026 · 29 December 2025 – 4 January 2026

Winners of 2025

The Fortune Men
Week 52, 2025 · 22–28 December 2025
Of Boys and Men
Week 51, 2025 · 15–21 December 2025
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial
Week 50, 2025 · 8–14 December 2025
What's So Funny?
Week 49, 2025 · 1–7 December 2025
Essential Labor
Week 48, 2025 · 24–30 November 2025
Last Resort
Week 47, 2025 · 17–23 November 2025
City of Newsmen
Week 46, 2025 · 10–16 November 2025
Essential Labor
Week 45, 2025 · 3–9 November 2025
Time Shelter
Week 44, 2025 · 27 October – 2 November 2025
La Nijinska
Week 43, 2025 · 20–26 October 2025
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial
Week 42, 2025 · 13–19 October 2025
Avalon
Week 41, 2025 · 6–12 October 2025
Flight
Week 40, 2025 · 29 September – 5 October 2025
Avalon
Week 39, 2025 · 22–28 September 2025
Aftermath
Week 38, 2025 · 15–21 September 2025
The Grimkes
Week 37, 2025 · 8–14 September 2025
The Other Side of Prospect
Week 36, 2025 · 1–7 September 2025
Finale
Week 35, 2025 · 25–31 August 2025
The Pages
Week 34, 2025 · 18–24 August 2025
The Trials of Harry S. Truman
Week 33, 2025 · 11–17 August 2025
The Believer
Week 32, 2025 · 4–10 August 2025
Aftermath
Week 31, 2025 · 28 July – 3 August 2025
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions
Week 30, 2025 · 21–27 July 2025
Rogues
Week 29, 2025 · 14–20 July 2025
Thank You, Mr. Nixon
Week 28, 2025 · 7–13 July 2025
The Pope at War
Week 27, 2025 · 30 June – 6 July 2025
Homesickness
Week 26, 2025 · 23–29 June 2025
Ancestor Trouble
Week 25, 2025 · 16–22 June 2025
Liberation Day
Week 24, 2025 · 9–15 June 2025
The Philosophy of Modern Song
Week 23, 2025 · 2–8 June 2025
They're Going to Love You
Week 22, 2025 · 26 May – 1 June 2025
School Days
Week 21, 2025 · 19–25 May 2025
Diaghilev's Empire
Week 20, 2025 · 12–18 May 2025
The Black Period
Week 19, 2025 · 5–11 May 2025
Young Bloomsbury
Week 18, 2025 · 28 April – 4 May 2025
Dinosaurs
Week 17, 2025 · 21–27 April 2025
Properties of Thirst
Week 16, 2025 · 14–20 April 2025
They're Going to Love You
Week 15, 2025 · 7–13 April 2025
Everything Abridged
Week 14, 2025 · 31 March – 6 April 2025
The Magic Kingdom
Week 13, 2025 · 24–30 March 2025
La Nijinska
Week 12, 2025 · 17–23 March 2025
The School for Good Mothers
Week 11, 2025 · 10–16 March 2025
The Latecomer
Week 10, 2025 · 3–9 March 2025
Constructing a Nervous System
Week 9, 2025 · 24 February – 2 March 2025
The Invisible Kingdom
Week 8, 2025 · 17–23 February 2025
School Days
Week 7, 2025 · 10–16 February 2025
Nevada
Week 6, 2025 · 3–9 February 2025
The Founders
Week 5, 2025 · 27 January – 2 February 2025
The Black Period
Week 4, 2025 · 20–26 January 2025
Foreverland
Week 3, 2025 · 13–19 January 2025
Glory
Week 2, 2025 · 6–12 January 2025

Winners of 2024

The Door-Man
Week 52, 2024 · 23–29 December 2024
Let There Be Light
Week 51, 2024 · 16–22 December 2024
Power Failure
Week 50, 2024 · 9–15 December 2024
The Book of Goose
Week 49, 2024 · 2–8 December 2024
A Childhood
Week 48, 2024 · 25 November – 1 December 2024
American Midnight
Week 47, 2024 · 18–24 November 2024
Flight
Week 46, 2024 · 11–17 November 2024
Serenade
Week 45, 2024 · 4–10 November 2024
The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
Week 44, 2024 · 28 October – 3 November 2024
Little Rabbit
Week 43, 2024 · 21–27 October 2024
The Grand Affair
Week 42, 2024 · 14–20 October 2024
Otherlands
Week 41, 2024 · 7–13 October 2024
The Pages
Week 40, 2024 · 30 September – 6 October 2024
Spin Dictators
Week 39, 2024 · 23–29 September 2024
The Grimkes
Week 38, 2024 · 16–22 September 2024
Index, a History of the
Week 37, 2024 · 9–15 September 2024
The Shores of Bohemia
Week 36, 2024 · 2–8 September 2024
Customs
Week 35, 2024 · 26 August – 1 September 2024
Fight Like Hell
Week 34, 2024 · 19–25 August 2024
The Secret Listener
Week 33, 2024 · 12–18 August 2024
The Latecomer
Week 32, 2024 · 5–11 August 2024
Either/Or
Week 31, 2024 · 29 July – 4 August 2024
I'm More Dateable than a Plate of Refried Beans
Week 30, 2024 · 22–28 July 2024
The Mountain in the Sea
Week 29, 2024 · 15–21 July 2024
Bridge to the Sun
Week 28, 2024 · 8–14 July 2024
Bibliolepsy
Week 27, 2024 · 1–7 July 2024
The Torqued Man
Week 26, 2024 · 24–30 June 2024
The School for Good Mothers
Week 25, 2024 · 17–23 June 2024
Dinner with Joseph Johnson
Week 24, 2024 · 10–16 June 2024
The Subplot
Week 23, 2024 · 3–9 June 2024
Stella Maris
Week 22, 2024 · 27 May – 2 June 2024
What's Good
Week 21, 2024 · 20–26 May 2024
Dinosaurs
Week 20, 2024 · 13–19 May 2024
My Phantoms
Week 19, 2024 · 6–12 May 2024
Bridge to the Sun
Week 18, 2024 · 29 April – 5 May 2024
Bridge to the Sun
Week 17, 2024 · 22–28 April 2024
Checkout 19
Week 16, 2024 · 15–21 April 2024
Free
Week 15, 2024 · 8–14 April 2024
Marigold and Rose
Week 14, 2024 · 1–7 April 2024
Life Is Hard
Week 13, 2024 · 25–31 March 2024
Dinosaurs
Week 12, 2024 · 18–24 March 2024
Western Lane
Week 11, 2024 · 11–17 March 2024
The White Girl
Week 10, 2024 · 4–10 March 2024
The White Girl
Week 9, 2024 · 26 February – 3 March 2024
Morgenthau
Week 8, 2024 · 19–25 February 2024
The Book of Goose
Week 7, 2024 · 12–18 February 2024
What's So Funny?
Week 6, 2024 · 5–11 February 2024
Defenestrate
Week 5, 2024 · 29 January – 4 February 2024
Morgenthau
Week 4, 2024 · 22–28 January 2024
Homesickness
Week 3, 2024 · 15–21 January 2024
The Fortune Men
Week 2, 2024 · 8–14 January 2024
Sweat: A History of Exercise
Week 1, 2024 · 1–7 January 2024

Winners of 2023

Buster Keaton
Week 52, 2023 · 25–31 December 2023
Less Is Lost
Week 51, 2023 · 18–24 December 2023
Free
Week 50, 2023 · 11–17 December 2023
Bridge to the Sun
Week 49, 2023 · 4–10 December 2023
Time Shelter
Week 48, 2023 · 27 November – 3 December 2023
The Door-Man
Week 47, 2023 · 20–26 November 2023
Marigold and Rose
Week 46, 2023 · 13–19 November 2023
Ancestor Trouble
Week 45, 2023 · 6–12 November 2023
American Midnight
Week 44, 2023 · 30 October – 5 November 2023
Aftermath
Week 43, 2023 · 23–29 October 2023
Stella Maris
Week 42, 2023 · 16–22 October 2023
Metaphysical Animals
Week 41, 2023 · 9–15 October 2023
School Days
Week 40, 2023 · 2–8 October 2023
Stella Maris
Week 39, 2023 · 25 September – 1 October 2023
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
Week 38, 2023 · 18–24 September 2023
Bibliolepsy
Week 37, 2023 · 11–17 September 2023
The Founders
Week 36, 2023 · 4–10 September 2023
Little Rabbit
Week 35, 2023 · 28 August – 3 September 2023
The Last Days of Roger Federer
Week 34, 2023 · 21–27 August 2023
Western Lane
Week 33, 2023 · 14–20 August 2023
Aftermath
Week 30, 2023 · 24–30 July 2023
Afterlives
Week 29, 2023 · 17–23 July 2023
Nevada
Week 28, 2023 · 10–16 July 2023
The Fortune Men
Week 27, 2023 · 3–9 July 2023
A Childhood
Week 26, 2023 · 26 June – 2 July 2023
Can I Pet Your Dog?
Week 25, 2023 · 19–25 June 2023
Metaphysical Animals
Week 24, 2023 · 12–18 June 2023
A Childhood
Week 23, 2023 · 5–11 June 2023
My Phantoms
Week 22, 2023 · 29 May – 4 June 2023
I Came All This Way to Meet You
Week 21, 2023 · 22–28 May 2023
Liberation Day
Week 20, 2023 · 15–21 May 2023
Animal Person
Week 19, 2023 · 8–14 May 2023
Camera Man
Week 18, 2023 · 1–7 May 2023
The Black Period
Week 17, 2023 · 24–30 April 2023
The Song of the Cell
Week 16, 2023 · 17–23 April 2023
Worn
Week 15, 2023 · 10–16 April 2023
Kick the Latch
Week 14, 2023 · 3–9 April 2023
The Slowworm's Song
Week 13, 2023 · 27 March – 2 April 2023
Of Boys and Men
Week 12, 2023 · 20–26 March 2023
Eating to Extinction
Week 11, 2023 · 13–19 March 2023
Pig Years
Week 9, 2023 · 27 February – 5 March 2023

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