The following are the Book of the Year recipients

2012: 'Left To Tell' by Immaculée Ilibagiza

2011: 'Poorvabhas' by Abnish Singh Chauvan

2010: 'Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void' by Mary Roach

2009: 'Here Comes Everybody: the Power of Organizing without Organizations' by Clay Shirky

2008: 'The Trillion Dollar Meltdown - Easy Money, High Rollers and the Great Credit Crash' by Charles R. Morris

2007: 'How Starbucks Saved My Life – A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else' by Michael Gates Gill

2006: 'The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God' by Carl Sagan

2005: 'Writing Home' by Cindy La Ferle

2004: 'I Am Charlotte Simmons' by Tom Wolfe

2003: 'The World According To Mr. Rogers' by Fred Rogers

2002: 'The Universe In A Nutshell' by Stephen Hawkings

2001: 'John Adams' by David McCullough

2000: 'Galileo's Daughter' by Dava Sobel

1999: 'Ethics for the Next Millenium' by HH Dalai Lama