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Conviction by Kelly Loy GilbertThe Walls Around Us by Nova Ren SumaBone Gap by Laura RubyDelicate Monsters by Stephanie KuehnFans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa
Mock Printz 2016
85 books — 161 voters
The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone by Adele GriffinEverything Leads to You by Nina LaCourBreakfast Served Anytime by Sarah CombsPointe by Brandy ColbertI'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Mock Printz 2015
50 books — 256 voters

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Interestings by Meg WolitzerWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy FowlerThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttMy Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 818 voters
Five Star Billionaire by Tash AwA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
2013 Man Booker Prize Longlist
13 books — 268 voters

Black Helicopters by Blythe WoolstonThe Different Girl by Gordon Dahlquist17 & Gone by Nova Ren SumaThe Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn JohnsonThe Golden Day by Ursula Dubosarsky
Mock Printz 2014
99 books — 812 voters
Dear Life by Alice MunroNW by Zadie SmithSweet Tooth by Ian McEwanBy Blood by Ellen UllmanPure by Julianna Baggott
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2012 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 505 voters

The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo LanaganAsk the Passengers by A.S. KingThe Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. DanforthThe Disenchantments by Nina LaCourAmelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield
Mock Printz 2013
87 books — 494 voters
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. LockhartPlease Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. KingNothing by Janne TellerOn the Jellicoe Road by Melina MarchettaWhere Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
Printz Award Winners and Honor Books
124 books — 968 voters

Lightning Rods by Helen DeWittThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesOpen City by Teju ColeThe Marriage Plot by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
2012 Tournament of Books
16 books — 245 voters
The Submission by Amy WaldmanThe Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesThe Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachOpen City by Teju ColeThe Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2011 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 35 voters

A Monster Calls by Patrick NessChime by Franny BillingsleyThe Piper's Son by Melina MarchettaWhere Things Come Back by John Corey WhaleyPaper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
Mock Printz 2012
47 books — 270 voters
Skippy Dies by Paul MurrayRoom by Emma DonoghueFreedom by Jonathan FranzenKapitoil by Teddy WayneSavages by Don Winslow
2011 Tournament of Books
16 books — 117 voters

Room by Emma DonoghueOne Day by David NichollsFreedom by Jonathan FranzenA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganThe Privileges by Jonathan Dee
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 663 voters