Common Book Otterbein University

2014-2015  Naomi Benaron, Running the Rift

2013-2014  Conor Grennan, Little Princes

2012-2013  Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

2011-2012  Tom Piazza, City of Refuge

2010-2011  Warren St. John, Outcasts United

2009-2010 Ann Pancake, Strange as this Weather has Been -  Theme: Cherish What Remains 

2008-2009 Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier  - Theme: Journeys Lost and Found

2007-2008 Helena Maria Viramontes, Under the Feet of Jesus -  Theme: Courage, Compassion, Commitment 

2006-2007 Martin Goldsmith, The Inextinguishable Symphony -  Theme: Arts, Politics and the Survival of the Human Spirit

2005-2006 Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains - Theme: Beyond Self:Living with Purpose

2004-2005 Mark Hertsgaard, The Eagle's Shadow - Theme: Trading Places: The U.S. as Others See Us 

2003-2004 Anthony Grooms, Bombingham - Theme: Dreams and Disappointments 

2002-2003 Ruth Ozeki, My Year of Meats - Theme: Change. Not so Easy. 

2001-2002 Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow - Theme: Making Contact

2000-2001 Helen Fremont, After Long Silence - Theme: Selves and Stories, Disguise and Disclosure

1999-2000 Alex Kotlowitz, There are No Children Here - Theme: Building Walls, Creating Doors

1998-1999 Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills - Theme: Legacies 

1997-1998 Scott Russell Sanders, The Paradise of Bombs - Theme: Conscience and Courage: Personal Landscapes

1996-1997 Gus Lee, China Boy - Theme: Educating the Community: Growing Apart and Staying Together

1995-1996 Anna Deavere Smith, Fires in the Mirror - Theme: Culture, Conflict, and Community