HISTORY:
Daniel Walker Howe, “What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848”
BIOGRAPHY:
John Matteson, “Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father”
FICTION:
Junot Diaz, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao”
GENERAL NONFICTION:
Saul Friedlander, “The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945”
DRAMA:
Tracy Letts, “August: Osage County”
POETRY:
Robert Hass and Philip Schultz, “Time and Materials,” by Robert Hass ” and “Failure,” by Philip Schultz
MUSIC:
David Lang, “The Little Match Girl Passion”
SPECIAL CITATIONS:
Bob Dylan