· 2005 - Is There Life After Fox?, by Tim Rutten
· 2006 - The Four Things That Matter Most, by Dr. Ira Byock
· 2007 - Resolving Conflict: The Test of Humanity, by Terry Waite
· 2008 - How to Win a Cosmic War: Why We Are Losing the War on Poverty, by Reza Aslan
· 2009 - The Ethics of Health Care Reform in the U.S., by Dr. Arthur Caplan
· 2010 - Globalization: A New Deal for a New Age, by Carlos Fuente
· 2011 - Palestine: The People’s Story, by Susan Abulhawa
· 2012 - Free Speech and the Role of the University, by Erwin Chemerinsky
· 2013 - Doing Harm and Doing Good, by Dr. Otis Brawley
· 2014 - Becoming an American: A Personal Story, by Andrew Sullivan
· 2015 - Can Humanity Survive Intelligent Machines?, by James Barrat
· 2016 - What Would You Do?, by John Quiñones
· 2017 - Fake News and the Threat to Democracy, by Dr. Edward Wasserman
· 2018 - Gangs & Social Enterprises: The Ethics of Kinship, by Gregory Boyle
· 2019 - Lessons from My Grandfather: Non-Violence in a Violent World, by Arun Gandhi with Nipun Mehta
· 2020 - Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism, by Christian Picciolini
· 2021 - A Question of Freedom: Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison, by Reginald Dwayne Betts
· 2022 - Leadership and Activism: Overcoming Apathy and Finding Your Power, by Dolores Huerta
· 2023 - Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, by Dr. Safiya U. Noble
· 2024 - Centering Equity and Building Community in a Changing America, by Dr. Manuel Pastor
· 2025 - From Exclusion to Inclusion, by BD Wong
· 2006 - The Four Things That Matter Most, by Dr. Ira Byock
· 2007 - Resolving Conflict: The Test of Humanity, by Terry Waite
· 2008 - How to Win a Cosmic War: Why We Are Losing the War on Poverty, by Reza Aslan
· 2009 - The Ethics of Health Care Reform in the U.S., by Dr. Arthur Caplan
· 2010 - Globalization: A New Deal for a New Age, by Carlos Fuente
· 2011 - Palestine: The People’s Story, by Susan Abulhawa
· 2012 - Free Speech and the Role of the University, by Erwin Chemerinsky
· 2013 - Doing Harm and Doing Good, by Dr. Otis Brawley
· 2014 - Becoming an American: A Personal Story, by Andrew Sullivan
· 2015 - Can Humanity Survive Intelligent Machines?, by James Barrat
· 2016 - What Would You Do?, by John Quiñones
· 2017 - Fake News and the Threat to Democracy, by Dr. Edward Wasserman
· 2018 - Gangs & Social Enterprises: The Ethics of Kinship, by Gregory Boyle
· 2019 - Lessons from My Grandfather: Non-Violence in a Violent World, by Arun Gandhi with Nipun Mehta
· 2020 - Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism, by Christian Picciolini
· 2021 - A Question of Freedom: Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison, by Reginald Dwayne Betts
· 2022 - Leadership and Activism: Overcoming Apathy and Finding Your Power, by Dolores Huerta
· 2023 - Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, by Dr. Safiya U. Noble
· 2024 - Centering Equity and Building Community in a Changing America, by Dr. Manuel Pastor
· 2025 - From Exclusion to Inclusion, by BD Wong