| Títulos | Ordem |
| Crowded years; the reminiscences of William G. McAdoo de William Gibbs McAdoo | Nonfiction-Memoir, 1931 |
| Outpost of empire : the story of the founding of San Francisco de Herbert Eugene Bolton | Scholarship-History, 1931 |
| Adventures of a Novelist de Gertrude Atherton | Nonfiction-Memoir, Gold, 1932 |
| The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens de Lincoln Steffens | Nonfiction-Memoir, Silver, 1932 |
| Nur Mahal de Harold Lamb | General Literature, Silver, 1932 |
| The pursuit of death: A study of Shelley's poetry de Benjamin Putnam Kurtz | Scholarship-Study, Silver, 1933 |
| San Francisco: A Pageant de Charles Caldwell Dobie | Nonfiction, Gold, 1933 |
| The Lord's anointed, a novel of Hawaii de Ruth Eleanor McKee | General Literature, Silver, 1934 |
| The Revolutionary Emperor Joseph II Second of Austria de Saul Kussiel Padover | Scholarship-History, Silver, 1934 |
| The Saga of the Comstock Lode de George D. Lyman | Scholarship, Gold, 1934 |
| Laughter Out of the Ground; A Novel in Cadence de Robin Lampson | General Literature, Silver, 1935 |
| San Francisco tales de charles dobie | Nonfiction, Gold, 1935 |
| Tortilla Flat de John Steinbeck | General Literature, Silver, 1935 |
| God and man's destiny de Hartley Burr Alexander | Scholarship, Gold, 1936 |
| In Dubious Battle de John Steinbeck | General Literature, Silver, 1936 |
| Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party de George R. Stewart | Scholarship, Silver, 1936 |
| Snow covered wagons : a pioneer epic : the Donner party expedition, 1846-1847 de Julia Cooley Altrocchi | Scholarship, Silver, 1936 |
| The early Stuarts, 1603-1660 de Godfrey Davies | Scholarship, Silver, 1937 |
| The Education of Hyman Kaplan de Leonard Q. Ross | General Literature, Silver, 1937 |
| Men of Mathematics de E. T. Bell | Scholarship, Gold, 1937 |
| The Big Four: The Story of Huntington, Stanford, Hopkins, and Crocker, and of the Building of the Central Pacific de Oscar Lewis | Scholarship, Silver, 1938 |
| East of the Giants de George R. Stewart | General Literature, Silver, 1938 |
| Enchanted Vagabonds de Dana Lamb | Nonfiction-Memoir, Gold, 1938 |
| Bright heritage de Mary Virginia Provines | General Literature, Silver, 1939 |
| Flowering Earth de Donald Culross Peattie | Scholarship, Silver, 1939 |
| The Grapes of Wrath de John Steinbeck | General Literature, Silver, 1939 |
| Land Below the Wind de Agnes Newton Keith | Nonfiction-Memoir, Gold, 1939 |
| San Francisco's Literary Frontier de Franklin Walker | Scholarship, Gold, 1939 |
| The Time of Your Life: A Comedy in Three Acts de William Saroyan | General Literature, Silver, 1939 |
| Blue Willow de Doris Gates | Juvenile, Silver, 1940 |
| A Diplomatic History of the American People de Thomas A. Bailey | Scholarship, Gold, 1940 |
| The March of the Barbarians de Harold Lamb | Scholarship, Silver, 1940 |
| My Name Is Aram de William Saroyan | Nonfiction-Memoir, Silver, 1940 |
| The Structure of Art de Carl Thurston | Scholarship, Gold, 1940 |
| Wild Geese Calling de Stewart Edward White | General Literature, Silver, 1940 |
| Anybody's Gold: The Story of California's Mining Towns de Joseph Henry Jackson | General Literature, Silver, 1941 |
| Lord of Alaska; Baranov and the Russian Adventure de Hector Chevigny | Nonfiction, Gold, 1941 |
| Many Mexicos de Lesley Byrd Simpson | Scholarship, Gold, 1941 |
| A history of historical writing de James Westfall Thompson | Scholarship, Gold, 1942 |
| The Man Who Killed the Deer de Frank Waters | Fiction, Silver, 1942 |
| Proud Riders, and Other Poems de H.L. Davis | Poetry, 1942 |
| I Remember Christine: (A Novel) de Oscar Lewis | General Literature, Silver, 1942 |
| The Stranger in Big Sur de Lillian Bos Ross | Fiction, Silver, 1942 |
| Brothers under the skin de Carey McWilliams | Nonfiction, Gold, 1943 |
| The Legacy of Nazism: The Economic and Social Consequences of Totalitarianism de Frank Munk | Scholarship, Gold, 1943 |
| Spurs for Antonia de Katherine Wigmore Eyre | Juvenile, Silver, 1943 |
| Trio de Dorothy Baker | General Literature, Silver, 1943 |
| Wide is the Gate de Upton Sinclair | Fiction, Silver, 1943 |
| Caesar and Christ de Will Durant | Nonfiction, Gold, 1944 |
| Captain Retread de Donald Hough | Fiction, Silver, 1944 |
| Mystery at Thunderbolt House de Howard Pease | Juvenile, Silver, 1944 |
| One Day on Beetle Rock de Sally Carrighar | General Literature, Silver, 1944 |
| Woodrow Wilson and the Lost Peace de Thomas A. Bailey | Scholarship, Gold, 1944 |
| The Epic of Latin America de John A. Crow | Scholarship, Gold, 1945 |
| High Bonnet de Idwal Jones | Fiction, Silver, 1945 |
| A Lion Is in the Streets de Adria Locke Langley | General Literature, Silver, 1945 |
| Minor Heresies, Major Departures: A China Mission Boyhood de John Jenkins Espey | Nonfiction, Gold, 1945 |
| The Singing Cave de Margaret Carver Leighton | Juvenile, Silver, 1945 |
| South America called them; explorations of the great naturalists: La Condamine, Humboldt, Darwin, Spruce de Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen | Nonfiction, Silver, 1945 |
| Big Tree de Mary Buff | Fiction, Gold, 1946 |
| The Christian heritage in America de George Percy Hedley | Nonfiction, Silver, 1946 |
| Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Movement de George E. Mowry | Nonfiction, Silver, 1946 |
| The Atlantic Frontier: Colonial American Civilization, 1607-1763 de Louis B. Wright | Scholarship, Gold, 1947 |
| Blood Brother de Elliott Arnold | Fiction, Gold, 1947 |
| The great forest de Richard Gordon Lillard | Nonfiction, Silver, 1947 |
| The Trial of Sören Qvist de Janet Lewis | General Literature, Silver, 1947 |
| The Age of the Great Depression 1929-1941: A History of American Life de Dixon Wecter | Scholarship, Gold, 1948 |
| The Big Divide de David Lavender | Nonfiction, Silver, 1948 |
| The Legend of Henry Ford de Keith Sward | Nonfiction, Silver, 1948 |
| The Nine Brides and Granny Hite de Neill Compton Wilson | Fiction, Silver, 1948 |
| Seabird de Holling C. Holling | Juvenile, Silver, 1948 |
| The Sky and the Forest de C. S. Forester | Fiction, Gold, 1948 |
| Woman with a Sword de Hollister Noble | General Literature, Silver, 1948 |
| At The Palace Gates de Helen Rand Parish | Juvenile, Silver, 1949 |
| The beast in his hunger; poems de Harry Brown | Poetry, Silver, 1949 |
| Epicurus My Master de Max Radin | Fiction, Silver, 1949 |
| The Journey of Simon McKeever de Albert Maltz | Fiction, Gold, 1949 |
| Revolt in San Marcos de Robert Carver North | Fiction, Silver, 1949 |
| To Hell and Back de Audie Murphy | Nonfiction, Silver, 1949 |
| About Mrs. Leslie de Viña Delmar | Fiction, Silver, 1950 |
| Bridal Journey de Dale Van Every | Fiction, Gold, 1950 |
| Fifth Chinese Daughter de Jade Snow Wong | Nonfiction, Silver, 1950 |
| Sea Road to the Indies: An account of the voyages and exploits of the Portuguese navigators, together with the life and times of Dom Vasco da Gama, Capitao-Mor, Viceroy of India and Count Vidigueira de Henry Hersch Hart | Nonfiction, Gold, 1950 |
| Thomas and the Red Headed Angel de Marion Garthwaite | Juvenile, Silver, 1950 |
| Ark of Empire de Idwal Jones | Nonfiction, Silver, 1951 |
| The Negro and the Communist Party de Wilson Record | Nonfiction, Silver, 1951 |
| Sandra and the Right Prince de Mildred Napier Anderson | Fiction, Gold, 1951 |
| Tracy's Tiger de William Saroyan | Fiction, Silver, 1951 |
| The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements de Eric Hoffer | Nonfiction, Gold, 1951 |
| Boss Ruef's San Francisco: The Story of the Union Labor Party, Big Business, and the Graft Prosecution (Cal 138) de Walton Bean | Nonfiction, Gold, 1952 |
| Winds of Morning de H.L. Davis | Fiction, Silver, 1952 |
| Fahrenheit 451 de Ray Bradbury | Fiction, Silver, 1953 |
| The High and the Mighty de Ernest K. Gann | Fiction, Gold, 1953 |
| It's good to be black de Ruby Berkley Goodwin | Nonfiction, Gold, 1953 |
| Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West de Wallace Stegner | Nonfiction, Silver, 1954 |
| Beyond the Hungry Country de Louise A. Stinetorf | Fiction, Silver, 1954 |
| The Epics of Everest de Leonard Wibberley | Fiction, Silver, 1954 |
| Glory, God and Gold: A Narrative History of the Southwest de Paul I. Wellman | Nonfiction, Silver, 1954 |
| Howells and the age of realism de Everett Carter | Nonfiction, Gold, 1954 |
| The Nightmare de C. S. Forester | Fiction, Gold, 1954 |
| Cities in Revolt: Urban Life in America, 1743-1776 de Carl Bridenbaugh | Nonfiction, Gold, 1955 |
| The Genius and the Goddess de Aldous Huxley | Fiction, Silver, 1955 |
| The Good Shepherd de C. S. Forester | Fiction, Silver, 1955 |
| Notre-Dame of Paris de Allan Temko | Nonfiction, Gold, 1955 |
| The Streets of San Francisco de Samuel Dickson | Nonfiction, Silver, 1955 |
| James Wilson, Founding Father, 1742-1798 de Page Smith | Nonfiction, Silver, 1956 |
| The Long Watch de Elizabeth Linington | Fiction, Silver, 1956 |
| Men of the Western Waters de Dale Van Every | Californiana, Silver, 1956 |
| The Nun's Story de Kathryn Hulme | Nonfiction, Gold, 1956 |
| Spook, the Mustang de Harlan Thompson | Fiction, Silver, 1956 |
| The Braintree Mission de Nicholas E. Wyckoff | Fiction, Silver, 1957 |
| David and the Phoenix de Edward Ormondroyd | Juvenile, Silver, 1957 |
| Elizabethans at Home de Lu Emily Pearson | Nonfiction, Gold, 1957 |
| The Flower Drum Song de C. Y. Lee | Fiction, Silver, 1957 |
| Knock and Wait a While de William Rawle Weeks | Fiction, Silver, 1957 |
| San Francisco Bay de Harold Gilliam | Californiana, Silver, 1957 |
| The Era of Theodore Roosevelt, 1900-1912 de George E. Mowry | Nonfiction, Silver, 1958 |
| Land of Giants: Drive to the Pacific Northwest, 1750-1950 de David Lavender | Nonfiction, Silver, 1958 |
| Mistress to an age : a life of Madame de Staël de J. Christopher Herold | Nonfiction, Gold, 1958 |
| Montgomery and the Portsmouth de Fred Blackburn Rogers | Californiana, Silver, 1958 |
| The Sergeant de Dennis Murphy | Fiction, Silver, 1958 |
| Warlock de Oakley Hall | Fiction, Gold, 1958 |
| Alexander Hamilton: portrait in paradox de John Chester Miller | Nonfiction, Gold, 1959 |
| The Earth Shook, the Sky Burned de William Bronson | Californiana, Silver, 1959 |
| The end of American innocence : a study of the first years of our own time, 1912-1917 de Henry Farnham May | Nonfiction, Silver, 1959 |
| Flight from Ashiya de Elliott Arnold | Fiction, Gold, 1959 |
| Thaddeus Stevens : Scourge of the South de Fawn M. Brodie | Nonfiction, Silver, 1959 |
| The Thirteenth Apostle de Eugene Vale | Fiction, Silver, 1959 |
| This Is The Desert story of America's Arid Region de Phil Ault | Juvenile, Silver, 1959 |
| Chancellor Robert R. Livingston of New York, 1746-1813 de George Dangerfield | Nonfiction, Gold, 1960 |
| Hawaii, The Aloha State de Helen Bauer | Juvenile, Silver, 1960 |
| A Shooting Star de Wallace Stegner | Fiction, Silver, 1960 |
| The War for the Union, Vol. 2: War Becomes Revolution, 1862-1863 de Allan Nevins | Nonfiction, Silver, 1960 |
| The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo de Irving Stone | Fiction, Silver, 1961 |
| Forth to the Wilderness: The First American Frontier, 1754-1774 de Dale Van Every | Nonfiction, Silver, 1961 |
| The Gray Sea Raiders de Gordon D. Shirreffs | Juvenile, Silver, 1961 |
| Ishi in Two Worlds de Theodora Kroeber | Californiana, Silver, 1961 |
| Mila 18 de Leon Uris | Fiction, Gold, 1961 |
| Sinclair Lewis: An American Life de Mark Schorer | Nonfiction, Gold, 1961 |
| Adolph Sutro, a biography de Robert E. Stewart | Nonfiction, Silver, 1962 |
| The Everlasting Fire de Jonreed Lauritzen | Fiction, Silver, 1962 |
| First woman ambulance surgeon, Emily Barringer de Iris Noble | Juvenile, Silver, 1962 |
| Franz Kafka: Parable and Paradox [Revised and Expanded Edition] de Heinz Politzer | Nonfiction, Gold, 1962 |
| Heart of the Wild de Chet Schwarzkopf | Fiction, Silver medal, 1962 |
| John Adams de Page Smith | Nonfiction, Gold, 1962 |
| Ah, Julian! A memoir of Julian Brodetsky de Leonard Wibberley | Nonfiction, Silver, 1963 |
| A History of Russia de Nicholas V. Riasanovsky | Nonfiction, Gold, 1963 |
| James Gibbons Huneker, critic of the seven arts de Arnold T. Schwab | Nonfiction, Silver, 1963 |
| The Keys and the Candle de Maryhale Woolsey | Juvenile, Silver, 1963 |
| South from San Francisco de Frank Merriman Stanger | Californiana, Silver, 1963 |
| Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, 1514-1564 de C. D. O'Malley | Nonfiction, Gold, 1964 |
| Armageddon: A Novel of Berlin de Leon Uris | Fiction, Silver, 1964 |
| The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail de Wallace Stegner | Fiction, Silver, 1964 |
| The Man de Irving Wallace | Fiction, Silver, 1964 |
| Sarah & the Senator de Robert Henry Kroninger | Californiana, Silver, 1964 |
| A Spell is Cast de Eleanor Cameron | Juvenile, Silver, 1964 |
| Arfive de A.B. Jr Guthrie | Nonfiction, Gold, 1965 |
| Campion Towers de John Louis Beatty | Juvenile, Silver, 1965 |
| The Final Challenge: The American Frontier, 1804-1845 de Dale Van Every | Nonfiction, Silver, 1965 |
| Mein Cello und ich und unsere Begegnungen de Gregor Piatigorsky | Nonfiction, Silver, 1965 |
| Oil, land, and politics; the California career of Thomas Robert Bard de W. H. Hutchinson | Nonfiction, Gold, 1965 |
| Selected Poems de Louis Simpson | Poetry, Silver, 1965 |
| The Year of the Death de Reuben Merliss | Fiction, Silver, 1965 |
| All the Little Heroes de Herbert Wilner | Fiction, Silver, 1966 |
| The cave and the mountain : a study of E M Forster de Wilfred Stone | Nonfiction, Gold, 1966 |
| Chancy and the Grand Rascal de Sid Fleischman | Californiana, Silver, 1966 |
| Decline of the Californios: A Social History of the Spanish-Speaking Californias, 1846-1890 de Leonard Pitt | Nonfiction, Silver, 1966 |
| The ordeal of the Constitution; the antifederalists and the ratification struggle of 1787-1788 de Robert Allen Rutland | Nonfiction, Silver, 1966 |
| The Stone Mason of Tor House: The Life and Times of Robinson Jeffers de Melba Berry Bennett | Nonfiction, Gold, 1966 |
| All the Little Live Things de Wallace Stegner | Fiction, Silver, 1967 |
| Fathers de Herbert Gold | Nonfiction, Silver, 1967 |
| Fool's Gold A Biography of John Sutter de Richard Dillon | Californiana, Silver, 1967 |
| A Night of Watching de Elliott Arnold | Fiction, Gold, 1967 |
| Robert E. Lee: A Portrait de Margaret Sanborn | Nonfiction, Gold, 1967 |
| The rose of solitude de William Everson | Poetry, Silver, 1967 |
| Silent ship, silent sea de Robb White | Juvenile, Silver, 1967 |
| The young Stalin; the early years of an elusive revolutionary de Edward Ellis Smith | Nonfiction, Silver, 1967 |
| Airport de Arthur Hailey | Fiction, Silver, 1968 |
| Edward L. Thorndike: The Sane Positivist de Geraldine JonCich Clifford | Nonfiction, Gold, 1968 |
| Everyman's Eden; a history of California de Ralph Joseph Roske | Californiana, Silver, 1968 |
| Heroic Mexico: The Violent Emergence of a Modern Nation de William Weber Johnson | Nonfiction, Gold, 1968 |
| Westward the Immigrants: Italian Adventurers and Colonists in an Expanding America de Andrew F. Rolle | Nonfiction, Silver, 1968 |
| The Cay de Theodore Taylor | Juvenile, Silver, 1969 |
| The Great Betrayal de Audrie Girdner | Californiana, Silver, 1969 |
| The Green and Burning Tree: On the Writing and Enjoyment of Children's Books de Eleanor Cameron | Juvenile, Silver, 1969 |
| With Bold Knife and Fork de M. F. K. Fisher | Nonfiction, Gold, 1969 |
| Asian Ideas of East and West: Tagore and His Critics in Japan, China, and India de Stephen N. Hay | Nonfiction, Gold, 1970 |
| Crimson Ramblers of the World, Farewell de Jessamyn West | Fiction, Silver, 1970 |
| The El Dorado Trail de Ferol Egan | Californiana, Silver, 1970 |
| Interpretations of Life: A Survey of Contemporary Literature: The Lives and Opinions of Some Major Authors of Our Time de Will Durant | Nonfiction, Silver, 1970 |
| Jonah and the great fish de Clyde Robert Bulla | Juvenile, Silver, 1970 |
| The Rise of Modern China de Immanuel Chung-yueh Hsü | Nonfiction, Silver, 1970 |
| Annie and the Old One de Miska Miles | Juvenile, Silver, 1971 |
| The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman de Ernest J. Gaines | Fiction, Silver, 1971 |
| The Exorcist de William Peter Blatty | Fiction, Gold, 1971 |
| The Indispensable Enemy: Labor and the Anti-Chinese Movement in California de Alexander Saxton | Californiana, Silver, 1971 |
| More under Saturn (The Wesleyan poetry program v. 58) de William Dickey | Poetry, Silver, 1971 |
| Textile Art in the Church de Marion P. Ireland | Nonfiction, Silver, 1971 |
| Contour in Time: The Plays of Eugene O'Neill de Travis Bogard | Nonfiction, Gold, 1972 |
| Monterey de Augusta Fink | Californiana, Silver, 1972 |
| The Pound Era de Hugh Kenner | Fiction, Silver, 1972 |
| Samurai of Gold Hill de Yoshiko Uchida | Juvenile, Silver, 1972 |
| Sand in a Whirlwind: The Paiute Indian War of 1860 de Ferol Egan | Nonfiction, Silver, 1972 |
| Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915 de Kevin Starr | Nonfiction, Gold, 1973 |
| Chile, Peru, and the California Gold Rush of 1849 de Jay Monaghan | Californiana, Silver, 1973 |
| The Cowboy and the Cossack de Clair Huffaker | Fiction, Silver, 1973 |
| Gideon Welles: Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy de John Niven | Nonfiction, Silver, 1973 |
| Living together : new and selected poems de Edgar Bowers | Poetry, Silver, 1973 |
| Steinbeck Country de Steve Crouch | Nonfiction, Gold, 1973 |
| Yours, And Mine de Judith Rascoe | Fiction, Silver, 1973 |
| Against the law;: The Nixon Court and criminal justice de Leonard W. Levy | Fiction, Silver, 1974 |
| The Ascent of Man de Jacob Bronowski | Nonfiction, Gold, 1974 |
| The Connoisseur de Evan S. Connell | Fiction, Silver, 1974 |
| An Everyday History of Somewhere de Ray Raphael | Californiana, Gold, 1974 |
| Love Out of Season de Ella Leffland | Fiction, Silver, 1974 |
| The paper party de Don Freeman | Juvenile, Silver, 1974 |
| A Time for Titans de Viña Delmar | Fiction, Silver, 1974 |
| The Age of Napoleon de Will Durant | Nonfiction, Silver, 1975 |
| The Great Train Robbery de Michael Crichton | Fiction, Silver, 1975 |
| Nothing seemed impossible: William C. Ralston and early San Francisco (Western biography series) de David Sievert Lavender | Californiana, Silver, 1975 |
| The Opium War, 1840-1842: Barbarians in the Celestial Empire in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century and the War by Which They Forced Her Gates Ajar de Peter Ward Fay | Nonfiction, Silver, 1975 |
| The Rape of the Nile: Tomb Robbers, Tourists, and Archaeologists in Egypt, Revised and Updated de Brian M. Fagan | Nonfiction, Gold, 1975 |
| Romantic Revolutionary: A Biography of John Reed de Robert A. Rosenstone | Nonfiction, Silver, 1975 |
| Adult Bookstore de Karl Shapiro | Poetry, Silver, 1976 |
| Jack Straw's Castle de Thom Gunn | Poetry, Gold, 1976 |
| A New Age Now Begins: A People's History of the American Revolution de Page Smith | Nonfiction, Gold, 1976 |
| Peasants into Frenchmen: The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914 de Eugen Weber | Nonfiction, Silver, 1976 |
| The Spectator Bird de Wallace Stegner | Fiction, Silver, 1976 |
| Botanical Prints de Henry Evans | Nonfiction, Silver, 1977 |
| Fremont: Explorer for a Restless Nation de Ferol Egan | Nonfiction, Silver, 1977 |
| Haywire de Brooke Hayward | Nonfiction, Silver, 1977 |
| In Mediterranean Air de Ann Stanford | Poetry, Silver, 1977 |
| The Wanderers: The Saga of Three Women Who Survived de Ingrid Rimland | First Fiction, Gold, 1977 |
| The Dark Range de David Rains Wallace | Californiana, Silver, 1978 |
| Germany 1866-1945 de Gordon A. Craig | Nonfiction, Silver, 1978 |
| Max Perkins: Editor of Genius de A. Scott Berg | Fiction, Gold, 1978 |
| North of Danger de Dale Fife | Juvenile, Silver, 1978 |
| Saint Nicholas of Myra, Bari, and Manhattan: Biography of a Legend de Charles W. Jones | Nonfiction, Silver, 1978 |
| A Woman of Independent Means de Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey | First Fiction, Silver, 1978 |
| Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery de Leon F. Litwack | Nonfiction, Silver, 1979 |
| The Fool and the Dancing Bear de Pamela Stearns | Juvenile, Silver, 1979 |
| The Morning Star de Kenneth Rexroth | Poetry, Silver, 1979 |
| Sea Glass de Laurence Yep | Juvenile, Silver, 1979 |
| Symbols of Eternity: The Art of Landscape Painting in China de Michael Sullivan | Notable Contribution to Publishing, Silver, 1979 |
| The Urban Crucible: The Northern Seaports and the Origins of the American Revolution de Gary B. Nash | Nonfiction, Silver, 1979 |
| The Year of the French de Thomas Flanagan | First Fiction, Gold, 1979 |
| Flight of the Sparrow de Julia Cunningham | Juvenile, Gold, 1980 |
| The Half-a-Moon Inn de Paul Fleischman | Juvenile, Silver, 1980 |
| The Imperiled Union: Essays on the Background of the Civil War de Kenneth M. Stampp | Nonfiction, Silver, 1980 |
| impossible appetites de James Fetler | Fiction, Silver, 1980 |
| A Revolutionary People At War: The Continental Army and American Character, 1775-1783 de Charles Royster | Nonfiction, Silver, 1980 |
| Translating Neruda: The Way to Macchu Picchu de John Felstiner | Nonfiction, Gold, 1980 |
| Family: A Novel in the Form of a Memoir de Herbert Gold | Fiction, Silver, 1981 |
| Hunger of Memory : The Education of Richard Rodriguez de Richard Rodriguez | Nonfiction, Gold, 1981 |
| A Jar of Dreams de Yoshiko Uchida | Juvenile, Silver, 1981 |
| Poems Old and New: 1918-1978 de Janet Lewis | Poetry, Silver, 1981 |
| Will's Boy: A Memoir de Wright Morris | Nonfiction, Silver, 1981 |
| The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience de J. S. Holliday | Californiana, Gold, 1981 |
| The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 de Robert Middlekauff | Nonfiction, Gold, 1982 |
| The Infinite Passion of Expectation de Gina Berriault | Fiction, Silver, 1982 |
| Spacks Street : new & selected poems de Barry Spacks | Poetry, Silver, 1982 |
| Story for a Black Night de Clayton Bess | First Fiction, Silver, 1982 |
| Winemaking in California de Ruth Teiser | Californiana, Gold, 1982 |
| Collected Poems, 1930-83 de Josephine Miles | Poetry, Silver, 1983 |
| Cry of the Kalahari de Mark Owens | Juvenile, Silver, 1983 |
| Dear Mr. Henshaw de Beverly Cleary | Juvenile, Silver, 1983 |
| A Dime to Dance By de Walter Walker | First Fiction, Silver, 1983 |
| The First Elizabeth de Carolly Erickson | Nonfiction, Gold, 1983 |
| French Gothic Architecture of the 12th and 13th Centuries de Jean V. Bony | Nonfiction, Gold, 1983 |
| A Gathering of Old Men de Ernest J. Gaines | Fiction, Silver, 1983 |
| The Klamath Knot de David Rains Wallace | Californiana, Silver, 1983 |
| Mountains of the Middle Kingdom: Exploring the High Peaks of China and Tibet de Galen Rowell | Notable Contribution to Publishing, Silver, 1983 |
| Above Paris de Pierre Salinger | Nonfiction, Silver, 1984 |
| Celebrating Italy de Carol Field | Notable Contribution to Publishishing, Silver, 1984 |
| European Poems and Transitions: Over All the Obscene Boundaries (New Directions Paperback) de Lawrence Ferlinghetti | Poetry, Silver, 1984 |
| The Hill Towns of Italy de Carol Field | Notable Contribution to Publishishing, Silver, 1984 |
| Monkey Puzzle and Other Poems de Myra Cohn Livingston | Juvenile, Silver, 1984 |
| Stones for Ibarra de Harriet Doerr | Fiction, Silver, 1984 |
| Tapping the Source de Kem Nunn | First Fiction, Silver, 1984 |
| The University of California/Sotheby Book of California Wine de Doris Muscatine | Californiana, Gold, 1984 |
| Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980 de Thomas Albright | California, Gold, 1985 |
| Early light (University of Utah Press poetry series) de W. S. Di Piero | Poetry, Silver, 1985 |
| Face de Cecile Pineda | Fiction, Silver, 1985 |
| Greasy Lake: and Other stories de T. Coraghessan Boyle | Fiction, Silver, 1985 |
| A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals de Spiro Kostof | Nonfiction, Gold, 1985 |
| Reasons to Live de Amy Hempel | Fiction, Silver, 1985 |
| Willow Maiden de Meghan Collins | Juvenile, Silver, 1985 |
| Birds Landing de Ernest Finney | Fiction, Silver, 1986 |
| France, Fin de Siècle de Eugen Weber | Nonfiction, Gold, 1986 |
| Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence de Gene Brucker | Nonfiction, Silver, 1986 |
| The Golden Gate de Vikram Seth | Californiana, Gold, 1986 |
| Left Out in the Rain: New Poems 1947-1985 de Gary Snyder | Poetry, Silver, 1986 |
| Mountain Light: In Search of the Dynamic Landscape de Galen A. Rowell | Notable Contribution to Publishing, Silver, 1986 |
| Sapphics Against Anger and Other Poems de Timothy Steele | Poetry, Silver, 1986 |
| Small Business (Contemporary American Fiction) de Tom Parker | First Fiction, Silver, 1986 |
| And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic de Randy Shilts | Nonfiction, Silver, 1987 |
| Bitter Melon de Jeff Gillenkirk | Californiana, Silver, 1987 |
| Chaucer: His Life, His Works, His World de Donald R. Howard | Nonfiction, Gold, 1987 |
| Imagining Argentina de Lawrence Thornton | First Fiction, Silver, 1987 |
| Nell's Quilt de Susan Terris | Juvenile, Silver, 1987 |
| Unremembered Country de Susan Griffin | First Fiction, Silver, 1987 |
| Voyages of Discovery: Captain Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific de Lynne Withey | Nonfiction, Silver, 1987 |
| World's End de T. C. Boyle | Fiction, Silver, 1987 |
| The Collected Poems de Czesław Miłosz | Poetry, Silver, 1988 |
| Green Architecture & The Agrarian Garden de Barbara Stauffacher Solomon | Nonfiction, Silver, 1988 |
| Julia Morgan, Architect de Sara Holmes Boutelle | Californiana, Gold, 1988 |
| Of Gravity and Angels de Jane Hirshfield | Poetry, Silver, 1988 |
| Picasso's Guernica: History, Transformations, Meanings de Herschel B. Chipp | Nonfiction, Silver, 1988 |
| Step into the Night de Joanne Ryder | Juvenile, Silver, 1988 |
| The Way to the Western Sea de David Lavender | Nonfiction, Silver, 1988 |
| What is It Then Between Us?: Stories (Collier Fiction) de Ehud Havazelet | Fiction, Silver, 1988 |
| Dead Languages de David Shields | Poetry, Silver, 1989 |
| Denial of Disaster de Gladys C. Hansen | Californiana, Gold, 1989 |
| Fortress (Wesleyan Poetry) de Brenda Hillman | Poetry, Silver, 1989 |
| Human Wishes de Robert Hass | Poetry, Silver, 1989 |
| The Joy Luck Club de Amy Tan | Fiction, Silver, 1989 |
| Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans de Ronald Takaki | Nonfiction, Gold, 1989 |
| America in 1857: A Nation on the Brink de Kenneth M. Stampp | Nonfiction, Silver, 1990 |
| Babushka's Doll de Patricia Polacco | Juvenile, Silver, 1990 |
| Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965 de Caroline A. Jones | Californiana, Gold, 1990 |
| O California! : nineteenth and early twentieth century California landscapes and observations de Stephen Vincent | Notable Contribution to Publishing, Silver, 1990 |
| Even Now de Michelle Latiolais | Fiction, Silver, 1990 |
| The Knight, Death and the Devil de Ella Leffland | Nonfiction, Silver, 1990 |
| Limbo River de Rick Hillis | Fiction, Silver, 1990 |
| Sacred Mountains of the World de Edwin Bernbaum | Nonfiction, Gold, 1990 |
| Anne Sexton: A Biography de Diane Middlebrook | Nonfiction, Gold, 1991 |
| Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women de Susan Faludi | Nonfiction, Silver, 1991 |
| Farming on the Edge de John Hart | Californiana, Gold, 1991 |
| Fly Away Home de Eve Bunting | Juvenile, Silver, 1991 |
| Jayhawker de Patricia Beatty | Juvenile, Silver, 1991 |
| Mariette in Ecstasy de Ron Hansen | Fiction, Silver, 1991 |
| Provinces de Czesław Miłosz | Poetry, Silver, 1991 |
| Sarah Canary de Karen Joy Fowler | Fiction, Silver, 1991 |
| What Work Is de Philip Levine | Poetry, Silver, 1991 |
| A Bowl of Mischief de Ellen Kindt McKenzie | Juvenile, Silver, 1992 |
| Cantora de Sylvia Lopez-Medina | First Novel, Silver, 1992 |
| Chicken Sunday de Patricia Polacco | Juvenile, Silver, 1992 |
| Days of Obligation: An Argument with My Mexican Father de Richard Rodriguez | Nonfiction, Silver, 1992 |
| Earthquake at Dawn de Kristiana Gregory | Juvenile, Silver, 1992 |
| Josiah Royce: From Grass Valley to Harvard de Robert V. Hine | Californiana, Gold, 1992 |
| Napoleon: An Intimate Account of the Years of Supremacy 1800-1814 de Proctor Patterson Jones | Notable Contribution to Publishing, Silver, 1992 |
| Red Square de Martin Cruz Smith | Fiction, Silver, 1992 |
| Triumphs and Tragedy: A History of the Mexican People de Ramon Eduardo Ruiz | Nonfiction, Gold, 1992 |
| When Nietzsche Wept de Irvin D. Yalom | Fiction, Gold, 1992 |
| The Arts and Crafts Movement in California: Living the Good Life de Kenneth R. Trapp | Notable Contribution to Publishing, Silver, 1993 |
| Bull Run de Paul Fleischman | Juvenile, Silver, 1993 |
| Dragon's Gate de Laurence Yep | Juvenile, Silver, 1993 |
| Grandfather's Journey de Allen Say | Juvenile, Silver, 1993 |
| The Great Central Valley de Stephen Johnson | Californiana, Silver, 1993 |
| Lost Body (National Poetry Series) de Terry Ehret | Poetry, Silver, 1993 |
| No Way to Build a Ballpark and Other Irreverent Essays on Architecture de Allan Temko | Nonfiction, Silver, 1993 |
| Opera in America: A Cultural History de John Dizikes | Nonfiction, Gold, 1993 |
| Tuscaloosa: A novel de W. Glasgow Phillips | First Novel, Silver, 1993 |
| Catherine, Called Birdy de Karen Cushman | Juvenile, Silver, 1994 |
| The October Palace: Poems de Jane Hirshfield | Poetry, Silver, 1994 |
| The Odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans in the Spanish Civil War de Peter N. Carroll | Juvenile, Silver, 1994 |
| The Palace Thief de Ethan Canin | Fiction, Silver, 1994 |
| The Philosopher's Club de Kim Addonizio | Poetry, Silver, 1994 |
| Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self Esteem, and the Confidence Gap de Peggy Orenstein | Nonfiction, Silver, 1994 |
| Smoky Night de Eve Bunting | Juvenile, Silver, 1994 |
| Two Eagles / Dos Aguilas: A Natural History of the United States-Mexico Borderlands de Tupper Ansel Blake | Notable Contribution to Publishing, Silver, 1994 |
| The ZOO WHERE YOU'RE FED TO GOD: A NOVEL de Michael Ventura | Fiction, Silver, 1994 |
| Canto Familiar de Gary Soto | Juvenile, Silver, 1995 |
| The Faithful Friend de Robert D. San Souci | Juvenile, Silver, 1995 |
| Jackson Street de John A. Miller | First Work, Gold, 1995 |
| Lights & Mysteries de Thomas Centolella | Poetry, Silver, 1995 |
| Naming the Spirits de Lawrence Thornton | Fiction, Silver, 1995 |
| Poles Apart: Parallel Visions of the Arctic and Antarctic de Galen Rowell | Nonfiction, Silver, 1995 |
| Possible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in America de Mike Rose | Nonfiction, Silver, 1995 |
| Reckless Driver de Lisa Vice | First Work, Silver, 1995 |
| Red Sauce, Whiskey and Snow de August Kleinzahler | Poetry, Silver, 1995 |
| A Time for Dancing de Davida Wills Hurwin | Juvenile, Silver, 1995 |
| A Girl Named Disaster de Nancy Farmer | Juvenile, Silver, 1996 |
| Harping On: Poems, 1985-1995 de Carolyn Kizer | Poetry, Silver, 1996 |
| Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir de D. J. Waldie | Nonfiction, Gold, 1996 |
| Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics de Ruth Lewin Sime | Nonfiction, Silver, 1996 |
| Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman de Alan Schroeder | Juvenile, Silver, 1996 |
| Sacred Dust de David Hill | First Work of Fiction, Silver, 1996 |
| Storm over Mono de John Hart | Californiana, Gold, 1996 |
| Sun Under Wood de Robert Hass | Poetry, Silver, 1996 |
| Women in Their Beds: New and Selected Stories de Gina Berriault | Fiction, Silver, 1996 |
| Circumnavigation de Steve Lattimore | First Fiction, Silver, 1997 |
| Creek Walk and Other Stories de Molly Giles | Fiction, Silver, 1997 |
| Le Divorce de Diane Johnson | Fiction, Gold, 1997 |
| The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s de Kevin Starr | Californiana, Silver, 1997 |
| A Far Rockaway of the Heart (New Directions Paperbook) de Lawrence Ferlinghetti | Poetry, Silver, 1997 |
| Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies de Jared Diamond | Nonfiction, Gold, 1997 |
| The Hired Hand de Robert D. San Souci | Juvenile, Silver, 1997 |
| Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature de Harry W. Greene | Notable Contribution to Publishing, Silver, 1997 |
| All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery de Henry Mayer | Nonfiction, Silver, 1998 |
| The Art of the Lathe de B. H. Fairchild | Poetry, Silver, 1998 |
| Goodnight, Nebraska de Tom McNeal | Fiction, Silver, 1998 |
| Harvest Son de David Mas Masumoto | Californiana, Silver, 1998 |
| Hunger de Lan Samantha Chang | First Fiction, Silver, 1998 |
| King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa de Adam Hochschild | Nonfiction, Gold, 1998 |
| Lost Lake: Stories de Mark Slouka | Fiction, Silver, 1998 |
| Mrs. Dumpty de Chana Bloch | Poetry, Silver, 1998 |
| I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade de Diane Lee Wilson | Juvenile, Silver, 1998 |
| Sitting Ducks de Michael Bedard | Juvenile, Silver, 1998 |
| The Artist of the Missing: A Novel de Paul La Farge | First Fiction, Silver, 1999 |
| Crooked de Laura McNeal | First Fiction, Silver, 1999 |
| Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 de David M. Kennedy | Nonfiction, Gold, 1999 |
| Leaving Pico de Frank X. Gaspar | Fiction, Silver, 1999 |
| Little Bo de Julie Andrews | Young Adult, Silver, 1999 |
| The Mercy: Poems de Philip Levine | Poetry, Silver, 1999 |
| The Oxygen Man de Steve Yarbrough | First Fiction, Gold, 1999 |
| Rush for Riches de J. S. Holliday | Californiana, Silver, 1999 |
| Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe de Brad S. Gregory | Nonfiction, Silver, 1999 |
| The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay de Michael Chabon | Fiction, Gold, 2000 |
| At the Sign of the Star de Katherine Sturtevant | Young Adult, Silver, 2000 |
| California Calls You: The Art of Promoting the Golden State 1870 to 1940 de K. D. Kurutz | Publishing, Silver, 2000 |
| Jubal's Wish de Audrey Wood | Juvenile, Silver, 2000 |
| The literature of California / 1, Native American beginnings to 1945 de Jack Hicks | Californiana, Silver, 2000 |
| Our Vietnam: The War 1954-1975 de A. J. Langguth | Nonfiction, Gold, 2000 |
| Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner de F. X. Toole | First Fiction, Silver, 2000 |
| The Royal Family de William T. Vollmann | Fiction, Silver, 2000 |
| Selected Poems de Fanny Howe | Poetry, Gold, 2000 |
| American Colonies: The Settling of North America de Alan Taylor | Nonfiction, Gold, 2001 |
| Capturing Light de Drew Heath Johnson | Californiana, Silver, 2001 |
| Cool, Calm, and Collected: Poems 1960-2000 de Carolyn Kizer | Poetry, Silver, 2001 |
| Edgewater Angels: A Novel de Sandro Meallet | First Fiction, Silver, 2001 |
| Haussmann, or the Distinction: A Novel de Paul La Farge | Fiction, Silver, 2001 |
| Highwire Moon de Susan Straight | Fiction, Gold, 2001 |
| New and Collected Poems: 1931–2001 de Czesław Miłosz | Poetry, Gold, 2001 |
| Notes from a Liar and Her Dog de Gennifer Choldenko | Young Adult, Silver, 2001 |
| Splendide Californie!: Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1786 to 1900 de Claudine Chalmers | Notable Contribution to Publishing, Silver, 2001 |
| American Law in the Twentieth Century de Lawrence M. Friedman | Nonfiction, Silver, 2002 |
| Brown: The Last Discovery of America de Richard Rodriguez | Nonfiction, Gold, 2002 |
| Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest: Poems de B. H. Fairchild | Poetry, Gold, 2002 |
| The High Sierra of California de Gary Snyder | Notable Contribution to Publishing, Silver, 2002 |
| The Last Good Chance: A Novel de Tom Barbash | First Fiction, Silver, 2002 |
| The Lovely Bones de Alice Sebold | First Fiction, Silver, 2002 |
| The Miracle: A Novel de John L'Heureux | Fiction, Gold, 2002 |
| This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie (Golden Kite Awards) de Elizabeth Partridge | Young Adult, Silver, 2002 |
| When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson de Pam Muñoz Ryan | Juvenile, Silver, 2002 |
| Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology de David L. Ulin | Californiana, Silver, 2002 |
| American Expressionism: Art and Social Change, 1920-1950 de Bram Dijkstra | Nonfiction, Silver, 2003 |
| The City of Ember de Jeanne DuPrau | Young Adult, Silver, 2003 |
| Drinking Coffee Elsewhere de ZZ Packer | First Fiction, Silver, 2003 |
| Evidence of Things Unseen de Marianne Wiggins | Fiction, Gold, 2003 |
| Just a Minute! A Trickster Tale and Counting Book de Yuyi Morales | Juvenile, Silver, 2003 |
| The King Of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of A Secret American Empire de Mark Arax | Californiana, Silver, 2003 |
| Old School de Tobias Wolff | Fiction, Silver, 2003 |
| Parasites Like Us de Adam Johnson | Fiction, Silver, 2003 |
| Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means {abridged} de William T. Vollmann | Notable Contribution to Publishing, Silver, 2003 |
| River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West de Rebecca Solnit | Nonfiction, Gold, 2003 |
| The Strange Hours Travelers Keep: Poems de August Kleinzahler | Poetry, Gold, 2003 |
| Where I Was From de Joan Didion | Special Acknowledgement, Silver, 2003 |
| Beasts of the Fields: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913 de Richard Steven Street | Californiana, Silver, 2004 |
| The Confessions of Max Tivoli de Andrew Sean Greer | Fiction, Gold, 2004 |
| Every Night Is Ladies' Night: Stories de Michael Jaime-Becerra | First Fiction, Silver, 2004 |
| Graceland de Chris Abani | Fiction, Silver, 2004 |
| Happy Baby de Stephen Elliott | Fiction, Silver, 2004 |
| The School Among the Ruins: Poems 2000-2004 de Adrienne Rich | Poetry, Gold, 2004 |
| The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic de Chalmers Johnson | Nonfiction, Gold, 2004 |
| Walt Whitman: Words for America de Barbara Kerley | Juvenile, Silver, 2004 |
| Worth de A. LaFaye | Young Adult, Silver, 2004 |
| Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves de Adam Hochschild | Nonfiction, Gold, 2005 |
| The Cloud Chamber de Joyce Maynard | Young Adult, Silver, 2005 |
| Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed de Jared Diamond | Nonfiction, Silver, 2005 |
| Europe Central de William T. Vollmann | Fiction, Gold, 2005 |
| The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906 de Philip L. Fradkin | Californiana, Silver, 2005 |
| The Niagara River: Poems de Kay Ryan | Poetry, Gold, 2005 |
| Nice Big American Baby de Judy Budnitz | Fiction, Silver, 2005 |
| Snow Flower and the Secret Fan de Lisa See | Fiction, Silver, 2005 |
| Terrific de Jon Agee | Juvenile, Silver, 2005 |
| A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: Stories de Yiyun Li | First Fiction, Silver, 2005 |
| Artificial Light (Little House on the Bowery) de James Greer | First Fiction, Silver, 2006 |
| Enrique's Journey de Sonia Nazario | Nonfiction, Silver, 2006 |
| The Great Black Way de RJ Smith | Californiana, Silver, 2006 |
| Landed de Milly Lee | Juvenile, Silver, 2006 |
| New and Collected Poems, 1964-2006 de Ishmael Reed | Poetry, Gold, 2006 |
| The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals de Michael Pollan | Nonfiction, Gold, 2006 |
| Talk Talk de T. C. Boyle | Fiction, Silver, 2006 |
| A True and Faithful Narrative de Katherine Sturtevant | Young Adult, Silver, 2006 |
| Wizard of the Crow de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o | Fiction, Gold, 2006 |
| Chinese Apples: New and Selected Poems de W. S. Di Piero | Poetry, Gold, 2007 |
| Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella de Paul Fleischman | Contribution to Publishing, Silver, 2007 |
| Ralph Ellison: A Biography de Arnold Rampersad | Nonfiction, Gold, 2007 |
| Reinventing Los Angeles: Nature and Community in the Global City de Robert Gottlieb | Californiana, Silver, 2007 |
| Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party de Ying Chang Compestine | Young Adult, Silver, 2007 |
| Sons and Other Flammable Objects de Porochista Khakpour | First Fiction, Silver, 2007 |
| Thirteen Reasons Why de Jay Asher | Young Adult, Silver, 2007 |
| What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 de Daniel Walker Howe | Nonfiction, Silver, 2007 |
| The Yiddish Policemen's Union de Michael Chabon | Fiction, Gold, 2007 |
| Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970 de Gordon Chang | Contribution to Publishing, Gold, 2008 |
| The End of the Jews: A Novel de Adam Mansbach | Fiction, Gold, 2008 |
| Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life de John Adams | Nonfiction, Gold, 2008 |
| Legend of a Suicide de David Vann | First Fiction, Silver, 2008 |
| Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West de Deanne Stillman | Nonfiction, Silver, 2008 |
| Practice de Dan Bellm | Poetry, Silver, 2008 |
| Sleeping It Off in Rapid City: Poems, New and Selected de August Kleinzahler | Poetry, Gold, 2008 |
| Telex from Cuba de Rachel Kushner | First Fiction, Gold, 2008 |
| We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball de Kadir Nelson | Juvenile, Gold, 2008 |
| White Sands, Red Menace de Ellen Klages | Young Adult, Gold, 2008 |
| The Bigness of the World: Stories de Lori Ostlund | First Fiction, Gold, 2009 |
| Lucky Breaks de Susan Patron | Juvenile, Gold, 2009 |
| A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster de Rebecca Solnit | Nonfiction, Gold, 2009 |
| The Vagrants de Yiyun Li | Fiction, Gold, 2009 |
| Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 de Mark Twain | Contribution to publishing, Gold, 2010 |
| Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History de Yunte Huang | Nonfiction, Gold, 2010 |
| Grandma's Gloves de Cecil Castellucci | Juvenile, Gold, 2010 |
| The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith, and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America de Don Lattin | Nonfiction, Silver, 2010 |
| I Hotel de Karen Tei Yamashita | Fiction, Gold, 2010 |
| The Lost Books of The Odyssey: A Novel de Zachary Mason | First fiction, Gold, 2010 |
| Model Home de Eric Puchner | Fiction, 2010 |
| Mortal Geography (Karen & Michael Braziller Books) de Alexandra Teague | Poetry, Gold, 2010 |
| State of Change, A: Forgotten Landscapes of California de Laura Cunningham | Californiana, Gold, 2010 |
| Suck on the Marrow de CAMILLE DUNGY | Poetry, Silver, 2010 |
| The Things a Brother Knows de Dana Reinhardt | Young Adult, Gold, 2010 |
| The Apothecary de Maile Meloy | Young Adult, Gold, 2011 |
| Ascension de Giovanni Singleton | Poetry, Gold, 2011 |
| The Barbarian Nurseries de Héctor Tobar | Fiction, Gold, 2011 |
| Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum de Jason Felch | Nonfiction, Gold, 2011 |
| Chuckwalla Land: The Riddle of California's Desert de David Rains Wallace | Californiana, Gold, 2011 |
| The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, Etc. de Jonathan Lethem | Nonfiction, Silver, 2011 |
| Love and Shame and Love de Peter Orner | Fiction, Silver, 2011 |
| One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street de Joanne Rocklin | Juvenile, 2011 |
| Ten Years That Shook the City: San Francisco 1968-1978 de Chris Carlsson | Contribution to publishing, Gold, 2011 |
| Turn of Mind de Alice LaPlante | First Fiction, 2011 |
| God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine de Victoria Sweet | Nonfiction, Gold, 2012 |
| The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer de Anne-Marie O'Connor | Nonfiction, Silver, 2012 |
| Masha'allah and Other Stories de Mariah K. Young | First fiction, Silver, 2012 |
| The One and Only Ivan de Katherine Applegate | Juvenile, Gold, 2012 |
| The Orphan Master's Son de Adam Johnson | Fiction, 2012 |
| A Partial History of Lost Causes de Jennifer DuBois | First fiction, Gold, 2012 |
| Sea and Fog (Lambda Literary Award - Lesbian Poetry) de Etel Adnan | Poetry, Gold, 2012 |
| Second Chance Summer de Morgan Matson | Young Adult, Gold, 2012 |
| A Soldier's Secret: The Incredible True Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero de Marissa Moss | Young adult, Silver, 2012 |
| Valley of Shadows and Dreams de Melanie Light | contribution to publishing, Gold, 2012 |
| Barbed Wire Baseball de Marissa Moss | Juvenile, Gold, 2013 |
| The Boss (McSweeney's Poetry Series) de Victoria Chang | Poetry, Silver, 2013 |
| Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety de Eric Schlosser | Nonfiction, Gold, 2013 |
| A Constellation of Vital Phenomena de Anthony Marra | First Fiction, Gold, 2013 |
| Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti de Amy Wilentz | Nonfiction, Silver, 2013 |
| Scrape the Willow Until It Sings: The Words and Work of Basket Maker Julia Parker de Deborah Valoma | Contribution to publishing, Gold, 2013 |
| Seasonal Works with Letters on Fire (Wesleyan Poetry Series) de Brenda Hillman | Poetry, Gold, 2013 |
| We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves de Karen Joy Fowler | Fiction, Gold, 2013 |
| The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography de Miriam Pawel | Gold Nonfiction, 2014 |
| Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free de Héctor Tobar | Nonfiction, Silver, 2014 |
| Far Far Away de Tom McNeal | Young Adult, Gold, 2014 |
| The Feel Trio de Fred Moten | Poetry, 2014 |
| The Fourteenth Goldfish de Jennifer L. Holm | Juvenile, 2014 |
| Gabi, a Girl in Pieces de Isabel Quintero | Young Adult, 2014 |
| The Heyday of Malcolm Margolin : the damn good times of a fiercely independent publisher de Kim Bancroft | Contribution to Publishing, 2014 |
| Orfeo de Richard Powers | Silver, 2014 |
| San Francisco's Jewel City: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 de Laura A. Ackley | Californiana, Gold, 2014 |
| The UnAmericans: Stories de Molly Antopol | First Fiction, Silver, 2014 |
| An Unnecessary Woman de Rabih Alameddine | Gold Fiction, 2014 |
| Waiting for the Electricity: A Novel de Christina Nichol | First Fiction, Gold, 2014 |
| The Alex Crow de Andrew Smith | Young Adult, Silver, 2015 |
| California's Wild Edge de Tom Killion | Californiana, 2015 |
| Challenger Deep de Neal Shusterman | Young Adult, Gold, 2015 |
| The Collected Letters of Robinson Jeffers, with Selected Letters of Una Jeffers: Volume One, 1890-1930 de James Karman | Contribution to Publishing, 2015 |
| George de Alex Gino | Juvenile, 2015 |
| Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America de Jill Leovy | Nonfiction, Gold, 2015 |
| A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories de Lucia Berlin | Fiction, Gold, 2015 |
| NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity de Steve Silberman | Nonfiction, Silver, 2015 |
| The Sympathizer de Viet Thanh Nguyen | First Fiction, Gold, 2015 |
| Cloud and Wallfish de Anne Nesbet | Juvenile, 2016 |
| Dog Years (Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize) de Melissa Yancy | First Fiction, 2016 |
| Ecosystems of California de Harold A. Mooney | Contribution to publishing, 2016 |
| Engineering Eden: The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight over Controlling Nature de Jordan Fisher Smith | Nonfiction, Silver, 2016 |
| The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America de Andrés Reséndez | Nonfiction, Gold, 2016 |
| The Portable Veblen de Elizabeth McKenzie | Fiction, Silver, 2016 |
| An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 de Benjamin Madley | Californiana, Gold, 2017 |
| Buck Studies de Douglas Kearney | Poetry, Silver, 2017 |
| Moonglow de Michael Chabon | Fiction, Gold, 2017 |
| Restless Continent de Aja Couchois Duncan | Poetry, Gold, 2017 |
| The Sun Is Also a Star de Nicola Yoon | Gold, Young Adult, 2017 |
| The 57 Bus de Dashka Slater | Young Adult, 2018 |
| The Age of Perpetual Light de Josh Weil | Gold, Fiction, 2018 |
| The California Field Atlas de Obi Kaufmann | Contribution to Publishing, 2018 |
| The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America de Richard Rothstein | Gold, Nonfiction 2018 |
| The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life de Lauren Markham | Silver, Nonfiction 2018 |
| Goodbye, Vitamin de Rachel Khong | First Fiction, 2018 |
| Heaven Is All Goodbyes: Pocket Poets No. 61 (City Lights Pocket Poets Series) de Tongo Eisen-Martin | Poetry, 2018 |
| Maya Lin de Susan Goldman Rubin | Juvinile, 2018 |
| The Modoc War: A Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America’s Gilded Age de Robert Aquinas McNally | Californiana, 2018 |
| So Much Blue de Percival Everett | Silver, Fiction, 2018 |
| American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment de Shane Bauer | Silver, Nonfiction, 2019 |
| The Browns of California: The Family Dynasty that Transformed a State and Shaped a Nation de Miriam Pawel | Gold, Californiana, 2019 |
| Fruit of the Drunken Tree de Ingrid Rojas Contreras | Silver, First Fiction, 2019 |
| The Language of Spells de Garret Weyr | Gold, Juvenile, 2019 |
| The Library Book de Susan Orlean | Gold, Nonfiction, 2019 |
| The Mars Room de Rachel Kushner | Gold, Fiction, 2019 |
| Picture Us In The Light de Kelly Loy Gilbert | Young Adult, 2019 |
| There There de Tommy Orange | Gold Medal, Fist Fiction, 2019 |
| Total Recall de Samantha Giles | Gold, Poetry, 2019 |
| Winter Kept Us Warm: A Novel de Anne Raeff | Silver, Fiction, 2019 |
