2020 – A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
2019 – Constellations by Sinead Gleeson
2018 – People Like Me by Lynn Ruane
2017 – Wounds: A Memoir of War & Love by Fergal Keane
2016 – I Read the News Today, Oh Boy by Paul Howard
2015 – Children of the Rising by Joe Duffy
2014 – The Life and Loves of a He Devil: A Memoir by Graham Norton
2013 – Staring at Lakes by Michael Harding
2012 – Country Girl by Edna O’Brien
2011 – Easy Meals by Rachel Allen
2010 – A Coward If I Return, A Hero If I Fall by Neil Richardson
2009 – Stepping Stones by Dennis O’Driscoll & Seamus Heaney
2008 – Judging Dev by Diarmuid Ferriter
2007 – Connemara by Tim Robinson
2006 – In The Dark Room by Brian Dillon