• The Gift of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations From Two Great Southern Cooks, by Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock
• Tyler Florence's Real Kitchen, by Tyler Florence

• The American Boulangerie: French Pastries and Breads for the Home Kitchen, by Pascal Rigo
• The Bread Bible, by Rose Levy Beranbaum

• The Balthazar Cookbook, by Keith McNally, Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson
• The New American Chef: Cooking with the Best of Flavors and Techniques from Around the World, by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page

• Cakes: 1,001 Classic Recipes From Around The World, by The Editors of Reader's Digest
• New York Cooks: The 100 Best Recipes From New York Magazine, by Gillian Duffy

• The Balthazar Cookbook, by Keith McNally, Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson
• The Secrets of Baking, by Sherry Yard

• Alton Brown's Gear For Your Kitchen, by Alton Brown
• Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating: How to Choose the Best Bread, Cheeses, Olive Oil, Pasta, Chocolate, and Much More, by Ari Weinzweig

• The Carefree Cook, by Rick Rodgers
• Celebrate!, by Sheila Lukins

• Fresh: Healthy Cooking and Living from Lake Austin Spa Resort, by Terry Conlan
• The Golden Door Cooks Light and Easy, by Chef Michel Stroot

• From Curries to Kebabs: Recipes From the Indian Spice Trail, by Madhur Jaffrey
• From My Mexican Kitchen: Techniques and Ingredients, by Diana Kennedy

• The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen, by Jacques Pépin
• Cookoff: Recipe Fever in America, by Amy Sutherland

• The Complete Mushroom Book, by Antonio Carluccio
• Nuts: Recipes From Around the World That Feature Nature’s Perfect Ingredient, by Linda and Fred Griffith

• All-American Cheese and Wine Book: Pairings, Profiles & Recipes, by Laura Werlin
• Wines of South America, by Monty Waldin

American Category
American Classics, by The Editors of Cook's Illustrated

Cookbook of the Year
The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread, by Peter Reinhart, CCP

American Category
The America's Test Kitchen Cookbook: The recipes, equipment ratings, and science experiments from the hit public television show, by The Editors of Cook's Illustrated

Bread, Other Baking and Sweets Category
The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread, by Peter Reinhart, CCP

Chef & Restaurant Category
Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen, by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich

First Book Category: Julia Child Award
Recipes From Home, by Barbara Shinn and David Page

Food Reference & Technical Category
Professional Baking, by Wayne Gisslen

General Category
A New Way to Cook, by Sally Schneider

Health & Special Diet Category
Healthy 1-2-3: The Ulitmate Three-Ingredient Cookbook, by  Rozanne Gold

International Category
Savoring India: Recipes and Reflections on Indian Cooking, by Julie Sahni

Literary Food Category
On Rue Tatin: living and cooking in a French town, by Susan Herrmann Loomis

Single Subject Category
How To Grill, by Steven Raichlen

Wine, Beer, or Spirits Category
Bordeaux: People, Power, and Politics, by Stephen Brook

The Jane Grigson Award
The Glorious Foods of Greece: traditional recipes from the islands, cities, and villages, by Diane Kochilas
and
Bordeaux: People, Power, and Politics, by Stephen Brook

The Design Award
Van Gogh's Table at the Auberge Ravoux: Recipes From the Artist's Last Home and Paintings of Cafe Life, by Alexandra Leaf, and Fred Leeman, published by Artisan

Cookbook of the Year
In the Sweet Kitchen: The Definitive Guide to the Baker's Pantry, by Regan Daley

American Category
The New American Cheese: Profiles of America's Great cheesemakers and Recipes for Cooking with Cheese, by Laura Werlin

Bread, Other Baking and Sweets Category
In the Sweet Kitchen: The Definitive Guide to the Baker's Pantry, by Regan Daley

Chef & Restaurant Category
The Herbfarm Cookbook, by Jerry Traunfeld

First Book Category: Julia Child Award
Cracking the Coconut: classic Thai home cooking, by Su-Mei Yu

Food Reference & Technical Category
The Oxford Companion to the Wines of North America, by Bruce Cass & Jancis Robinson

General Category
The Minimalist Cooks at Home: Recipes That Give You More Flavor from Fewer Ingredients in Less Time, by Mark Bittman

Health & Special Diet Category
Fresh & Healthy, by Sally James

International Category
Savoring Southeast Asia: Recipes & Reflections on Southeast Asian Cooking, by Joyce Jue

Literary Food Category
The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Toward Perfection, by Michael Ruhlman

Single Subject Category
The Modern Vegetarian Kitchen, by Peter Berley

Wine, Beer, or Spirits Category
American Vintage: The Rise of American Wine, by Paul Lukacs

The Jane Grigson Award
The Pepper Trail: history & recipes from around the world, by Jean Andrews

The Design Award
Hot Sour Salty Sweet: a culinary journey through Southeast Asia, by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid, published by Artisan

American Category:
American Home Cooking: over 300 spirited recipes celebrating our rich tradition of home cooking, by Cheryl Alters Jamison & Bill Jamison

Bread, Other Baking and Sweets Category:
Simply Sensational Desserts: 140 classics for the home baker from New York's famous pâtisserie and bistro, by Francois Payard

Chef & Restaurant Category
Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook, by Alice Waters

First Book Category: Julia Child Award
The French Laundry Cookbook, by Thomas Keller

Food Reference & Technical Category:
The Oxford Companion to Food, by Alan Davidson

General Category:
Julia & Jacques Cooking at Home, by Julia Child & Jacques Pepin

Health & Special Diet Category:
A Spoonful of Ginger: irresistible, health-giving recipes from Asian kitchens, by Nina Simonds

International Category:
The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen: classic family recipes for celebration and healing, by Grace Young

Literary Food Category:
The Cook and the Gardener: A Year of Recipes and Writings from the French Countryside, by Amanda Hesser

Single Subject Category:
Martha Stewart's Hors d'oeuvers Handbook, by Martha Stewart & Susan Spungen

Wine, Beer, or Spirits Category:
Italian Wines 1998, Daniele Cernilli & Carlo Petrini, editors

Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley, by John Gaventa
The Lords of Discipline, by Pat Conroy

Revolt Against Chivalry: Jessie Daniel Ames and the Women's Campaign Against Lynching, by 
Jacquelyn Dowd Hall
Suttree, by Cormac McCarthy

Human Rights Odyssey, by Marion Wright and Arnold Shankman
In My Father's House, by Ernest J. Gaines

Brother to a Dragonfly, by Will D. Campbell
The Shad Treatment: A Novel, by Garrett Epps

Roots, by Alex Haley
Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality, by Richard Kluger

Mississippi: Conflict and Change, by James Loewen
The Surface of Earth, by Reynolds Price 

No Award Given

The Strange Career of Jim Crow, by C. Vann Woodward
Train Whistle Guitar, by Albert Murray

Ralph McGill, Reporter, by Harold Martin
Revolutionary Petunias and Other Poems, by Alice Walker

Children of Crisis, vol. II: Migrants Sharecroppers, and Mountaineers; and vol. III: The South Goes North, by Robert Coles

Our Land, Too, by Anthony Dunbar

The New South Creed: A Study in Southern Mythmaking, by Paul M. Gaston

Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South, by Dan T. Carter

The Emergence of the New South: 1913-1945, by George B. Tindall