My Favorite: Contemporary Adult Novel (Last Five Years)

Gilead - Marilynne Robinson

This was a no-brainer really. It's likely the best Christian-themed work of literature since the 1940s. It has some of the most beautiful passages I've ever read, too.

Marilynne Robinson has a pretty interesting interview in Sojourners this month, also. I think you can read it if you sign up and log in. It's toward the bottom of the page - "Seeing the Holy."

Runners Up:

Empire Falls - Richard Russo

Life of Pi - Yann Martel