Critical Ink is pleased to offer the opinions of some true authorities of modern culture, the Critical Ink Reviewers. You can also see future award show and past award show results here.
| Books | Avg | Low | High |
| doomsday book Conni Willis | 10 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Ender's Game Orson Scott Card | 10 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Everything is Illuminated (2002) Jonathan Safran Foer | 10 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Hunter S Thompson | 10 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Good Omens Neil Gaiman | 10 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| How to Read a French Fry (2000) Russ Parsons | 10 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Hunger Games (0) | 10 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus Orson Scott Card | 10 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| The Fifth Elephant Terry Pratchet | 10 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| The Virgin Suicides (1993) Jeffrey Eugenides | 10 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| To say nothing of the dog Conni Willis | 10 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Winters Tale (1995) Mark Helprin | 10 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Dragonfly Bryan Burrough | 9.5 | 9.00 | 10.00 |
| Mystic River (2001) | 9.5 | 9.50 | 9.50 |
| Snow Crash Neal Stephenson | 9.5 | 8.00 | 10.00 |
| The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (0) Michael Chabon | 9.5 | 9.50 | 9.50 |
| Zodiac Neal Stephenson | 9.5 | 9.00 | 10.00 |
| Expendable James Alan Gardner | 9 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| Mockingbird Walter Tevis | 9 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| The Golden Compass Philip Pullman | 9 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| The Man Who Fell to Earth Walter Tevis | 9 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (2001) Michael Chabon | 8.25 | 7.50 | 9.00 |
| Wonder Boys Michael Chabon | 8.25 | 8.00 | 9.00 |
| Call of the Wild Jack London | 8 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson | 8 | 7.00 | 9.00 |
| Curse of Lono Hunter S Thompson | 8 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72 Hunter S Thompson | 8 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| High Fidelity (2002) Nick Hornby | 8 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Hunted James Alan Gardner | 8 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Neuromancer William Gibson | 8 | 7.00 | 9.00 |
| Shadow of the Hegemon Orson Scott Card | 8 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman | 8 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman | 8 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers | 7.5 | 5.00 | 10.00 |
| Ender's Shadow Orson Scott Card | 7 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Quicksilver (2003) Neal Stephenson | 7 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Stupid White Men ...And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! (2001) Michael Moore | 7 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket | 7 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| The Wishbones Tom Perrotta | 7 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Omerta Mario Puzo | 6.5 | 6.50 | 6.50 |
| Illumination Night Alice Hoffman | 6 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Infinite Jest David Foster Wallace | 6 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Essential PHP Security (2005) Chris Shifflet | 5 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| The Basic Eight Daniel Handler | 4 | 4.00 | 4.00 |