1. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, by Katherine Boo, Random House
2. Wild, by Cheryl Strayed, Vintage
3. Gulp, by Mary Roach, Norton
4. The Monuments Men, by Robert M. Edsel, Back Bay
5. Heaven Is for Real, by Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson
6. Hyperbole and a Half, Allie Brosh, Touchstone
7. Quiet, by Susan Cain, Broadway
8. The Plantagenets, by Brian Jones, Penguin
9. Orange Is the New Black, by Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau
10. The Girls of Atomic City, by Denise Kiernan, Touchstone
11. Show Your Work!, by Austin Kleon, Workman
12. Proof of Heaven, by Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S
13. The Empathy Exams, by Leslie Jamison, Graywolf Press
14. The Gifts of Imperfection, by Brene Brown, Hazelden
15. Wreck This Journal, by Keri Smith, Perigee