1. In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson, Broadway
2. How to Be a Woman, by Caitlin Moran, Harper Perennial
3. The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, by Stephen J. Greenblatt, Norton
4. Arguably, by Christopher Hitchens, Twelve
5. Bossypants, by Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books
6. Tiny Beautiful Things, by Cheryl Strayed, Vintage
7. 1493, by Charles C. Mann, Vintage
8. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, Broadway
9. Turn Right at Machu Picchu, by Mark Adams, Plume
10. Unlikely Friendships, by Jennifer S. Holland, Workman
11. The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson, Vintage
12. To Heaven and Back, by Mary C. Neal, Waterbrook
13. F in Exams, by Richard Benson, Chronicle
14. I Remember Nothing, by Nora Ephron, Vintage
15. F for Effort! More of the Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers, by Richard Benson, Chronicle
ON THE RISE:
18. Boomerang, by Michael Lewis, Norton
Lewis' sadly hilarious investigation points to the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.
