1. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf
2. Help, Thanks, Wow by Anne Lamott, Riverhead
3. I Could Pee on This by Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle
4. Wild by Cheryl Strayed, Knopf
5. The Future by Al Gore, Random House
6. Going Clear by Lawrence Wright, Knopf
7. Life Code by Phillip C. McGraw, Bird Street Books
8. Francona by Terry Francona, Dan Shaughnessy, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
9. Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo, Random House
10. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham, Random House
11. The World Until Yesterday by Jared M. Diamond, Viking
12. Why Priests?: A Failed Tradition by Garry Wills, Viking
13. Coolidge by Amity Shlaes, Harper
14. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Random House
15. Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff, Penguin Press