1. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls, by David Sedaris, Little Brown
2. Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg, Knopf
3. This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral-Plus, Plenty of Valet Parking!-In America's Gilded Capital- Debut, by Mark Leibovich, Blue Rider
4. Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth- Debut, by Reza Aslan, Random House
5. I Could Pee on This, by Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle
6. The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown, Viking
7. William Shakespeare's Star Wars, by Ian Doescher, Quirk
8. Vader's Little Princess, by Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle
9. Darth Vader and Son, by Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle
10. I Wear the Black Hat, by Chuck Klosterman, Scribner
11. The Unwinding, by George Packer, FSG
12. Cooked, by Michael Pollan, Penguin Press
13. The Drunken Botanist, by Amy Stewart, Algonquin
14. The Guns at Last Light, by Rick Atkinson, Holt
15. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Random House
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22. Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations, by Peter Evans, Ava Gardner, S&S
In this candid memoir, Peter Evans describes his late-night conversations with the legendary Hollywood star of the 40s and 50s, Ava Gardner.
