1. The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown, Penguin
2. Wild, by Cheryl Strayed, Vintage
3. David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay
4. How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking, by Jordan Ellenberg, Penguin
5. We Should All Be Feminists, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor
6. Things That Matter, by Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum
7. Talk Like TED, by Carmine Gallo, St. Martin's Griffin
8. The Sixth Extinction, by Elizabeth Kolbert, Picador USA
9. The Opposite of Loneliness, by Marina Keegan, Scribner
10. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Random House
11. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette, by Hampton Sides, Anchor
12. What the Dog Knows, by Cat Warren, Touchstone
13. How to Love, by Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press
14. Orange Is the New Black, by Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau
15. The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War, by A.J. Baime, Mariner