1. The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown, Penguin
2. I Am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai, Back Bay
3. David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay
4. Wild, by Cheryl Strayed, Vintage
5. How Not to Be Wrong, by Jordan Ellenberg, Penguin
6. The Opposite of Loneliness, by Marina Keegan, Scribner
7. In the Kingdom of Ice, by Hampton Sides, Anchor
8. We Should All Be Feminists, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor
9. Things That Matter, by Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum
10. What the Dog Knows, by Cat Warren, Touchstone
11. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence, by Harvard Business School Press
12. A Spy Among Friends, by Ben Macintyre, Broadway
13. Talk Like TED, by Carmine Gallo, St. Martin's Griffin
14. The Sixth Extinction, by Elizabeth Kolbert, Picador USA
15. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Random House
On the Rise:
16. A Deadly Wandering, by Matt Richtel, Morrow
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Richtel examines the impact of technology on our lives through the story of a college student who killed two scientists while texting and driving.
