1. The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown, Penguin
2. I Am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai, Back Bay
3. Wild, by Cheryl Strayed, Vintage
4. David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay
5. How Not to Be Wrong, by Jordan Ellenberg, Penguin
6. The Opposite of Loneliness, by Marina Keegan, Scribner
7. The Sixth Extinction, by Elizabeth Kolbert, Picador USA
8. What the Dog Knows, by Cat Warren, Touchstone
9. We Should All Be Feminists, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor
10. Orange Is the New Black, by Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau
11. In the Kingdom of Ice, by Hampton Sides, Anchor
12. A Deadly Wandering, by Matt Richtel, Morrow
13. Things That Matter, by Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum
14. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Random House
15. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence, by Harvard Business School Press