1. The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown, Penguin
2. I Am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai, Back Bay
3. The Mindfulness Coloring Book: Anti-Stress Art Therapy for Busy People, by Emma Farrarons, Experiment
4. The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League, by Jeff Hobbs, Scribner
5. David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay
6. Think Like a Freak, by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow
7. How Not to Be Wrong, by Jordan Ellenberg, Penguin
8. Wild, by Cheryl Strayed, Vintage
9. You Are a Badass, by Jen Sincero, Running Pres
10. We Should All Be Feminists, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor
11. The Secret History of Wonder Woman, by Jill Lepore, Vintage
12. The Sixth Extinction, by Elizabeth Kolbert, Picador USA
13. The Opposite of Loneliness, by Marina Keegan, Scribner
14. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, by Bill Bryson, Broadway
15. Agent Storm: My Life Inside Al Qaeda and the CIA, by Morten Storm, Tim Lister, Grove Press