1. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press
2. Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau
3. The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough, S&S
4. Modern Romance, by Aziz Ansari, Penguin Press
5. Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande, Metropolitan
6. Dead Wake, by Erik Larson, Crown
7. Sick in the Head, by Judd Apatow, Random House
8. H Is for Hawk, by Helen MacDonald, Grove Press
9. The Oregon Trail, by Rinker Buck, S&S
10. Plunder and Deceit, by Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions
11. Barbarian Days, by William Finnegan, Penguin Press
12. The Road to Character, by David Brooks, Random House
13. Yes Please, by Amy Poehler, Dey Street
14. Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Disney Little Golden Book, by Diane Muldrow, Random House/Disney
15. A Full Life, by Jimmy Carter, S&S
On the Rise:
18. You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost): A Memoir, by Felicia Day, Touchstone
Online entertainment mogul Day's funny, quirky, and inspiring memoir is an August 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.