1. “The Art of Fielding” by Chad Harbach
2. “1Q84” by Haruki Murakami
3. “What It Is Like to Go to War” by Karl Marlantes
4. “In the Garden of Beasts” by Erik Larsen
5. “The Marriage Plot” by Jeffrey Eugenides
6. “Daughter of Smoke and Bone” by Laini Taylor
7. “Before I Go to Sleep” by S.J. Watson
8. “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson
9. “Lost in Shangri-La” by Michael Zuckoff
10. “The Tiger’s Wife” by Tea Obreht
11. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
12. Bossypants by Tina Fey
13. Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton
14. We the Animals: A novel by Justin Torres
15. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer
16. The Lover’s Dictionary: A Novel by David Levithan
17. The Greater Journey by David G. McCullough
18. Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks
19. Maphead by Ken Jennings
20. The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt