1. Bossypants, by Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books
2. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, Broadway
3. Unlikely Friendships, by Jennifer S. Holland, Workman
4. Heaven Is for Real, by Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson
5. The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin, Harper
6. The Social Animal, by David Brooks, Random House
7. The Hare With Amber Eyes, by Edmund de Waal, Picador
8. Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, by Gabrielle Hamilton, Random House
9. Cleopatra, by Stacy Schiff, Back Bay
10. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay
11. Empire of the Summer Moon, by S.C. Gwynne, Scribner
12. Just Kids, by Patti Smith, Ecco
13. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle, by The Countess of Carnarvon, et al., Broadway
14. The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage
15. The Book of Awakening, by Mark Nepo, Conari
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19. The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander, The New Press
Alexander's bold argument that mass incarceration amounts to a devastating system of racial control.