1. Hyperbole and a Half, by Allie Brosh, Touchstone
2. Wild, by Cheryl Strayed, Vintage
3. Orange Is the New Black, by Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau
4. Unlikely Loves, by Jennifer S. Holland, Workman
5. Proof of Heaven, by Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S
6. Quiet, by Susan Cain, Broadway
7. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2014, by Old Farmer's Almanac
8. The World Until Yesterday, by Jared Diamond, Penguin
9. Brain on Fire, by Susannah Cahalan, S&S
10. 12 Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup, Penguin
11. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher, by Timothy Egan, Mariner
12. How Music Works, by David Byrne, McSweeney's
13. Far From the Tree, by Andrew Solomon, Scribner
14. Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman, FSG
15. The Best American Essays 2013, by Cheryl Strayed, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner
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16. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, by Jon Meacham, Random House
A magnificent biography of Thomas Jefferson by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion.