1. Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press
2. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book, by Diane Muldrow, Golden Books
3. Flash Boys, by Michael Lewis, Norton
4. Think Like a Freak, by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow
5. Tibetan Peach Pie, by Tom Robbins, Ecco
6. Congratulations, by the Way, by George Saunders, Random House
7. David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown
8. Stress Test, by Timothy F. Geithner, Crown
9. A Fighting Chance, by Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan
10. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, by Roz Chast, Bloomsbury
11. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Random House
12. The Closer, by Mariano Rivera, Little Brown
13. One Nation, by Ben Carson, M.D., Candy Carson, Sentinel
14. No Place to Hide, by Glenn Greenwald, Metropolitan
15. Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America, by John Waters, FSG
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18. How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking, by Jordan Ellenberg, Penguin Press
The Freakonomics of math – Ellenberg unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands.