1. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, by Erik Larson, Broadway
2. Bossypants, by Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur Books
3. Unlikely Friendships, by Jennifer S. Holland, Workman
4. Turn Right at Machu Picchu, by Mark Adams, Plume
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, Broadway
6. The Hare With Amber Eyes, by Edmund de Waal, Picador
7. Moonwalking With Einstein, by Joshua Foer, Penguin
8. Heaven Is for Real, by Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson
9. The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin, Harper
10. Then Again, by Diane Keaton, Random House
11. Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, by The Countess of Carnarvon, Broadway
12. Nothing Daunted, by Dorothy Wickenden, Scribner
13. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall, Vintage
14. F in Exams, by Richard Benson, Chronicle
15. The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson, Vintage
ON THE RISE:
17. Lost in Shangri-La, by Mitchell Zuckoff, Harper Perennial
Zuckoff's fascinating account of an American transport plane's crash in the jungle of Dutch New Guinea in 1945.
