1. The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown, Penguin
2. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Random House
3. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage, by Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial
4. Wild, by Cheryl Strayed, Vintage
5. The Heart of Everything That Is, by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin, S&S
6. The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg, Random House
7. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls, by David Sedaris, Back Bay
8. George Washington's Secret Six, by Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel
9. Brain on Fire, by Susannah Cahalan, S&S
10. The Map of Heaven, by Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S
11. The Smartest Kids in the World, by Amanda Ripley, S&S
12. Orange Is the New Black, by Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau
13. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, by Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business School Press
14. Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror, by Erik Prince, Portfolio
15. Bad Feminist, by Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial
On the Rise:
18. Provence, 1970, by Luke Barr, Clarkson Potter
Barr's book looks at the singular historic moment when the iconic culinary figures of the time convened, and without knowing it, shaped today's tastes and culture, and the way we eat now.
