1.
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
2.
Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe
3.
Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere by Poe Ballantine
4.
The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking by Brendan Koerner
5.
We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy by Yael Kohen
6.
The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit
7.
Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson by Jeff Guinn
8.
Dirty Rocker Boys: Love and Lust on the Sunset Strip by Bobbie Brown with Caroline Ryder
9.
Ready for a Brand New Beat by Mark Kurlansky
10.
Cloudbreak, California by Kelly Daniels
11.
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright
12.
Stung!: On Jellyfish Bloom and the Future of the Ocean by Lisa Gershwin
13.
Very Recent History: An Entirely Factual Account of a Year (c. 2009 A.D.) in a Large City by Choire Sicha