- God's battalions, the case for the Crusades, Rodney Stark
- Hurricane season, [a coach, his team, and their triumph in the time of Katrina], Neal Thompson
- The big con, the true story of how Washington got hoodwinked and hijacked by crackpot economics, Jonathan Chait
- To kingdom come, [an epic saga of survival in the air war over Germany], Robert J. Mrazek
- How to win any argument, without raising your voice, losing your cool, or coming to blows, Robert Mayer
- The dragon king, R.A. Salvatore
- Blood brothers, the fatal friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith
- The big money, by John Dos Passos