- Paris, my sweet, a year in the city of light (and dark chocolate), Amy Thomas
- God's hotel, [a doctor, a hospital, and a pilgrimage to the heart of medicine], Victoria Sweet
- Charles dickens, a life, Claire Tomalin
- On the noodle road, from Beijing to Rome with love and pasta, Jen Lin-Liu
- A man for all markets, from Las Vegas to Wall Street, how I beat the dealer and the market, Edward O. Thorp
- The measure of a man, the story of a father, a son, and a suit, JJ Lee
- A mind at play, how Claude Shannon invented the information age, Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman
- The garden of the gods, Gerald Durrell
- Ambition and desire, the dangerous life of Josephine Bonaparte, Kate Williams
- The indifferent stars above, the harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride, Daniel James Brown
- Clarence Darrow, attorney for the damned, John A. Farrell
- Full service, my adventures in Hollywood and the secret sex lives of the stars, Scotty Bowers with Lionel Friedberg