1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, Broadway
2. Cleopatra, by Stacy Schiff, Back Bay
3. Unlikely Friendships, by Jennifer S. Holland, Workman
4. At Home, by Bill Bryson, Anchor
5. Heaven Is for Real, by Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson
6. Just Kids, by Patti Smith, Ecco
7. Empire of the Summer Moon, by S.C. Gwynne, Scribner
8. The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage
9. Moneyball, by Michael Lewis, Norton
10. F in Exams, by Richard Benson, Chronicle
11. The Hare With Amber Eyes, by Edmund de Waal, Picador
12. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2012, by Old Farmer's Almanac
13. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay
14. Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall, Vintage
15. How to Live: Or a Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer, by Sarah Bakewell, Other Press