Fiction
A Confederacy of Dunces; John Kennedy Toole
The Sunlight Dialogues; John Gardner
Jitterbug Perfume; Tom Robbins
Haroun and the Sea of Stories; Salman Rushdie
The Sisters Brothers, UnderMajorDomo Minor; Patrick DeWitt:
Galore; Michael Crummey
The Tin Drum; Günter Grass
The North Water; Ian McGuire
The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish; Katya Apekina
Ghosts; John Banville
The Night Inspector, Don’t Tell Anyone; Frederick Busch
White Teeth; Zadie Smith

Nonfiction
Bad Land: An American Romance; Jonathan Raban
Being Peace; Thích Nhất Hạnh
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer; Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Shock Doctrine; Naomi Klein
Out of Control; Kevin Kelly
Up in the Old Hotel; Joseph Mitchell
The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times; Pema Chödrön