1. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Random House
2. The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown, Penguin
3. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls, by David Sedaris, Back Bay
4. Wild, by Cheryl Strayed, Vintage
5. The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg, Random House
6. Orange Is the New Black, by Piper Kerman, Spiegel & Grau
7. Brain on Fire, by Susannah Cahalan, S&S
8. Behind the Beautiful Forevers, by Katherine Boo, Random House
9. Heaven Is for Real, by Todd Burpo, Thomas Nelson
10. The Smartest Kids in the World, by Amanda Ripley, S&S
11. One Summer: America, 1927, by Bill Bryson, Anchor
12. Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson, by Jeff Guinn, S&S
13. Thinking in Numbers, by Daniel Tammet, Back Bay
14. Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay
15. A House in the Sky, by Amanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett, Scribner
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16. Bad Feminist: Essays, by Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial
Gay's collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism is an August 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.