1. No Easy Day, by Mark Owen, Dutton
2. Joseph Anton: A Memoir, by Salman Rushdie, Random House
3. Wild, by Cheryl Strayed, Knopf
4. Mortality, by Christopher Hitchens, Twelve
5. I Could Pee on This, by Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle
6. The Price of Politics, by Bob Woodward, S&S
7. How Music Works, by David Byrne, McSweeney's
8. The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday
9. Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, Random House
10. Darth Vader and Son, by Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle
11. Guinness World Records 2013, by Guinness
12. I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen, by Sylvie Simmons, Ecco Press
13. How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, by Paul Tough, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
14. Dearie, by Bob Spitz, Knopf
15. Killing Lincoln, by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt
ON THE RISE:
23. The Black Count, by Tom Reiss, Crown
This stunning look at the life of General Alex Dumas is an October 2012 Indie Next List Great Read.