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The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker
Husk by Corey Redekop
In the Blood by Lisa Unger
The Magicians by Lev Grossman [2009]
Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming by McKenzie Funk [2014]
American Rust by Philipp MeyerFebruary 2009
The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006–2008 by Thomas E. RicksFebruary 2009
The Vagrants by Yiyun LiFebruary 2009
Cheever: A Life by Blake Bailey March 2009
Lowboy by John WrayMarch 2009
Toby Alone by Timothée de FombelleMarch 2009
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane GilmanMarch 2009
Brooklyn by Colm TóibínMay 2009
How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower by Adrian GoldsworthyMay 2009
Sag Harbor by Colson WhiteheadMay 2009
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónJune 2009
The BLDGBLOG Book by Geoff ManaughJune 2009
Border Songs by Jim LynchJune 2009
The City & The City by China Miéville June 2009
Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival by Norman OllestadJune 2009
Everything Matters! by Jr. Ron CurrieJune 2009
Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin June 2009
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann June 2009
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard HolmesJuly 2009
Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile MeloyJuly 2009
The Defector by Daniel SilvaJuly 2009
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonJuly 2009
How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve HelyJuly 2009
When You Reach Me by Rebecca SteadJuly 2009
Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater by Frank BruniAugust 2009
Imperial by William T. VollmannAugust 2009
Shiver by Maggie StiefvaterAugust 2009
This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan TropperAugust 2009
The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America by Douglas BrinkleyAugust 2009
Blood's a Rover by James EllroySeptember 2009
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William KamkwambaSeptember 2009
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie MooreSeptember 2009
Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel BarberySeptember 2009
Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey NiffeneggerSeptember 2009
Stitches: A Memoir by David SmallSeptember 2009
Strength in What Remains by Tracy KidderSeptember 2009
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America by Timothy EganOctober 2009
The Book of Basketball by Bill SimmonsOctober 2009
Chronic City by Jonathan LethemOctober 2009
Last Night in Twisted River by John IrvingOctober 2009
Spooner by Pete DexterOctober 2009
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel October 2009
Ad Hoc at Home by Thomas Keller November 2009
Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker by James McManusNovember 2009
A Friend of the Family by Lauren GrodsteinNovember 2009
Too Much Happiness by Alice MunroNovember 2009
A Whole Nother Story by Dr. Cuthbert SoupDecember 2009
Horns by Joe HillMarch 2010
The Passage by Justin Cronin June 2010
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary RoachAugust 2010
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart August 2010
Worth Dying For by Lee ChildOctober 2010
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen KingNovember 2010
22 Britannia Road by Amanda HodgkinsonApril 2011
After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story by Michael Hainey — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary 2013
Alex by Pierre Lemaitre — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2013
All That Is by James SalterApril 2013
Allegiant by Veronica Roth — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2013
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini — not in English Common KnowledgeMay 2013
Anything That Moves: Renegade Chefs, Fearless Eaters, and the Making of a New American Food Culture by Dana Goodyear — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2013
Babayaga: A Novel by Toby Barlow — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2013
Benediction by Kent Haruf — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch 2013
Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World by Storm by Monte Reel — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch 2013
Bobcat and Other Stories by Rebecca LeeJune 2013
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2013
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2013
The Circle by Dave Eggers — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2013
Coming Clean: A Memoir by Kimberly Rae Miller — not in English Common KnowledgeJuly 2013
A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley by Neal Thompson — not in English Common KnowledgeMay 2013
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2013
The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks by Amy Stewart — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch 2013
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch 2013
The English Girl by Daniel Silva — not in English Common KnowledgeJuly 2013
The Execution of Noa P. Singleton by Elizabeth L. Silver — not in English Common KnowledgeJune 2013
Fiend: A Novel by Peter StensonJuly 2013
Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff — not in English Common KnowledgeApril 2013
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker — not in English Common KnowledgeApril 2013
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach — not in English Common KnowledgeApril 2013
A House in the Sky: A Memoir by Amanda LindhoutSeptember 2013
The Husband's Secret by Liane MoriartyAugust 2013
The Interestings by Meg WolitzerApril 2013
Joyland by Stephen KingJune 2013
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2013
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch 2013
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David SedarisApril 2013
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson — not in English Common KnowledgeApril 2013
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2013
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2013
The Maid's Version by Daniel Woodrell — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2013
Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football by Rich Cohen — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2013
The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America by Langdon CookSeptember 2013
My Education by Susan Choi — not in English Common KnowledgeJuly 2013
Night Film by Marisha Pessl — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2013
The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2013
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman — not in English Common KnowledgeJune 2013
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill BrysonOctober 2013
Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste by Luke Barr — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2013
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2013
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2013
Smoke and Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen by Edward Lee — not in English Common KnowledgeMay 2013
The Son by Philipp MeyerJune 2013
The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2013
Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary 2013
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann — not in English Common KnowledgeJune 2013
Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary 2013
Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2013
Who Owns the Future? by Jaron LanierMay 2013
Wise Men: A Novel by Stuart NadlerSeptember 2013
The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud — not in English Common KnowledgeMay 2013
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul by Bob Shacochis — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2013
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael PollanApril 2013
50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple's Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany by Steven Pressman — not in English Common KnowledgeMay 2014
Afterparty by Daryl GregoryApril 2014
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood by Jennifer Senior — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary 2014
All Our Names by Dinaw MengestuMarch 2014
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr — not in English Common KnowledgeMay 2014
I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You by Courtney Maum — not in English Common KnowledgeJune 2014
I Am Pilgrim by Terry HayesJune 2014
Andrew's Brain by E. L. Doctorow — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary 2014
Animal Madness: How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves by Laurel BraitmanJune 2014
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeerFebruary 2014
Apple Tree Yard by Louise DoughtyJanuary 2014
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher: Stories by Hilary Mantel — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2014
Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead — not in English Common KnowledgeApril 2014
A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir by Lev Golinkin — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2014
Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane GayAugust 2014
Bad Paper: Chasing Debt from Wall Street to the Underworld by Jake Halpern — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2014
Bark: Stories by Lorrie Moore — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch 2014
Becoming Richard Pryor by Scott SaulDecember 2014
Before I Burn by Gaute Heivoll — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary 2014
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2014
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty — not in English Common KnowledgeJuly 2014
The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture by Euny Hong — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2014
Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade by Walter Kirn — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch 2014
Blue-Eyed Boy: A Memoir by Robert Timberg — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2014
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2014
The Book of Jonah by Joshua Max Feldman — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary 2014
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina HenríquezJune 2014
The Boston Girl by Anita DiamantDecember 2014
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen OyeyemiMarch 2014
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2014
The Cairo Affair by Olen Steinhauer — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch 2014
California by Edan LepuckiJuly 2014
Casebook by Mona Simpson — not in English Common KnowledgeApril 2014
Caught by Lisa Moore — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary 2014
Chance by Kem Nunn — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary 2014
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. by Viv AlbertineDecember 2014
Cosby: His Life and Times by Mark Whitaker — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2014
A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention by Matt RichtelSeptember 2014
Delancey: A Man, a Woman, a Restaurant, a Marriage by Molly Wizenberg — not in English Common KnowledgeMay 2014
Empire of Cotton: A Global History by Sven BeckertDecember 2014
The Enchanted by Rene DenfeldMarch 2014
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg Mckeown — not in English Common KnowledgeApril 2014
Euphoria by Lily KingJune 2014
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste NgJuly 2014
The Farm by Tom Rob Smith — not in English Common KnowledgeJune 2014
The Fever by Megan AbbottJune 2014
Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence by Karen Armstrong — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2014
Fives and Twenty-Fives by Michael PitreSeptember 2014
Flight 232: A Story of Disaster and Survival by Laurence GonzalesJuly 2014
Flings: Stories by Justin Taylor — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2014
The Fracking King: A Novel by James Browning — not in English Common KnowledgeJuly 2014
The Girls from Corona del Mar by Rufi ThorpeJuly 2014
Good Hunting: An American Spymaster's Story by Jack Devine — not in English Common KnowledgeJune 2014
The Happiest People in the World by Brock Clarke — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2014
Here by Richard McGuireDecember 2014
High as the Horses' Bridles: A Novel by Scott Cheshire — not in English Common KnowledgeJuly 2014
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary 2014
I'll Drink to That: A Life in Style, with a Twist by Betty Halbreich — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember, 2014
In Paradise by Peter MatthiessenApril 2014
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton SidesAugust 2014
Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives--and Our Lives Change Our Genes by Sharon Moalem MD PhD — not in English Common KnowledgeApril 2014
The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2014
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary 2014
The Invisible Front: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War by Yochi Dreazen — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2014
The Kept by James ScottJanuary 2014
The Land of Steady Habits: A Novel by Ted Thompson — not in English Common KnowledgeApril 2014
Landline by Rainbow RowellJuly 2014
The Laughing Monsters by Denis JohnsonNovember 2014
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2014
Let Me Be Frank With You by Richard FordNovember 2014
Liberty's Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty by Elizabeth Mitchell — not in English Common KnowledgeJuly 2014
Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter To Do? A Memoir (Sort Of) by Elaine Lui — not in English Common KnowledgeApril 2014
Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble by Marilyn Johnson — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2014
The Long Way Home by Louise PennyAugust 2014
Lucky Us by Amy Bloom — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2014
The Magician's Land by Lev GrossmanAugust 2014
The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee by Marja MillsJuly 2014
Moriarty by Anthony HorowitzDecember 2014
My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff — not in English Common KnowledgeJune 2014
The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move? by Patrick Tucker — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch 2014
Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2014
Natchez Burning by Greg Iles — not in English Common KnowledgeMay 2014
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State by Glenn GreenwaldMay 2014
The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death by Colson Whitehead — not in English Common KnowledgeMay 2014
Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2014
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's Learned by Lena DunhamOctober 2014
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia by Peter PomerantsevNovember 2014
An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary 2014
On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae LeeJanuary 2014
Painted Horses by Malcolm BrooksAugust 2014
The Painter by Peter HellerMay 2014
The Paying Guests by Sarah Watersseptember 2014
Ping-Pong Diplomacy: The Secret History Behind the Game That Changed the World by Nicholas GriffinJanuary 2014
Prince Lestat by Anne Rice — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2014
The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway by Doug MostFebruary 2014
Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael BeahJanuary 2014
Red Rising by Pierce BrownFebruary 2014
Redeployment by Phil Klay — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch 2014
The Remedy for Love: A Novel by Bill Roorbach — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2014
Revival by Stephen King — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2014
Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art by Carl HoffmanMarch 2014
Secrecy by Rupert Thomson — not in English Common KnowledgeApril 2014
The Secret Place by Tana FrenchSeptember 2014
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League by Jeff HobbsSeptember 2014
Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas ButlerMarch 2014
Skylight by José Saramago — not in English Common KnowledgeDecember 2014
Sleep Donation by Karen RussellMarch 2014
Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line by Michael GibneyApril 2014
Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream by Joshua DavisDecember 2014
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2014
Stone Mattress: Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2014
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami — not in English Common KnowledgeDecember 2014
Take This Man: A Memoir by Brando Skyhorse — not in English Common KnowledgeJune 2014
There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me by Brooke Shields — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2014
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley CashFebruary 2014
The Three by Sarah LotzMay 2014
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris — not in English Common KnowledgeMay 2014
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker — not in English Common KnowledgeMay 2014
Updike by Adam BegleyApril 2014
Us by David Nicholls — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2014
The Vacationers by Emma Straub — not in English Common KnowledgeJune 2014
War of the Whales: A True Story by Joshua HorwitzJuly 2014
We are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2014
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2014
When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill ManningDecember 2014
The Wind Is Not a River by Brian PaytonJanuary 2014
The Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea Nesbit — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary 2014
Worn Stories by Emily Spivack — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2014
Young God by Katherine Faw MorrisMay 2014
Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits by Kevin Roose — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary 2014
Alive by Scott Sigler — not in English Common KnowledgeJuly, 2015
All the Old Knives: A Novel by Olen SteinhauerMarch, 2015
The Animals: A Novel by Christian Kiefer — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch, 2015
Aquarium by David Vann — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch, 2015
Barefoot Dogs: Stories by Antonio Ruiz-Camacho — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch, 2015
Bettyville: A Memoir by George HodgmanMarch, 2015
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesJuly, 2015
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris — not in English Common KnowledgeApril, 2015
Black River by S. M. Hulse — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary, 2015
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah HepolaJune, 2015
The Book of Speculation by Erika SwylerJune, 2015
Bull Mountain by Brian PanowichJuly, 2015
The Children's Crusade by Ann Packer — not in English Common KnowledgeApril, 2015
Circling the Sun by Paula McLain — not in English Common KnowledgeJuly, 2015
Confession of the Lioness by Mia CoutoJuly, 2015
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik LarsonMarch, 2015
Dietland by Sarai Walker — not in English Common KnowledgeMay, 2015
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam QuinonesApril, 2015
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir — not in English Common KnowledgeMay, 2015
Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation by Dean JobbMay, 2015
The English Spy by Daniel SilvaJuly, 2015
Finders Keepers by Stephen KingJune, 2015
The First Bad Man by Miranda July — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary, 2015
Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch, 2015
Funny Girl by Nick Hornby — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary, 2015
Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It by Marc GoodmanMarch, 2015
Get in Trouble: Stories by Kelly LinkFebruary, 2015
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy 2015
The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsJanuary, 2015
God Help the Child by Toni MorrisonApril, 2015
A God in Ruins by Kate AtkinsonMay, 2015
Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano by Dana Thomas — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary, 2015
Golden Son by Pierce BrownJanuary, 2015
The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who Created North Korea and The Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom by Blaine Harden — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch, 2015
Green on Blue: A Novel by Elliot AckermanFebruary, 2015
H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch, 2015
The Hand That Feeds You: A Novel by A.J. Rich — not in English Common KnowledgeJuly, 2015
The Harder They Come by T. C. Boyle2015
Hausfrau by Jill Alexander EssbaumMarch, 2015
Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs by Sally MannMay, 2015
In the Country: Stories by Mia AlvarJune, 2015
In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume — not in English Common KnowledgeJune, 2015
It Was Me All Along: A Memoir by Andie Mitchell — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary, 2015
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War by Lynsey AddarioFebruary, 2015
A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power by Paul FischerFebruary, 2015
The Last Flight of Poxl West by Daniel TordayMarch, 2015
Last Man Off: A True Story of Disaster and Survival on the Antarctic Seas by Matt Lewis — not in English Common KnowledgeMay, 2015
The Last Pilot: A Novel by Benjamin JohncockJuly, 2015
Leaving Before the Rains Come by Alexandra Fuller — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary, 2015
The Light of the World: A Memoir by Elizabeth AlexanderApril, 2015
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon KrakauerApril, 2015
Modern Romance: An Investigation by Aziz AnsariJune, 2015
My Struggle: Book Four by Karl Ove KnausgårdMay, 2015
My Sunshine Away by M.O. WalshFebruary, 2015
The Nightingale by Kristin HannahFebruary, 2015
On the Move: A Life by Oliver SacksMay, 2015
The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck 2015
Orhan's Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian — not in English Common KnowledgeApril, 2015
Our Souls at Night by Kent HarufJune, 2015
Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship by Robert Kurson — not in English Common KnowledgeJune, 2015
I Refuse by Per PettersonApril, 2015
Saint Mazie by Jami Attenberg 2015
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah HarariFebruary, 2015
The Secret Wisdom of the Earth by Christopher Scotton — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary, 2015
See How Small by Scott Blackwood 2015
The Seven Good Years: A Memoir by Etgar KeretJune, 2015
Seveneves by Neal StephensonMay, 2015
So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson 2015
Speak by Louisa Hall — not in English Common KnowledgeJuly, 2015
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler — not in English Common Knowledgefebruary, 2015
Sweetland by Michael Crummey — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary, 2015
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen — not in English Common Knowledge 2015
The Train to Crystal City: FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II by Jan Jarboe RussellJanuary, 2015
Vendetta: Bobby Kennedy Versus Jimmy Hoffa by James Neff — not in English Common KnowledgeJuly, 2015
The Water Knife by Paolo BacigalupiJune, 2015
West of Sunset by Stewart O'NanJanuary, 2015
The Wonder Garden by Lauren AcamporaMay, 2015
The Wright Brothers by David McCulloughMay, 2015
Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion by Paul Bloom — not in English Common KnowledgeDecember 2016
All Stories Are Love Stories by Elizabeth Percer — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch, 2016
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane AndersFebruary, 2016
American Housewife: Stories by Helen Ellis — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary, 2016
As Close to Us as Breathing by Elizabeth PolinerMarch, 2016
The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. ChurchMay, 2016
Bad News: Last Journalists in a Dictatorship by Anjan SundaramJanuary, 2016
Bear: The Life and Times of Augustus Owsley Stanley III by Robert Greenfield — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2016
Behave by Andromeda Romano-Lax — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch, 2016
The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family by Gail Lumet BuckleyFebruary, 2016
A Burglar's Guide to the City by Geoff Manaugh — not in English Common KnowledgeApril, 2016
Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson — not in English Common KnowledgeDecember 2016
Consequence: A Memoir by Eric Fair — not in English Common KnowledgeApril, 2016
Dimestore: A Writer's Life by Lee Smith — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch, 2016
Dodgers by Bill Beverly 2016
A Doubter's Almanac by Ethan CaninFebruary, 2016
The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West by Peter CozzensNovember 2016
The Education of Dixie Dupree by Donna Everhart — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2016
Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens by Steve OlsonMarch, 2016
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris CleaveMay, 2016
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew DesmondMarch, 2016
The Fireman by Joe HillMay, 2016
Floodpath: The Deadliest Man-Made Disaster of 20th-Century America and the Making of Modern Los Angeles by Jon WilkmanJanuary, 2016
The Forgetting Time: A Novel by Sharon Guskin — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary, 2016
From Silk to Silicon: The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives by Jeffrey E. Garten — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch, 2016
Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe by Sarah Gristwood — not in English Common KnowledgeDecember 2016
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha MukherjeeMay, 2016
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary, 2016
The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary, 2016
Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy OrensteinApril, 2016
Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman — not in English Common KnowledgeMay, 2016
Green Island: A novel by Shawna Yang RyanFebruary, 2016
Guapa by Saleem Haddad — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch, 2016
Heat and Light by Jennifer Haigh — not in English Common KnowledgeMay, 2016
Innocents and Others by Dana SpiottaMarch, 2016
Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul by James McBrideApril, 2016
Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White by Michael Tisserand — not in English Common KnowledgeDecember 2016
Lab Girl by Hope JahrenApril, 2016
LaRose by Louise ErdrichMay, 2016
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic SmithApril, 2016
The Longest Night by Andria WilliamsJanuary, 2016
Lust & Wonder: A Memoir by Augusten BurroughsApril, 2016
Maestra by L. S. Hilton — not in English Common KnowledgeApril, 2016
The Mathews Men: Seven Brothers and the War Against Hitler's U-boats by William Geroux — not in English Common KnowledgeApril, 2016
Mincemeat: The Education of an Italian Chef by Leonardo Lucarelli — not in English Common KnowledgeDecember 2016
Moonglow by Michael Chabon — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2016
Morning Star by Pierce BrownFebruary, 2016
My Father, the Pornographer: A Memoir by Chris Offutt — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary, 2016
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary, 2016
Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel by Tom Wainwright — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary, 2016
The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch, 2016
Night School by Lee ChildNovember 2016
Normal by Warren EllisDecember 2016
Orphan X by Gregg HurwitzJanuary, 2016
Perfect Days: A Novel by Raphael Montes — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary, 2016
Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis by Anne RiceDecember 2016
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina BivaldJanuary, 2016
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia Holt — not in English Common KnowledgeApril, 2016
The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill BrysonJanuary, 2016
The Seventh Plague by James Rollins — not in English Common KnowledgeDecember 2016
The Signals Are Talking: Why Today’s Fringe Is Tomorrow’s Mainstream by Amy WebbDecember, 2016
The Sport of Kings by C. E. MorganMay, 2016
The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones by Rich Cohen — not in English Common KnowledgeMay, 2016
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2016
Swing Time by Zadie Smith — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2016
The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael LewisDecember 2016
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick2016
Victoria by Daisy GoodwinNovember 2016
Walk Through Walls: A Memoir by Marina Abramović — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2016
Walking the Nile by Levison Wood — not in English Common KnowledgeFebruary, 2016
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiJanuary, 2016
You Will Not Have My Hate by Antoine Leiris — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember 2016
Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil YapaJanuary, 2016
Zero K by Don DeLilloMay, 2016
Afterlife by Marcus Sakey — not in English Common KnowledgeJuly 2017
All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch 2017
An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice by Khizr Khan — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember, 2017
American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica HesseJuly 2017
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine ArdenJanuary 2017
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2017
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes by Adam Rutherford — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2017
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying by Nina Riggs — not in English Common KnowledgeJune 2017
The Burning Girl by Claire MessudSeptember 2017
The City of Brass by S. A. ChakrabortyNovember, 2017
Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook by Alice WatersSeptember 2017
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process by John McPhee — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2017
The Dry by Jane Harper — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary 2017
Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2017
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober, 2017
Everything Is Awful: And Other Observations by Matt Bellassai — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember, 2017
Exit West by Mohsin HamidMarch 2017
The Floating World by C. Morgan Babst — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2017
Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd ParryNovember, 2017
The Golden House: A Novel by Salman RushdieSeptember 2017
Good Me Bad Me by Ali LandSeptember 2017
Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel KhongJuly 2017
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2017
History of Wolves by Emily FridlundJanuary 2017
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2017
Human Acts by Kang Han — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary 2017
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane GayJune 2017
In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown by Amy Gary — not in English Common KnowledgeJanuary 2017
In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember, 2017
Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam AlterMarch 2017
The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo by Ian Stansel — not in English Common KnowledgeJuly 2017
Learn Better: Mastering the Skills for Success in Life, Business, and School, or, How to Become an Expert in Just About Anything by Ulrich Boser — not in English Common KnowledgeMarch 2017
A Legacy of Spies by John le CarréSeptember 2017
Leonardo da Vinci by Walter IsaacsonOctober 2017
Lighter Than My Shadow by Katie GreenOctober 2017
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen RooneyJanuary 2017
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgSeptember 2017
The Locals by Jonathan DeeAugust 2017
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember, 2017
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas PrestonJanuary 2017
Lucky Boy by Shanthi SekaranJanuary 2017
Magpie Murders by Anthony HorowitzJune 2017
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2017
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy — not in English Common KnowledgeJune 2017
Mrs. Fletcher by Tom PerrottaAugust 2017
My Absolute Darling by Gabriel TallentSeptember 2017
New People by Danzy SennaAugust 2017
The Night Ocean by Paul La FargeMarch 2017
The Outer Cape: A Novel by Patrick DaceyJuly 2017
Playing Hurt: My Journey from Despair to Hope by John Saunders — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2017
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline FraserNovember, 2017
Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat by Patricia Williams — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2017
Ranger Games: A Story of Soldiers, Family and an Inexplicable Crime by Ben Blum — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2017
The Reminders by Val Emmich — not in English Common KnowledgeJune 2017
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor — not in English Common KnowledgeOctober 2017
The Retreat of Western Liberalism by Edward Luce — not in English Common KnowledgeJune 2017
The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir by Ariel LevyMarch 2017
Safe: A Novel by Ryan Gattis — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2017
Savage Country: A Novel by Robert OlmsteadOctober 2017
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidJune 2017
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2017
Sourdough by Robin SloanSeptember 2017
Spoonbenders by Daryl GregoryJuly 2017
Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ — not in English Common KnowledgeAugust 2017
Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine by Joe Hagan — not in English Common KnowledgeNovember, 2017
Sting-Ray Afternoons: A Memoir by Steve Rushin — not in English Common KnowledgeJuly 2017
The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi KaurOctober 2017
Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society by Cordelia FineJanuary 2017
This is How It Always Is by Laurie FrankelJanuary 2017
The Twelve-Mile Straight by Eleanor Henderson — not in English Common KnowledgeSeptember 2017
Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches by John HodgmanNovember, 2017
The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983 - 1992 by Tina BrownNovember, 2017
The Wanderers by Meg HowreyMarch 2017
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life: Essays by Samantha Irby — not in English Common KnowledgeJune 2017
The Weight of Ink by Rachel KadishJune 2017
What We Lose by Zinzi ClemmonsJuly 2017
When the English Fall: A Novel by David WilliamsJuly 2017
White Tears by Hari KunzruMarch 2017
Who is Rich? by Matthew KlamJuly 2017
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory StamperMarch 2017
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir by Sherman Alexie — not in English Common KnowledgeJune 2017