The Door by Magda Szabo (1987; 2005)
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathanial Philbrick (2000)
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (2014)
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra (2013)
When Breath Becomes Air by Dr. Paul Kalanithi (2016)
Deep South by Paul Theroux (2015)
Missoula by Jon Krakauer (2015)
Dance to “Utown Funk” with your books
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (2015)
The Death of Santini by Pat Conroy (2013)
Becoming Nicole: the Transformation of an American Family by Amy Ellis Nutt (2015)
The Fault in our Stars by John Green (2012)
The Opposite of Loneliness: stories and essays by marina Keegan (2014)
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb (2013)
The Martian by Andy Weir (2014 print edition)
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (2015)
An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris (2014)
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (2014)
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride (2013)
Excellent essays from a variety of 2012-2015 essay anthologies
A few books I’ve read that you might want to skip
A few books I’ve enjoyed that are worth noting
Being Mortal by Atul Gawande (2014)
Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quinonez (2000)
Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper (2015)
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (2013)
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (2014)
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (2002)
San Miguel by T.C. Boyle (2012)
The Snow Leopard by Peter Mattheissen (1978; Penguin Classics edition 2008)
The Signature of all Things by Elizabeth Gilbert (2013)
On a Farther Shore: Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson by William Sounder (2012)
War Dances by Sherman ALexie (2009)
The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London (1911; 2000 Dover edition)
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller (2012)
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (2010)
Drowning Anna by Sue Mayfield (2001)
Born to Run by Christopher Mc Dougall (2009)
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (1996)
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (1995)
Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman (2011)
Transatlantic by Collum McCann (2009)
Time Out by David A. Kelly (2009)
Early Decision by Lacy Crawford (2013)
Hidden Americaa by Jeanne Marie Laskas (2012)
Quiet by Susan Cain (2012)
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwen (2007)
Let’s Pretend this Never Happened by Jenny Lawson (2013)
