- The Summer Before the War: A Novel, by Helen Simonson (author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand)
- The Bees: A Novel, by Laline Paull
- The Key to Rebecca, by Ken Follett
- The Storied Life of A.J. Firkey: A Novel, by Gabrielle Zevin
- The Red Tent, by Anita Diamant
- Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, by Erik Larson
- The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough
- The Aviator's Wife: A Novel, by Melanie Benjamin
- A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman
- Love, Loss & What We Ate: A Memoir, by Padma Lakshmi
slowly falls in love with the reader."