The lady in the tower : the fall of Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir

The comforts of home : thrifty and chic decorating ideas for making the most of what you have by Caroline Clifton- Mogg

Lives like loaded guns : Emily Dickinson and her family's feuds by Lyndall Gordon

The men who stare at goats by Jon Ronson

Annie's ghosts : a journey into a family secret by Steve Luxenberg

The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements by Sam Kean

Last call : the rise and fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent

At home : a short history of private life by Bill Bryson

Hellhound on his trail : the stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the international hunt for his assassin by Hampton Sides

Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Mennonite in a little black dress : a memoir of going home by Rhoda Janzen

Earth (the book) : a visitor's guide to the human race by written and edited by Jon Stewart-- [et al.]

Not without hope by Nick Schuyler and Jeré Longman

Cleo : the cat who mended a family by Helen Brown

Committed : a skeptic makes peace with marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert