American Childhood by Annie Dillard

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Steig Larsson

The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Larsson

The Girl who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

Long and Happy Life by Reynolds Price

Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Eric Larson

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

City of Theives by David Benioff