- “The Blind Side of Winning” by Michael Lewis
- “King Richard” by Zak Williams
- “Blood in the Water: How a Disaster in the Heartland Started a New America” by Heather Hansman
- “Never Leave a Man Behind: The Incredible Story of the Marine Who Vanished in 2010” by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
- “The Baseball 100” by Joe Posnanski
- “Lift: Fitness Culture, From Naked Greeks and Acrobats to Jazzercise and Ninja Warriors” by Daniel Kunitz
- “LeBron, Inc.: The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete” by Brian Windhorst
- “Nathan’s Famous: The First Hundred Years” by William Handwerker
- “Unsettled Ground: The Whitewater Tragedy and the Fall of the Peace Corps” by Bob Shacochis
- “The Foreman and the Rumble in the Jungle” by Norman Mailer
