The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
by A. J. Jacobs

A.J. Jacobs takes a year to read and study the Bible while attempting to make sense of and follow the rules in the book. The Year of Living Biblically is entertaining and educational for those who have wondered about the stranger side of the Bible.
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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
by Ruth Reichl

This delicious new volume of Reichl's acclaimed memoirs recounts her "adventures in deception," as she goes undercover in the world's finest restaurants. The editor-in-chief of "Gourmet," she is the author of the bestsellers "Tender at the Bone" and "Comfort Me with Apples."
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A Golden Age
by Tahmima Anam

In her deeply moving debut novel, Anam tells the story of a young widow who becomes embroiled in the violent political turmoil in 1971 that transforms a brutal Pakistani civil war into a fight for the death for Bangladeshi independence.
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The Elephant's Secret Sense: The Hidden Life of the Wild Herds of Africa
by Caitlin O'Connell

From an internationally renowned field scientist comes this fascinating story of her unexpected discovery of a "secret" new mode of elephant communication. This unforgettable journey takes readers into the wilds of Africa where naturalists do their difficult work in a troubled land.
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
by Oliver Sacks

In Musicophilia, Sacks investigates the medical effects—positive and negative—of listening to music. He does so in a manner somewhere between scholarly and weird, using amazing stories to validate his theories and illustrate how important music appreciation can be. Whether talking about a disabled man who has memorized 2,000 operas or children whose ability to learn Mandarin Chinese has given them perfect pitch, Sacks offers tales that will fascinate any music lover.
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White Oleander
by Janet Fitch

When a woman murders a former lover and is imprisoned for life, her daughter must navigate a new reality--that of a series of foster homes, each its own universe, each with its own limits and dangers.
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Dave Eggers

One of the most mesmerizing memoirs of the literary season: a wrenching, hilarious, and stylistically groundbreaking story of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother.
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Atonement
by Ian McEwan

In this rich novel by the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel Amsterdam, a young girl unwittingly tells a tale that turns her family upside down. Brilliant and utterly enthralling in its depiction of childhood, love and war, England and class, this is a profound--and profoundly moving--exploration of shame and forgiveness, of atonement and the difficulty of absolution.
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