- Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
- Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss (much more fun than it sounds!)
- Irma Voth by Miriam Toews
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
- The Glass Castle by Jennette Walls
- Educated by Tara Westover
- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein