12. “Between a Rock and a Hard Place” by Aron Ralston (Atria Books)

13. “Good to Great” by Jim Collins (HarperBusiness)

14. “In the Shadow of No Towers” by Art Spiegelman (Pantheon)

15. “Where the Right Went Wrong: How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency” by Patrick J. Buchanan (Thomas Dunne)