A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Ivan the Terrible by Henri Troyat

Candide by Voltaire

Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

The Lessons of History by Will and Arial Durant

Saturday by Ian McEwan

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick

Out of Africa by Karen Blixen

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

Miles by Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe

The All of It by Jeanette Haien

Stoner by John Williams

Self-Help by Lorrie Moore

Mating by Norman Rush