- Pete Dexter–Spooner
- Bruce Feiler–Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me (NF)
- John Hart–The Last Child
- Clair Huffaker–The Cowboy and the Cossack
- John Irving–Last Night In Twisted River
- Stieg Larsson–The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Michael Lewis–The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (NF)
- Michael Lewis–Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood (NF)
- Ben Macintyre– Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory (NF)
- Karl Marlantes–Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
- Mark Millhone–The Patron Saint of Used Cars and Second Chances (NF)
- Greg Mortenson–Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations, One School at a Time (NF)
- James Patterson and Peter de Jonge–Miracle on the 17th Green
- Nathaniel Philbrick–The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn (NF)
- Garth Stein–The Art of Racing in the Rain









