- Sherman Alexie–Reservation Blues
- Steve Almond–Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life: A Book By and For the Fanatics Among Us (NF)
- Marisha Chamberlain–The Rose Variations
- Roddy Doyle–Oh, Play That Thing
- Jancee Dunn–But Enough About Me… (NF)
- Jennifer Egan–A Visit from the Goon Squad
- Steven Galloway–The Cellist of Sarajevo
- Oscar Hijuelos–The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
- Nick Hornby–High Fidelity
- Chuck Klosterman–Fargo Rock City (NF)
- Adam Langer–Ellington Boulevard: A Novel in A-Flat
- Zachary Lazar–Sway
- Daniel J. Levitin–The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature (NF)
- Martin Millar–Suzy, Led Zeppelin, and Me
- Marcia Preston–The Piano Man
- Oliver Sacks–Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (NF)
- Rob Sheffield–Love Is a Mix Tape (NF)
- Rob Sheffield–Talking to Girls About Duran Duran (NF)









