• The Audacity of Hope Barack Obama
• The World Is Flat Thomas L Friedman
• The Road Cormac McCarthy
• Kavalier & Clay Michael Chabon
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer
• The Rum Diary Hunter S Thompson
• Wedding Season Katie Fforde

And finish:

• Everything Is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer
• Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke