• the tales of beedle the bard, j. k. rowling
• carry me down, mj hyland
• the melancholy death of oyster boy, tim burton
• french milk, lucy knisley
• a spot of bother, mark haddon
• the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, mark haddon
• the history of love, nicole krauss
• naked, david sedaris
• i need you more than i love you and i love you to bits, gunnar ardelius
• frank and frank, chris appelhans
• little things: a memoir in slices, jeffrey brown
• clown girl, monica drake
• american nerd: the story of my people, benjamin nugent
• show of hands, anthony mccarten
• the glass castle, jeannette wells
• make room! make room!, harry harrison
• a heartbreaking work of staggering genius, dave eggers
• love today: stories, maxim biller
• downtown owl, chuck klosterman
• breakfast at tiffany's, truman capote
• brave new girl, louisa luna
• an underachiever's diary, benjamin anastas
• the way through doors, jesse ball
• nine stories, j. d. salinger
• this is for you, rob ryan

architecture

• pattern recognition, leven betts (chris warren)
• a pattern language, christopher alexander (ed woll)