Lynn's List (August 30, 2019)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Dirty Little Secret: Wild Rose Ranch (Wild Rose #1) by Jennifer Ryan
• The Tenth Muse: A Novel by Catherine ChunG
• Everything She Forgot: A Novel by Lisa Ballantyne
• Silent Night: An absolutely gripping crime thriller by Geraldine Hogan
• Passion on Park Avenue (The Central Park Pact #1) by Lauren Layne
• The Light Over London by Julia Kelly
• Desperate Girls by Laura Griffin
• Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong
• Faithful: A Novel by Alice Hoffman
• Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women by Sarah Bessey and Rachel Held Evans
• Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead--My Life Story by Cecile Richards
• Tiffany Blues: A Novel by M. J. Rose
• The Melody Lingers On by Mary Higgins Clark
• Far Gone by Laura Griffin
• About Grace: A Novel by Anthony Doerr
• The Woman in the Park by Teresa Sorkin and Tullan Holmqvist
• Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World by Mike Stanton
• Daughter of Moloka'i: A Novel (Moloka'i) by Alan Brennert
• The Parking Lot Attendant: A Novel by Nafkote Tamirat
• The Removes: A Novel by Tatjana Soli
• Ordinary Grace: A Novel by William Kent Krueger
• Save the Hostages by David Reed
• Kisscut (Grant County Series #2) by Karin Slaughter
• Crimes of the Father: A Novel by Thomas Keneally
• The FastDiet: Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, and Live Longer with the Simple Secret of Intermittent Fasting (Atria Espanol Ser.) by Mimi Spencer and Michael Mosley
• The Passengers by John Marrs
• Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America by Christopher Leonard
• The Freedom Writers Diary (Movie Tie-in Edition): How A Teacher And 150 Teens Used Writing To Change Themselves And The World Around Them by Erin Gruwell
• Invisible: A Novel (Paul McGrath #1) by Andrew Grant
• Annelies: A Novel by David R. Gillham
• The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty by Lawrence Otis Graham
• A Good Woman: A Novel (Playaway Adult Fiction Ser.) by Danielle Steel
• Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church by Philip Yancey
• The Good Detective (A P.T. Marsh Novel #1) by John McMahon
• The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro
• The Dancing Girls: An absolutely gripping crime thriller with nail-biting suspense (Detective Jo Fournier Ser. #Vol. 1) by M. M. Chouinard
• The Last Thing She Told Me: A heart-wrenching story about the secrets families keep... by Linda Green
• While My Eyes Were Closed: The #1 Bestseller by Linda Green
• The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator by Timothy Winegard
• Quiet Neighbors: A Novel by Catriona McPherson
• Resistance Women: A Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini
• On the Edge of Nowhere by James Huntington

Review: Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz

Title: Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
Author: Gene Kranz
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: February 21, 2001 (first published January 7th 2000)
Edition: Kindle (416 pages)
Genres:

• Nonfiction
• Memoir
• History
• Space Exploration

My Rating: 5 of 5 stars

Gene Kranz tells a riveting story of his experiences as NAASA beginning in the early days of space flight and the space race to get to the moon, culminating as a Flight Director for several missions. He shared his experiences working and interacting with astronauts and others involved in the space program during his nearly three and a half decades at NAASA.

What impressed me about this book is its detail, and also the number of close calls experienced by mission participants--most notable, of course, is the near disaster of the Apollo 13 event. This book will be added to my reread list. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in space flight.

Review: Blindsighted (Grant County #1) by Karin Slaughter

Title: Blindsighted (Grant County #1)
Author: Karin Slaughter
Publisher: Harper
Publication Date: May 26, 2015 (first published May 1st 2001)
Edition: ebook (464 pages)
Genres:

• Fiction
• Crime Fiction
• Thriller

Literary Awards:

• Barry Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2002)
• Macavity Award Nominee for Best First Mystery Novel (2002)

Series: Grant County #1
My Rating: 5 of 5 stars

Police Chief, Jeffrey Tolliver, and Dr. Sara Linton, now divorced, team up to solve the murders of women in a small Georgia town. The crimes are horrific, and not even the police department is left unscathed. The first murder is that of a police detective's sister.

There is something for every reader here. Murder. Complex relationships. Unbridled emotion. Passion. Love. Hate. Outrage. Tragedy. A great beginning to what promises to be a great series. Karin Slaughter has me moving on to the next book without hesitation.

Review: Triptych (Will Trent, #1) by Karin Slaughter

Title: Triptych (Will Trent, #1)
Author: Karin Slaughter
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Publication Date: August 15, 2006
Edition: ebook (400 pages)
Genres:

• Fiction
• Crime Fiction
• Thriller

Series: Will Trent #1
My Rating: 5 of 5 stars

Will Trent, an agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, is investigating the deaths of several young girls. He believes they are connected, and he is determined to help police Detective, Michael Ormewood, solve these crimes. But, even the people Will works with are not without secrets and secret lives. In fact, some might even be deadly!

This is a great story! When you start reading, you find yourself immersed in an intricate web of secrets and betrayal that will keep you reading from the first page to the last. I read this book without realizing it was connected to Karin Slaughter's Grant County series, so I'm going to read that before returning to Will Trent.

Lynn's List (August 23, 2019)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Where I Found You: A gripping, powerful, uplifting story of a mother?s love by Emma Robinson
• The Swallows: A Novel by Lisa Lutz
• Outsider in the White House by John Nichols
• Lexicon: A Novel by Max Barry
• Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House by Peter Baker
• Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer by Ruth Martin
• 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown by Simon Johnson
• The Memory Police: A Novel by Yoko Ogawa
• Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism by Terry McAuliffe
• The Last Resort by Marissa Stapley
• Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire by Michael T. Kaufman
• The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War by Andrew Delbanco
• A Life of My Own: A Memoir by Claire Tomalin
• Beast Meridian by Vanessa Villarreal
• The Devil's Grip: A true story of shame, sheep and shotguns by Neal Drinnan
• The Devil's Teardrop: A Novel Of The Last Night Of The Century by Jeffery Deaver
• Go Ask Alice (Anonymous Diaries) by Anonymous
• The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
• The Blessing Cup (Paula Wiseman Books) by Patricia Polacco
• Above the Clouds: The Diaries of a High-Altitude Mountaineer by Anatoli Boukreev
• Forward Me Back to You by Mitali Perkins
• The One Man: The Riveting and Intense Bestselling WWII Thriller by Andrew Gross
• The Saboteur: A Novel by Andrew Gross
• The Time It Never Rained by Elmer Kelton
• White House Years: The First Volume Of His Classic Memoirs by Henry Kissinger
• Girl at the End of the World: My Escape from Fundamentalism in Search of Faith with a Future by Elizabeth Esther
• The Sinus Cure: 7 Simple Steps to Relieve Sinusitis and Other Ear, Nose, and Throat Conditions by Debra Fulghum Bruce and Murray Grossan
• Safe Enough Spaces: A Pragmatist's Approach to Inclusion, Free Speech, and Political Correctness on College Campuses by Michael S. Roth
• Shades of Light: A Novel by Sharon Garlough Brown
• Old Bones by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
• America Is Better Than This: Trump's War Against Migrant Families by Jeff Merkley
• Our War by Craig DiLouie
• Triptych: A Novel (Will Trent #1) by Karin Slaughter
• The Last Widow: A Novel (Will Trent #9) by Karin Slaughter
• Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist's Fight to Make the Media Look More Like America by Dorothy Butler Gilliam
• Dawn of the Code War: America's Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threat by Garrett M. Graff and John P. Carlin
• The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice by Rebecca Musser M. Bridget Cook
• Hard Girls: An unputdownable serial killer thriller by Martina Cole
• Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
• I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Liz Welch, Martin Ganda and Caitlin Alifirenka
• Fix-It and Forget-It Slow Cooker Dump Dinners and Desserts: 150 Crazy Yummy Meals for Your Crazy Busy Life (Fix-It and Forget-It) by Hope Comerford
• Children of Nazis: The Sons and Daughters of Himmler, Göring, Höss, Mengele, and Others— Living with a Father's Monstrous Legacy by Tania Crasnianski
• Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century by Peter Graham
• The Summer Escape: An uplifting romantic summer read by Lily Graham
• Her Silent Cry: An absolutely gripping mystery thriller by Lisa Regan
• The Violin Maker's Daughter: Absolutely heartbreaking World War 2 historical fiction by Sharon Maas
• Little Girl Missing: An absolutely unputdownable crime thriller (Dci Rachel Hart Ser. #Vol. 1) by J.G. Roberts
• The Paris Secret: An epic and heartbreaking love story set in World War Two by Lily Graham
• Whisper in the Night: An absolutely heart-stopping serial killer thriller by D.K. Hood
• The Crying Season: An edge-of-your-seat crime thriller by D. K. Hood
• Don't Tell a Soul: A Gripping Crime Thriller That Will Have You Hooked (Detectives Kane And Alton Ser. #Vol. 1) by D. K. Hood
• The Missing Ones: An Absolutely Gripping Thriller With A Jaw-dropping Twist (Detective Lottie Parker Ser. #Vol. 1) by Patricia Gibney
• The Boyfriend by Laura Southgate
• The American Presidency: Origins and Development, 1776–2018 by Michael C. Nelson Mr Sidney M. Milkis
• Judaism For Dummies (For Dummies Ser.) by Ted Falcon David Blatner
• The Richest Kids in America: How They Earn It, How They Spend It, How You Can Too by Mark Victor Hansen
• Between Gods: A Memoir by Alison Pick
• Love in Catalina Cove (Catalina Cove #1) by Brenda Jackson
• A Great Deal of Ruin: Financial Crises since 1929 by James Gerber
• A Killer's Confession: And a Mother's Fight for the Truth by Karen Edwards
• Blindsighted: The First Grant County Thriller (Grant County Thrillers #1) by Karin Slaughter

Review: I'll Be Watching You by Courtney Evan Tate

Title: I'll Be Watching You
Author: Courtney Evan Tate
Publisher: Mira Books
Publication Date: March 26, 2019
Edition: ebook (400 pages)
Genres:

• Fiction
• Mystery
• Thriller

My Rating: 3 of 5 stars

Emmy Fisher, in one terrible moment, is transported from loving mother to grieving mother when her daughter, Leah, is presumed drown. She and Leah were close. She thought she knew her daughter. But she soon discovers Leah had secrets she did not share with anyone, not even her best friend. And, Emmy has to find out the truth, no matter what.

I did enjoy this story. It was well written, and I liked the way it was told, with alternating perspectives. The reason I didn't give it a higher rating is that it became quite moralistic. Still a good read though.

Review: Alive on the Andrea Doria!: The Greatest Sea Rescue in History by Pierette Domenica Simpson

Title: Alive on the Andrea Doria!: The Greatest Sea Rescue in History
Author: Pierette Domenica Simpson
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Publication Date: August 1, 2008 (first published June 2006)
Edition: ebook (316 pages)
Genres:

• Nonfiction
• American History
• Maritime History

My Rating: 5 of 5 stars

Late on the evening of July 25, 1956, the MS Stockholm rammed into the SS Andrea Doria, not far off the shores of the island of Nantucket. The ramming ultimately resulted in the capsizing of the SS Andrea Doria, hours later, and prompted the greatest sea rescue in history. The author was a young girl, traveling to America with her grandparents, on the Andrea Doria. She and her grandparents survived. She tells her own story, as well as the stories of other survivors, along with the various inquiries that came after.

I found this book fascinating in content and vivid detail. As with the sinking of the Titanic, there was heroism and also plenty of blame to go around. It has taken years and the aid of computers to finally sort out who was to blame and exactly what happened. An excellent read!

Lynn's List (August 16, 2019)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Reading Poverty in America by Patrick Shannon
• A Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set: Jolie Blon's Bounce, Last Car to Elysian Fields, Crusader's Cross by James Lee Burke
• Shadows at Dawn (Maximum Security) by Kat Martin
• The Long Hot Summer: The Long Hot Summer Very Private Duty (The Blackstones of Virginia) by Rochelle Alers
• Signal Boost (Off the Grid) by Alyssa Cole
• The Protectors Complete Collection (The Protectors) by Brenda Jackson
• A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet #1) by Madeleine L'Engle
• Secrets of Willow House: A heartwarming and uplifting page turner set in Ireland by Susanne O'Leary
• What She Saw: A gripping psychological thriller with a heart-pounding twist by Wendy Clarke
• The Silent Ones: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller by K.L. Slater
• The Marriage Betrayal: A totally gripping and heart-stopping psychological thriller full of twists by Shalini Boland
• An Army Doctor's American Revolution Journal, 1775–1783 (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor) by James Thacher
• Only Daughter: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller with a nail-biting twist by Sarah A. Denzil
• The Liar's Wife: A gripping psychological thriller with edge-of-your-seat suspense by Samantha Hayes
• Runaway: THE GRIPPING STANDALONE NOVEL, INSPIRED BY THE AUTHOR'S OWN LIFE by Peter May
• Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism by Timothy Denevi
• The Keeper of Lost Things: winner of the Richard & Judy Readers' Award and Sunday Times bestseller by Ruth Hogan
• The Blackhouse: Book One of the Lewis Trilogy (Lewis Trilogy #1) by Peter May
• The Divine Wind by Garry Disher
• Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope
• I'll Be Watching You by Courtney Evan Tate

Review: Left To Die (To Die #1) by Lisa Jackson

Title: Left To Die (To Die #1)
Author: Lisa Jackson
Publisher: Zebra Books
Publication Date: August 1, 2008 (first published January 1st 2008)
Edition: ebook (512 pages)
Genres:

• Fiction
• Mystery
• Romantic Suspense
• Thriller

Series: To Die #1
My Rating: 4 of 5 stars

A small sheriff's department in rural Montana is confronted with a serial killer who chooses victims, strips them naked, and leaves them tied to a tree. It isn't easy for anyone, especially since this is happening during a Montana blizzard, the week of Christmas. Partners, Detective Regan Pescoli and Detective Selena Alvarez must use all their skills to solve this case as the bodies keep on piling up right along with Regan Pescoli's domestic problems.

This is a great read. There is also a second story line with a victim and her rescuer which, to me, was equally as interesting.

Lynn's List (August 9, 2019)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• The Woman Next Door: A Novel by Barbara Delinsky
• Finding Noel: A Novel by Richard Paul Evans
• Lincoln and McClellan at War: A Novel (Voices of the South) by Chester G. Hearn
• My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
• Thunderhead by Mary O'Hara
• Green Grass of Wyoming by Mary O'Hara
• Einstein's Shadow: A Black Hole, a Band of Astronomers, and the Quest to See the Unseeable by Seth Fletcher
• Patsy: A Novel by Nicole Dennis-Benn
• Rise and Shine: A Novel by Anna Quindlen
• Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations by N. Scott Momaday
• A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan by Michael Kazin
• The Escape Room: A Novel by Megan Goldin
• It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office by Dale Beran
• The Survival of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson
• A Stranger on the Beach: A Novel by Michele Campbell
• The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue by John Glatt
• Button Man: A Novel by Andrew Gross
• The Patchwork Bride: A Novel by Sandra Dallas
• Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
• My Dearest Dietrich: A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Lost Love by Amanda Barratt
• Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the Creation of the Atomic Bomb by Al Christman
• The Scarlet Nightingale: The thrilling wartime love story by national treasure Alan Titchmarsh by Alan Titchmarsh
• The Great Betrayal by Rod Liddle
• Toxic War: The Story of Agent Orange by Peter Sills
• The Sapphire Widow: A Novel by Dinah Jefferies
• As Time Goes By by Mary Higgins Clark
• Unworthy: A Novel by Antonio Monda and John Cullen
• Bad Man: A Novel by Dathan Auerbach
• The Kennedy Debutante by Kerri Maher
• The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell
• All the Water in the World: A Novel by Karen Raney
• Girl on the Block: A True Story of Coming of Age Behind the Counter by Jessica Wragg
• Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next by Timothy Faust
• Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court by Mollie Hemingway
• America's Reluctant Prince: The Life of John F. Kennedy Jr. by Steven Gillon
• Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
• Lady in the Lake: A Novel by Laura Lippman
• The New Girl by Daniel Silva
• The Nickel Boys: A Novel by Colson Whitehead
• Sold on a Monday: A Novel by Kristina McMorris
• The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
• Left to Die (Selena Alvarez/Regan Pescoli #1) by Lisa Jackson
• Religious Rights within the Family: From Coerced Manifestation to Dispute Resolution in France, England and Hong Kong (ICLARS Series on Law and Religion) by Esther Erlings
• We Were Sisters: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller by Wendy Clarke
• The Beginning of Everything: The Year I Lost My Mind And Found Myself by Andrea J. Buchanan
• Cool: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything by Salvatore Basile
• Raised by the Church: Growing up in New York City's Catholic Orphanages by Edward Rohs
• The 9/11 Commission Report by Ernest May

Review: Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the Creation of the Atomic Bomb by Al Christman

Title: Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the Creation of the Atomic Bomb
Author: Al Christman
Publisher:Not Avail
Publication Date: June 7, 2014 (first published March 1st 1998)
Edition: ebook (235 pages)
Genres:

• Nonfiction
• American History
• History
• Science

My Rating: 4 of 5 stars

Navy captain William S. "Deak" Parsons, as ordnance chief and associate director at Los Alamos, with almost single-minded determination and drive, can be credited with bringing the Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb to its conclusion, weeks before it was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945. Al Christman details this story in "Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the Creation of the Atomic Bomb." Because of his military experience, along with having the brilliant mind of a scientist, Deak Parsons was able to coordinate and contribute to this effort in a way that perhaps no one else could, at the time.

I found this book most interesting. It conveyed the urgency of the times, as well as much of the culture and attitude toward science of that era. It also caused me to reflect on the fact that Captain Parsons and the men and women responsible for development of the atomic bomb were extraordinarily gifted people just doing a job they were asked to do.

Review: Green Grass of Wyoming (Flicka, #3) by Mary O'Hara

Title: Green Grass of Wyoming (Flicka, #3) by Mary O'Hara
Author: Mary O'Hara
Publisher: Egmont Books
Publication Date: 2004 (first published 1946)
Edition: Paperback (224 pages)
Genres:

• Fiction
• Classics
• Literature and Fiction

Series: Flicka #3
My Rating: 5 of 5 stars

In the third and final book of the series, Ken McLaughlin has to deal with problems. Problems of growing up. Problems that come with first love, and the problem of Thunderhead causing trouble for so many. Ken has to make some difficult choices as he approaches manhood and life.

This is my favorite book of the three, in many ways, though I love them all. The descriptions of the Wyoming landscape and the beauty of it are spectacular, as are the emotions of the equine characters. Fabulous!

Review: Thunderhead (Flicka, #2) by Mary O'Hara

Title: Thunderhead (Flicka, #2)
Author: Mary O'Hara
Publisher: Egmont Books
Publication Date: January 8, 2004 (first published 1943)
Edition: Paperback (224 pages)
Genres:

• Fiction
• Classics
• Literature and Fiction

Series: Flicka #2
My Rating: 5 of 5 stars

"Thunderhead" continues where "My Friend Flicka" leaves off. The saga continues with Thunderhead, the offspring of Flicka.
Ken McLaughlin has survived and recovered after near death, and so has Flicka. But life does not stop there for either of them. Thunderhead is even more of a challenge to Ken and the entire McLaughlin family.

It is really amazing when you read all three books in this series, one after another, as I did with these classics. There is such pathos in this story. Such emotion. Love. Tragedy. Challenge. Triumph. Growth.

Review: My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara

Title: My Friend Flicka
Author: Mary O'Hara
Publisher: Harper Festival
Publication Date: 2003 (first published 1941)
Edition: Paperback
Genres:

• Fiction
• Classics
• Literature and Fiction

Series: Flicka #1
My Rating: 5 of 5 stars

Growing up on a ranch in Wyoming isn't always easy for young Ken McLaughlin. All he dreams about is a colt of his very own to love and train. He finds it difficult to focus on anything else. And, when at last he gets Flicka, and he is so happy. But, as in real life, that happiness is not without difficulty and tragedy.

There is something wonderful about revisiting a book from childhood. As I was rereading this one, I couldn't help thinking about what I learning from this book as an adult. So much I missed the first time because I wasn't old enough or hadn't had enough life experience yet to appreciate it. This book isn't a classic for no reason. I loved it even more reading it now.

Lynn's List (August 2, 2019)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• The Lost Men by Tyler-Lewis
• Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn Fendler
• Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage by Edith Gelles
• Lost and Found in New York by Tanja Neise
• Death Unseen by Tia Dani
• Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent by Fred Burton
• Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam by Richard R. Burns
• Together at the Table by Karen Oliveto
• The Protestant Reformation of the Church and the World by John Witte
• The Only Woman in the Room: A Novel by Marie Benedict
• Sky Girls: The True Story of the First Women's Cross-Country Air Race by Gene Nora Jessen
• Don't Look Now: A Novel by Max Manning
• Undocumented Nationals: Between Statelessness and Citizenship (Elements in the Politics of Development) by Wendy Hunter
The Kingfish and His Realm: The Life and Times of Huey P. Long by William Ivy Hair
• Lincoln and McClellan at War: A Novel (Voices of the South) by Chester G. Hearn
• Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are by Rob Walker
• Serpentine: The True Story of a Serial Killer's Reign of Terror from Europe to South Asia by Thomas Thompson
• Iced In: Ten Days Trapped on the Edge of Antarctica by Chris Turney