Kelly Estep – Carmichaels
- The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine by Benjamin Wallace
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
- Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow
Randy Smith – Destinations
- America America by Ethan Canin
- A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz
- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
- Palace Council by Stephen L. Carter
Robert Gieszl - LFPL
- The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
- High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed by Michael Kodas
- Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell
Other suggestions from guests and listeners:
- Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
- The Ground Beneath her Feet by Salman Rushdie
- The Moor’s Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie
- Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
- How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets by Garth Stein
- Raven Stole the Moon by Garth Stein
- Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
- Sutree by Cormac McCarthy
- Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky
- Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World by Dan Koeppel
- Thud! A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
- Going Postal: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett
- Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
- Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
- The Labrador Pact by Matt Haig
- The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey through Madness by Elyn R. Saks
- So Brave, Young and Handsome by Leif Enger
- Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
- Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet by Jeffrey D. Sachs
- Wicked City by Ace Atkins
- The Blue Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver
- Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America by Geoffrey Canada
- The Man Who Loved China: the Fantastic Story of the Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom by Simon Winchester
- Migrant Daughter: Coming of Age as a Mexican American Woman by Frances Esquibel Tywoniak and Mario T. Garca