- Mind Your Manners, Sarah Jane Ho
- Filterworld, Kyle Chayka
- Knife, Salman Rushdie
- The Art of War, Sun Tsu
- Lies & Weddings, Kevin Kwan
- Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany, Ben Schott
Deserted books
- Mother Country, Marilynne Robinson -- too verbose for my liking. But I did cut the book in half and will maybe tackle part 2. Update: did not.
