Fill your mind with the best from the best:
Fiction
Tinkers by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press)
Drama
Next to Normal, music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey
History
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed (The Penguin Press)
Biography or Autobiography
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles (Alfred A. Knopf)
Poetry
Versed by Rae Armantrout (Wesleyan University Press)
General Nonfiction
The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy by David E. Hoffman (Doubleday)
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