1. The Tin Box, Holly Kennedy 2. A Man Without a Country, Kurt Vonnegut 3. Learning to Drive and Other Life Lessons, Katha Pollitt 4. Seconds of Pleasure, Neil Labute 5. Magical Thinking, Augusten Burroughs 6. There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say, Paula Poundstone 7. Lit Life, Kurt Wenzel 8. Rainbow’s End, Lauren St. John 9. I Love You, Nice to Meet You, Lori Gottlieb and Kevin Bleyer 10. I Feel Bad About My Neck, Nora Ephron 11. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, Bill Bryson 12. A Hatred for Tulips, Richard Lourie 13. Let Me Go, Helga Schneider 14. God Bless Dr. Kevorkian, Kurt Vonnegut 15. If Wishes Were Horses, Merry Whiteford 16. Shopaholic & Baby, Sophie Kinsella 17. Three Weeks with My Brother, Nicholas and Micah Sparks 18. What Do You Do All Day?, Amy Scheibe 19. Parallel Play, Thomas Rayfiel 20. Confessions of a Slacker Mom, Muffy Mead-Ferro 21. Killer Heels, Sheryl J. Anderson 22. Porch Talk, Philip Gulley 23. Bill Bryson's African Diary, Bill Bryson 24. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak 25. By The Seat of My Pants, Ed. Don George 26. The Sex Lives of Cannibals, J. Maarten Troost 27. Housekeeping vs. The Dirt, Nick Hornby 28. Slaughterhouse Five: The Children's Crusade Kurt Vonnegut 29. She Got Up Off the Couch, Haven Kimmel 30. Slapstick, Kurt Vonnegut 31. Under My Roof, Nick Mamatas 32. I Am The Messenger, Markus Zusak 33. Diary of a Bad Year, J. M. Coetzee 34. On The Water,Hans Maarten van den Brink 35. Body Surfing, Anita Shreve 36. Playing in The Light,Zoe Wicomb 37. Me Talk Pretty One Day,David Sedaris 38. What Did You Do In the War, Daddy?, Sabine Reichel 39. The Funny Thing Is…, Ellen DeGeneres 40. The Late Bourgeois World, Nadine Gordimer 41. About Alice, Calvin Trillin 42. How To Breathe Underwater, Julie Orringer 43. Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin 44. (Not That You Asked), Steve Almond 45. Five Fortunes, Beth Gutcheon 46. Cursed by a Happy Childhood, Carl Lennertz
2. A Man Without a Country, Kurt Vonnegut
3. Learning to Drive and Other Life Lessons, Katha Pollitt
4. Seconds of Pleasure, Neil Labute
5. Magical Thinking, Augusten Burroughs
6. There's Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say, Paula Poundstone
7. Lit Life, Kurt Wenzel
8. Rainbow’s End, Lauren St. John
9. I Love You, Nice to Meet You, Lori Gottlieb and Kevin Bleyer
10. I Feel Bad About My Neck, Nora Ephron
11. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, Bill Bryson
12. A Hatred for Tulips, Richard Lourie
13. Let Me Go, Helga Schneider
14. God Bless Dr. Kevorkian, Kurt Vonnegut
15. If Wishes Were Horses, Merry Whiteford
16. Shopaholic & Baby, Sophie Kinsella
17. Three Weeks with My Brother, Nicholas and Micah Sparks
18. What Do You Do All Day?, Amy Scheibe
19. Parallel Play, Thomas Rayfiel
20. Confessions of a Slacker Mom, Muffy Mead-Ferro
21. Killer Heels, Sheryl J. Anderson
22. Porch Talk, Philip Gulley
23. Bill Bryson's African Diary, Bill Bryson
24. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
25. By The Seat of My Pants, Ed. Don George
26. The Sex Lives of Cannibals, J. Maarten Troost
27. Housekeeping vs. The Dirt, Nick Hornby
28. Slaughterhouse Five: The Children's Crusade Kurt Vonnegut
29. She Got Up Off the Couch, Haven Kimmel
30. Slapstick, Kurt Vonnegut
31. Under My Roof, Nick Mamatas
32. I Am The Messenger, Markus Zusak
33. Diary of a Bad Year, J. M. Coetzee
34. On The Water,Hans Maarten van den Brink
35. Body Surfing, Anita Shreve
36. Playing in The Light,Zoe Wicomb
37. Me Talk Pretty One Day,David Sedaris
38. What Did You Do In the War, Daddy?, Sabine Reichel
39. The Funny Thing Is…, Ellen DeGeneres
40. The Late Bourgeois World, Nadine Gordimer
41. About Alice, Calvin Trillin
42. How To Breathe Underwater, Julie Orringer
43. Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
44. (Not That You Asked), Steve Almond
45. Five Fortunes, Beth Gutcheon
46. Cursed by a Happy Childhood, Carl Lennertz