1. Marvellous Thieves: Secret Authors of the Arabian Nights by Paulo Lemos Horta (Harvard University Press)
2. The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen (Riverhead Books)
3. Blood, Sweat, and Fear: The Story of Inspector Vance, Vancouver’s First Forensic Investigator by Eve Lazarus (Arsenal Pulp Press)
4. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (Doubleday)
5. South and West: From a Notebook by Joan Didion (Knopf)
6. Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life by Jonathan Gould (Crown Archetype)
7. Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine by Joe Hagan (Knopf)
8. The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston (Grand Central Publishing)
9. Joni: The Anthology Edited by Barney Hoskyns (Picador)
10. The Great Nadar: The Man Behind the Camera by Adam Begley (Tim Duggan Books)
