1. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

2. The Dog of the South by Charles Portis

3. Available Dark: A Crime Novel by Elizabeth Hand

4. Red Shift by Alan Garner

5. Linger Awhile by Russell Hoban

6. Fair Play by Tove Jansson

7. The Face in the Frost by John Bellairs

8. Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

9. Engine Summer by John Crowley

10. The Trouble With Testosterone and Other Essays on the Biology of the Human Predicament by Robert M. Sapolsky

11. Bullettime by Nick Mamatas

12. Your Brain At Work by David Rock

13. The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

14. In the Enclosure by Barry N. Malzberg