| Rank | Book | Author | |
|---|
| 1 | The World Without Us | Alan Weisman | |
| 2 | Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932 | John Richardson | |
| 3 | A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier | Ishmael Beah | |
| 4 | Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA | Tim Weiner | |
| 5 | The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century | Alex Ross | |
| 6 | Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life | Steve Martin | |
| 7 | Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life | Barbara Kingsolver | |
| 8 | The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court | Jeffrey Toobin | |
| 9 | The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness | Elyn R. Saks | |
| 10 | Here If You Need Me | Kate Braestrup | |