1 |  | Title: Dewey Author: Vicki Myron Summary: The kitten left freezing in the returned-book slot of an Iowa public library, and his rise to fame. | 2 |  | Title: The Snowball Author: Alice Schroeder Summary: The life of Warren Buffett. |
3 |  | Title: A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity Author: Bill O’Reilly Summary: The Fox News commentator on his upbringing and career. | 4 |  | Title: Letter to My Daughter Author: Maya Angelou Summary: Reminiscences, appreciations and poems from the author of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” |
5 |  | Title: Against Medical Advice Author: James Patterson Summary: A family’s struggle to get treatment for their son’s Tourette’s syndrome. | 6 |  | Title: Hot, Flat, and Crowded Author: Thomas L. Friedman Summary: How a green revolution can renew America, by the New York Times columnist. |
7 |  | Title: The American Journey of Barack Obama Author: Editors of Life magazine Summary: Photographs and essays, starting with Obama’s birth in Hawaii. | 8 |  | Title: Dreams from My Father Author: Barack Obama Summary: The president-elect on life as the son of a black African father and a white American mother. |
9 |  | Title: My Stroke of Insight Author: Jill Bolte Taylor Summary: A brain scientist shares what she learned from her 1996 stroke. | 10 |  | Title: Multiple Blessings Author: Jon Gosselin Summary: A couple with twins has sextuplets. |