January
- The Old Patagonian Express: by Train through the Americas. Paul Theroux. 1979
- The Gathering. Anne Enright. 2007
- Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America. Elizabeth Wurtzel. 1994
- Possession. A.S. Byatt. 1990
- Reading Lolita in Tehran. Azar Nafisi. 2003
- Saturday. Ian McEwan. 2005
- Nostromo. Joseph Conrad. 1904
March
- Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion and the Battle for America's Soul. Edward Humes. 2008
- The Leopard. Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. 1960
- Mating. Norman Rush. 1991
- Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How it can Renew America. Thomas L. Friedman. 2008
April
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Thomas Hardy. 1891
- The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress. Mark Twain. 1869
- Wolf Hall. Hilary Mantel. 2009
- The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit. Shirley MacLaine. 2000
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Robert Pirsig. 1974
- Good Faith. Jane Smiley. 2003
May
- The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Daniel Defoe. 1719
- Dracula: A Mystery Story. Bram Stoker. 1897
- Seeing. Jose Saramago. 2006
- The Search for God at Harvard. Ari Goldman. 1991
- A Prayer for Owen Meany. John Irving. 1989
- Portrait in Sepia. Isabel Allende. 2001
- Who are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity. Samuel Huntington. 2004
- Daniel Deronda. George Eliot. 1876
- The Bridges of Madison County. Robert James Waller. 1992
- On Beauty. Zadie Smith. 2005
June
- The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific. Paul Theroux. 1992
July
- Hotel du Lac. Anita Brookner. 1984
- Divinity of Doubt: The God Question. Vincent Bugliosi. 2011
- Winter's Tale. Mark Helprin. 1983
- Explore: Stories of Survival from of the Map. Jennifer Schwamm Willis (editor). 2000
- Everyman. Philip Roth. 2006
- Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Mary Shelley. 1881
- Home. Marilynne Robinson. 2008
- Treasure Island. Robert Louis Stevenson. 1883
August
- Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. George Eliot. 1861
- Kim. Rudyard Kipling. 1901
- Bad Land: An American Romance. Jonathan Raban. 1996
- The Wind in the Willows. Kenneth Grahame. 1908
- The Sorrows of Young Werther. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 1774
- The Echo Maker. Richard Powers. 2006
- Vanity Fair. William Makepeace Thackeray. 1847
- A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. Bill Bryson. 1998
- A Free Life. Ha Jin. 2007
September
- Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door. Lynne Truss. 2005
- Scarlett Feather. Maeve Binchy. 2000
- Call it Sleep. Henry Roth. 1934
- Netherland. Joseph O'Neill. 2008
- The Woman in White. Wilkie Collins. 1860
- The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. Oscar Hijuelos. 1989
- The Rainbow. D.H. Lawrence. 1915
- Barn Blind. Jane Smiley. 1980
- The Fourth Hand. John Irving. 2001
- Jude the Obscure. Thomas Hardy. 1895
- In the Valley of Mist: Kashmir: One Family in a Changing World. Justine Hardy. 2009
- The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition. Stephen King. 1990
- The Mosquito Coast. Paul Theroux. 1982
- Atmospheric Disturbances. Rivka Galchen. 2008
- Rhett Butler's People. Donald McCaig. 2007
- Heidi. Johanna Spyri. 1880
- The Satanic Verses. Salman Rushdie. 1988
- An Italian Education: The Further Adventures of an Expatriate in Verona. Tim Parks. 1995
- The Old Man and the Sea. Ernest Hemingway. 1952
- What I Talk About when I Talk About Running: A Memoir. Haruki Murakami. 2008
- Who Killed Palomino Molero? Mario Vargas Llosa. 1986
- A Clockwork Orange. Anthony Burgess. 1962
- Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War. Anthony Shaddid. 2005
- On the Road. Jack Kerouac. 1957
- American Taboo: A Murder in the Peace Corps. Philip Weiss. 2004
- Fresh Air Fiends: Travel Writings, 1985-2000. Paul Theroux. 2000
