These Were Not My Thing
2021
- How I Invest My Money
- –Joshua Brown and Brian Portnoy
2020
- The Intelligent Investor
- –Benjamin Graham
- Beating the Street
- –Peter Lynch
2019
- Annihilation
- –Jeff Vandermeer
- Things Fall Apart
- –Chinua Achebe
- Brief Answers to the Big Questions
- –Stephen Hawking
- The Thin Green Line: The Money Secrets of the Super Wealthy
- –Paul Sullivan
- Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School
- –Andrew Hallam
- Escape Velocity
- –Jonathon Paul Isaacs
2018
- John Dies at the End
- –David Wong
- The New New Thing
- –Michael Lewis
- Chasing the Demon: A Secret History of the Quest for the Sound Barrier, and the Band of American Aces Who Conquered It
- –Dan Hampton
- The Cuban Affair
- –Nelson de Mille
- Get Money Smart: Simple Lessons to Kickstart Your Financial Confidence & Grow Your Wealth
- –Robert Pagliarini
2017
- Marsbound
- –Joe Haldeman
- Hillbilly Elegy
- –J.D. Vance
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
- –Robert A. Heinlein
- H is for Hawk
- –Helen Macdonald
- The Darwin Elevator
- –Jason M. Hough
- Capital Gaines
- –Chip Gaines
- Sand
- –Hugh Howey
- How to Raise an Adult
- –Julie Lythcott-Haims
2016
- No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon
- –Buzz Aldrin and Ken Abraham
- Dauntless
- –Jack Campbell
2015
- TransAtlantic
- –Colum McCann
- Gray Mountain
- –John Grisham
- Cryptonomicon
- –Neal Stephenson
2014
- Attempting Normal
- –Marc Maron
- The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
- –Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter
2013
- Wager with the Wind: The Don Sheldon Story
- –James Greiner
2012
- Flights of Passage: Recollections of a World War II Aviator
- –Samuel Hynes
- Freedom Flyers: The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
- –J. Todd Moye
- Gideon's Sword
- –Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
2011
- Well, how 'bout that? No books this year that were “not my thing.”
2010
- The Shadow of the Wind
- –Carlos Ruiz Zafón
- Daemon
- –Daniel Suarez
- Blackout
- –Connie Willis
- The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
- –A.J. Jacobs
2009
- The Brass Verdict
- –Michael Connelly
- Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
- –Dava Sobel
- Dear American Airlines
- –Jonathan Miles
- Problem Solving 101: A Simple Book For Smart People
- –Ken Watanabe
2008
- Many Worlds In One: The Search for Other Universes
- –Alex Vilenkin
- Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
- –Jared Diamond
2007
- Airline Without a Pilot
- –Harry L. Nolan
- The Art & Science of CSS
- –Adams, Bolton, Johnson, Smith, and Snook
2006
- Biggest Brother
- –Larry Alexander
- State of Fear
- –Michael Crichton
- The Tipping Point
- –Malcolm Gladwell
- Never Have Your Dog Stuffed
- –Alan Alda
- The Camel Club
- –David Baldacci
- Monster Careers: Interviewing
- –Jeff Taylor
- Steal This Computer Book 3
- –Wallace Wang
2005
- Running Blind
- –Lee Child
- How to Enjoy Your Life and Your Job
- –Dale Carnegie
- The Sword of Shannara
- –Terry Brooks
- Spies Among Us
- –Ira Winkler
- Rule of Four
- –Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason
- Conspiracy of Fools
- –Kurt Eichenwald
- Winning
- –Jack and Suzy Welch
- The Art of the Steal
- –Frank W. Abagnale
- Magnetic Service
- –Chip R. Bell & Bilijack R. Bell