| Title | Author | Publisher |
| The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry | Rachel Joyce | Black Swan |
| HhHH | Laurent Binet | Vintage |
| Bringing Up The Bodies | Hilary Mantel | HarperCollins |
| Capital | John Lanchester | Faber |
| The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language | Mark Forsyth | Icon Books |
| Flight Behaviour | Barbara Kingsolver | Faber |
| The Song of Achilles | Madeline Miller | Bloomsbury |
| Walking Home | Simon Armitage | Faber |
| A Tale for the Time Being | Ruth Ozeki | Canongate |
| Behind the Beautiful Forevers | Katherine Boo | Portobello Books |