Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Ben Fountain

Open City,  Teju Cole

That Thing Around Your Neck, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Best American Short Stories 2011, Edited by Geraldine Brooks

Essential Stories, V.S. Pritchett

War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy

A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman, Margaret Drabble

God Bless America, Steve Almond

A State of Wonder, Ann Patchett