Travel and Adventure

Assassination Vacation three-and-half-stars

History

By Sarah Vowell

Breakfast with Buddha three-and-half-stars

Literary

By Roland Merullo

Brief Encounters with Che Guevara four-stars

Literary

By Ben Fountain

Cross Country three-and-half-stars

General Nonfiction

By Robert Sullivan

Devils on the Deep Blue Sea three-stars

General Nonfiction

By Kristoffer A. Garin

Down the Nile three-and-half-stars

General Nonfiction

By Rosemary Mahoney

Freddy and Fredericka two-stars

Literary

By Mark Helprin

Indecision three-and-half-stars

Literary

By Benjamin Kunkel

Making It Up three-and-half-stars

Literary

By Penelope Lively

Marco Polo four-stars

Biography

By Laurence Bergreen