Fiction/Poetry
- The Associate by John Grisham
- Praise Song for the Day by Elizabeth Alexander
- Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
- Watchmen by Alan Moore
- Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
- Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
- How Beautiful the Beloved by Gregory Orr (Faculty)
- Free Union by John Casteen IV (Col ’93, Faculty)
Nonfiction
- Leadership: Oliphant Political Cartoons & Sculpture from the Bush Years by Pat Oliphant
- Tim and Tom: An American Comedy in Black and White by Tim Reid
- He’s Just Not That into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys by Greg Behrendt
- Law Touched Our Hearts: A Generation Remembers Brown V. Board of Education by Mildred Wigfall Robinson (Faculty) and Richard J. Bonnie (Faculty)
- Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom: Strategies and Tools for Responsive Teaching by Carol Ann Tomlinson (Faculty)
- I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
- Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency by Barton Gellman
- The Inaugural Address, 2009 by Barack Obama
- The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks