Life – Keith Richards
Groove Interrupted – Keith Spera
Babylon Rolling – Amanda Boyden
Charity – Mark Richard (re-read)
Tom Waits on Tom Waits
The Convict and Other Stories – James Lee Burke
Marielitos, Balseros, and Other Exiles – Cecilia Rodriguez Milanes
Nothing To Be Frightened Of – Julian Barnes (at Peter Whipple’s urging)
Who She Was – Sam Freedman
Los Angeles Stories (City Lights Edition) – Ry Cooder
Shango’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes – William Kennedy
All I Did Was Shoot My Baby – Walter Mosley
Before the End,after the Beginning – Dagoberto Gilb
The Last Holiday – Gil Scott-Heron
Moon Deluxe – Fredrick Barthelme
The Last Sultan: The Life & Times of Ahmet Ertegun – Robert Greenfield
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle – Monique Raffey
Swing Symphony – Christopher Lawrence
Bob Dylan:Like a Complete Unknown – David Yaffe
Nica’s Dream – David Kastin
LeFreak – Nile Rodgers
420 Characters – Lou Beach
Half-Blood Blues – Esi Erdugyan
Sunset Limited – James Lee Burke
Lita – Jervey Tervalon
A World Made Of Fire – Mark Childress
Jitterbug – Loren Estleman (suggested by Mike Finnegan)
Black Swan – Christopher Hope
What Is What Was – Richard Stern
Sistermony – Richard Stern
Downriver – Loren Estleman
The Glass Highway – Loren Estleman
Ernie K-Doe The R&B Emperor of New Orleans – Ben Sandmel
Cubop City Blues – Pablo Medina
The Midnight Man – Loren Estleman
A Smile on the Face of a Tiger – Loren Estleman
Sweet Women Lie – Loren Estleman
A Natural Woman – Carole King
The One – RJ Smith
Natural Shocks – Richard Stern
The Ferguson Affair – Ross MacDonald
Lady Yesterday – Loren Estleman
Dropped Names – Frank Langella
Burning Midnight – Loren Estleman
Forbidden Fruit – Pablo LaRosa
Suddenly a Knock at The Door – Etgar Keret
Anacaona – Alicia Castro
L.A. ’56 – Joel Engel
Sans Souci – Dionne Brand
How Music Works – David Byrne
NW – Zadie Smith
Saving The World – Julia Alvarez
This Is How You Lose Her – Junot Diaz
The Cocktail Waitress – James M. Cain
Home – Toni Morrison
Knockemstiff – Donald Ray Pollock
Marginal Voices – Julio Ramon Ribeyro
Telegraph Avenue – Michael Chabon