While we specialize in business books as book sellers, we are all lovers of books in other genres. Here are some of our picks for the best books we’ve read this year. Not all are new, and some are obscure, but all will delight.

Carol | Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (and “the new films of _Les Miserables_ and _Anna Karenina_ remind us that it is time to acknowledge the classics!!)

Jack | Live by Night: A Novel by Dennis Lehane

Jon | Pictures of Sound: One Thousand Years of Educed Audio: 980-1980 by Patrick Feaster and It Chooses You by Miranda July

Shawn | Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach (“One of the best books I’ve read in years.”)

Michael | 4 books by Clarice Lispector: Near to the Wild Heart, A Breath of Life, Àgua Viva, The Passion According to G.H. (“A great gift idea because they feature excellent design and look great together.”)

Aaron | Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon

Mel | Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan

Todd | A Good Day to Die by Jim Harrison

Roy | Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery by Herbie J Pilato and A Dance with Dragons – Book 5 of Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Meg | Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison (“It’s not new, but it’s the best book I’ve read all year, and I keep comparing every other book I read to it.”)

Dylan | Building Stories by Chris Ware and American Nations by Colin Woodard

Sally | In Praise of Messy Lives: Essays by Katie Roiphe

If you’d like to see a compendium of all the business books we’ve recommended in October and November, spend some time with our newest The Keen Thinker…and don’t forget to sign up to get our newsletter in your email each month!