1) Kazuo Ishiguro: The Unconsoled
2) Anya von Bremzen: Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking. A Memoir of Food and Longing
3) Peter Frankopan: The Silk Roads. A New History of the World
4) Alexander Lee: The Ugly Renaissance
5) Niall Ferguson: Kissinger. The Idealist, 1923-1968. Volume 1