Non-fiction
- Roger Caron – Bingo! The Horrifying Eyewitness Account of a Prison Riot
- Allen Carr - The Easy Way to Stop Smoking
- Michael Denton – Evolution: A Theory in Crisis
- Elaine Dundy – Elvis and Gladys
- Wayne Kritsberg – The Adult Children of Alcoholics Syndrome
- Tim O'Brien – The Nuclear Age
- Priscilla Beaulieu Presley – Elvis and Me
- David Robinson – Chaplin: His Life and Art
- Oliver Sacks – The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
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