- He held radical light, the art of faith, the faith of art, Christian Wiman
- Science fiction, a very short introduction, David Seed
- Cover me, the stories behind the greatest cover songs of all time, Ray Padgett, founder and editor of the blog Cover me
- Dictionaries, a very short introduction, Lynda Mugglestone
- Shake it up, great American writing on rock and pop from Elvis to Jay Z, edited by Jonathan Lethem and Kevin Dettmar
- The world of all souls, the complete guide to A Discovery of witches, Shadow of night, and the Book of life, Deborah Harkness, Claire Baldwin, Lisa Halttunen, Jill Hough ; illustrated by Colleen Madden
- Voices, places, essays, David Mason
- Ain't I a diva?, Beyoncé and the power of pop culture pedagogy, Kevin Allred ; foreword by Cheryl Clarke
- The historical Jesus, Bart D. Ehrman
- The banished immortal, a life of Li Bai (Li Po), Ha Jin
- God in the Qur'an, Jack Miles
- Chinese literature, a very short introduction, Sabina Knight
- The Hebrew Bible as literature, a very short introduction, Tod Linafelt
- The William H. Gass reader, [William H. Gass]
- The blues, a very short introduction, Elijah Wald
- The end of the myth, from the frontier to the wall in the mind of America, Greg Grandin
- Writing America, literary landmarks from Walden Pond to Wounded Knee, a reader's companion, Shelley Fisher Fishkin
- Just a shot away, peace, love, and tragedy with the Rolling Stones at Altamont, Saul Austerlitz
- In their lives, great writers on great Beatles songs, edited by Andrew Blauner ; a note from Paul McCartney
- It's better when you sing it, a musical exploration storybook
- Chamber music, Wu-Tang and America (in 36 pieces), Will Ashon
- Barking with the Big Dogs, On Writing and Reading Books for Children, Natalie Babbitt ; introduction by Katherine Applegate
- Jesus and the Gospels, Luke Timothy Johnson
- Derrida, a very short introduction, Simon Glendinning
- Fairy tale, a very short introduction, Marina Warner
- Wasteland, the Great War and the origins of modern horror, W. Scott Poole
- Comedy, a very short introduction, Matthew Bevis
- Blue and red make purple, a musical journey with Jennifer Gasoi ; illustrated by Steve Adams
- Modern drama, a very short introduction, Kirsten E. Shepherd-Barr
- Contemporary fiction, a very short introduction, Robert Eaglestone
- Feel free, essays, Zadie Smith
- Medieval literature, a very short introduction, Elaine Treharne
- The written world, the power of stories to shape people, history, civilization, Martin Puchner
- Pay no heed to the rockets, life in contemporary Palestine, Marcello Di Cintio
- Reinventing Pink Floyd, from Syd Barrett to the Dark side of the Moon, Bill Kopp
- Shakespeare's comedies, a very short introduction, Bart van Es
- Playing back the 80s, a decade of unstoppable hits, Jim Beviglia
- French literature, a very short introduction, John D. Lyons
- The secret life of the American musical, how classic Broadway shows are built, Jack Viertel
- Collected essays & memoirs, Albert Murray ; Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Paul Devlin, editors
- Uncommon people, the rise and fall of the rock stars, David Hepworth
- Electric shock, from the gramophone to the iPhone : 125 years of pop music, Peter Doggett
- Meet me in Atlantis, my obsessive quest to find the sunken city, Mark Adams
- Little author in the big woods, a biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Yona Zeldis McDonough ; illustrated by Jennifer Thermes
- Early music, a very short introduction, Thomas Forrest Kelly
- 聯合文學, Unitas
- The roots of rap, 16 bars on the 4 pillars of hip-hop, by Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Frank Morrison Jr
- From Native Son to King's Men, the literary landscape of 1940s America, Robert McParland
- Classical literature, a very short introduction, William Allan
- Agatha Christie, a mysterious life, Laura Thompson