Art:
- I Was Vermeer by Frank Wynne (from A Bookshelf Monstrosity)
- The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women and the Artists They Inspired by Francine Prose (from A Bookshelf Monstrosity)
- Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King (from A Bookshelf Monstrosity)
- Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton
Books:
- The Book Shopper: A Life in Review by Murray Browne (from Books are my only Friends)
- Junk Fiction: America's Obsession with Bestsellers by S. T. Joshi
- The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Barlett (city forum)
- The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus by Joshua Kendall (from Naked Without Books)
Business:
- The Big Picture by Kevin Coupe and Michael Sansolo (from Blog Business World)
- The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis (from Desperado Penguin)
- Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur by Richard Branson
- Calculated Risks by Gerd Gigerenzer (from NYT)
- Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh (Zappos)
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
- Harvard Business School Confidential - Secrets of Success by Emily Chan (from Blog Business World)
- Master Your Debt by Jordan Goodman (from Beth's Book Blog)
- Numbers Rule Your World by Kaiser Fung (from Blog Business World)
- The Numerati by Stephen Baker (city forum)
- Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Risk Takers by Renee and Don Martin (from Chocolate and Croissants)
- The Sky's the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan by Steven Gaines
- Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business by Danny Meyer (from 37signals blog)
- Starting From Scrap by Stephen Greer (from Blog Business World)
- Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman (from Caroline Bookbinder)
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
- Topless Prophet by Alan Markovitz (from Chocolate and Croissants and its author interview)
- Unfolding the Napkin: The Hands-On Method for Solving Complex Problems with Simple Pictures by Dan Roam
- What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People by Joe Navarro
- Cook Yourself Thin Faster: Have Your Cake and Eat It Too with Over 75 New Recipes You Can Make in a Flash! by Lauren Deen
- Gourmet Cooking for Dummies by Charlie Trotter
- Savory baking: warm and inspiring recipes for crisp, crumbly, flaky pastries by Mary Cech
Crime / Legal / Forensic:
- April 16th: Virginia Tech Remembers by Roland Lazenby (from Reading on a Rainy Day)
- Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science by Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson
- Coroner's Journal: Forensics and the Art of Stalking Death by Louis Cataldie and Patricia Cornwell
- Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death by Jessica Snyder Sachs
- Cracking more cases : the forensic science of solving crimes by Henry Lee
- Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales by William Bass and Jon Jefferson
- Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History by Scott Andrew Selby and Greg Campbell (from Today, I Read)
- Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- Never Suck A Dead Man's Hand: Curious Adventures of a CSI by Dana Kollmann
- Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury by Michael Lief (from A Striped Armchair)
- The official CIA manual of trickery and deception by Keith Melton
- Priceless : how I went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures by Robert Wittman (library catalog)
Education:
- College in a Nutskull by Professor Anders Henriksson (from Savvy Verse and Wit)
- DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education by Anya Kamenetz (from amazon)
- From Crayons to Condoms: The Ugly Truth About America's Public Schools by Steve Baldwin and Karen Holgate
- The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden of Deerfield by John McPhee (from Caroline Bookbinder)
- Letters from China : a teacher's gift by Dean Winkels (library catalog)
- Montessori: The Science behind the Genius by Angeline Stoll Lillard
- The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids by Alexandra Robbins (from Marci's Book Blog)
Family:
- Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater by Matthew Amster-Burton
- Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom by Kristin Van Ogtrop
- NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
- Parenting, Inc. : how we are sold on $800 strollers, fetal education, baby sign language, sleeping coaches, toddler couture, and diaper wipe warmers--and what it means for our children by Pamela Paul (Browsing library shelves)
Finance:
- Expect to Win: Proven Strategies for Success from a Wall Street Vet by Carla Harris (from amazon)
- The Little book of Main Street Money by Jonathan Clements
Live It, Love It, Earn It by Marianna Olszewski(from Blog Business World and its author interview and from amazon)- Shoo, Jimmy Choo!: The Modern Girl's Guide to Spending Less and Saving More by Catey Hill (from amazon)
- Ace of Cakes by Duff and Willie Goldman (from Age 30+... A Lifetime of Books)
- Building a meal : from molecular gastronomy to culinary constructivism by Herve This (Library new books)
- Cookoff: Recipe Fever in America by Amy Sutherland
- An Edge in the Kitchen: The Ultimate Guide to Kitchen Knives by Chad Ward
- Food Rules: an Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan
- Keeping the Feast: One Couple's Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy by Paula Butturini (from S.Krishna's Books)
- Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain
- Once Upon A Vine: The Secret Stories of California's Artisan Wineries by Judy C. Reynolds
- The Soul of a Chef: Journey Towards Perfection by Michael Ruhlman (from Cooking with Sammy)
- Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy by John Bowe (mentioned in a post from Citizen Reader)
Lifestyle:
- The Accidental Buddhist by Dinty W. Moore
- Comfort Living by Christine Eisner (from Today, I Read)
- House by Tracy Kidder
- How to Never Look Fat Again: Over 1,000 Ways to Dress Thinner--Without Dieting! by Charla Krupp
- JoAnne Liebeler's Do It Herself: Everything You Need to Know to Fix, Maintain, and Improve Your Home by JoAnne Liebeler and Bridget Boscotti Bradley
- Mayo Clinic Diet
- Messages : signs, visits, and premonitions from loved ones lost on 9/11 by Bonnie McEneaney (forum)
- Nature's Secret Messages Hidden in Plain Sight by Elaine Wilkes (Library new books)
- Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee (from Caroline Bookbinder)
- Supercoach by Michael Neill (from Beth's Book Review Blog)
Medical:
- Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside by Katrina Firlik (from A Bookshelf Monstrosity)
- Becoming a Doctor: From Student to Specialist, Doctor-Writers Share Their Experiences by Lee Gutkind (browsing at B and N)
- Birth Day by Mark Sloan (from Lynne's Book Reviews)
- Before the Scalpel: What Everyone Should Know About Anesthesia
- The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook Child Psychiatrist's Notebook-What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing by Bruce Duncan Perry
- Cheating Death by Dr Sanjay Gupta (from Just Another New Blog)
- The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
- Critical Care - A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between by Theresa Brown (from Nite Swimming)
- The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million - and Bucked the Medical Establishment - in a Quest to Save His Children by Geeta Anand (from Books in the City)
- Danger to self : on the front line with an ER psychiatrist by Paul Linde (library new books)
- The Deadly Dinner Party: and Other Medical Detective Stories by Jonathan A. Edlow (browsing on amazon)
- Every Patient Tells a Story by Lisa Sanders (browsing at B and N)
- Genius on the edge: the bizarre double life of Dr. William Stewart Halsted by Gerald Imber
- The Harvard Psychedelic Club by Don Lattin (from Bibliofreakblog)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot- Making Rounds with Oscar by David Dosa MD (from Charlotte's Web of Books)
- Medical Mysteries: From the Bizarre to the Deadly . . . The Cases That Have Baffled Doctors by Ann Reynolds and Kenneth Wapner (from AJ)
- Operating Room Confidential: What Really Goes On When You Go Under by Paul Whang MD (from Lynne's Book Review)
- The Orange Wire Problem and Other Tales from the Doctor's Office by David Watts (from Citizen Reader)
- The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum (browsing on amazon)
- Reflections on Doctors: Nurses' Stories about Physicians and Surgeons (Kaplan Voices Nurses) by Terry Ratner (browsing on amazon)
- Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out by Peter Pronovost and Eric Vohr
- Saving Sammy: Curing the Boy Who Caught OCD by Beth Alison Maloney (from Lynne's Book Reviews)
- Trauma Junkie: Memoirs of an Emergency Flight Nurse by Janice Hudson (from Lynne's Book Reviews)
- Unprotected: A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student by MD Anonymous
- Weekends at Bellevue by Julie Holland
Memoir / Autobiography / Biography:
- Alone: Orphaned on the Ocean by Richard Logan, PhD, and Tere Duperrault Fassbender (from Age 30+... A Lifetime of Books)
- As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto
- The Autobiography of an Execution by David Dow (from Henry Sane Yee Design)
- Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing up in the Shadow of Saddam by Zainab Salbi (from Helen's Book Blog)
- Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight by Karl Rove
- Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-in-Training by Tom Jokinen (from The Book Lady's Blog)
Denial: A Memoir of Terrorby Jessica Stern (from Book Nook Club)- First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria by Eve Brown-Waite (from Bookfoolery and Babble)
- First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung (from forum)
- Government Girl: a Memoir by Stacy Parker Aab (from lifeisapatchworkquilt)
- Growing Up Yanomam'o: Missionary Adventures in the Amazon Rainforest by Mike Dawson
- Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table by Sara Roahen (browsing in the library)
- Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of Love by Myron Uhlberg
- I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali with Delphine Minoui (from SMS Book Reviews)
- I Hope they Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max (cc)
- Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein (from Book Addiction)
- I'm Down by Mishna Wolff (from Desperado Penguin)
- In the Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil White (from Book nook Club)
- The Islamist: Why I Became an Islamic Fundamentalist, What I Saw Inside, and Why I Left by Ed Husain (library new book catalog)
- Jantsen's Gift by Pam Cope (from Lynne's Book Reviews)
- Japan took the J.A.P out of Me: A Memoir by Lisa Fineberg Cook (from A Sea of Books)
- Keeping the Feast by Paula Butturini (from Book Addiction)
Little Princesby Conor Grennan (from Mrs Q: Book Addict)Lift by Kelly Corrigan(from Lesley's Book Nook)- Memoirs of an Exorcist by David Devereux
- Monique and the mango rains : two years with a midwife in Mali by Kris Holloway (from Helen's Book Blog)
- Nomad by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (from Curled Up With a Good Book and a Cup of Tea)
- The One-Week Job Project by Sean Aiken (from Blog Business World)
Open: An Autobiographyby Andre Agassi (from The New Dork Review of Books)- The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan (from Miss Bookish)
- Orange is the new black : my year in a women's prison by Piper Kerman (Library New Book)
- Orchid of the Bayou: A Deaf Woman Faces Blindness by Cathryn Carroll and Catherine Hoffpauir Fischer
- The Road to Oz by Kathleen Krull (From SMS Book Reviews)
- Self-Made Man: One Woman's Journey into Manhood and Back Again by Norah Vincent
- Some Girls by Jillian Lauren (from Book Club Classics)
- Stealing Buddha’s Dinner by Bich Minh Nguyen (from Blogging About Books)
- Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart (from Reading on a Rainy Day)
- Triumph: Life After the Cult - A Survivor's Lessons by Carolyn Jessop and Laura Palmer (library catalog)
- The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education by Craig M. Mullaney
- What Remains by Carole Radziwill (from Sasha & The Silverfish)
- Working in the Shadows: A Year of Doing the Jobs [Most] Americans Won't Do by Gabriel Thompson (from Citizen Reader)
- The Youngest Son: Memoir from the Home Land by LeRoy Salenri (from Book Dilettante)
- Best Business Practices for Photographers by John Harrington
- The Art of Choosing by Dr. Sheena Iyengar (from A Striped Armchair)
- The Blue Death: The Intriguing Past and Present Danger of the Water You Drink by Robert D. Morris
- Curious? Discover the missing ingredient to a fulfilling life by Todd Kashdan (library catalog)
- Easy as Pi: The Countless Ways We Use Numbers Every Day by Jamie Buchan (from The balck Sheep Dances)
- The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker (cc)
- How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science of Everyday Life by Len Fisher
- How to Teach Physics to Your Dog by Chad Orzel (library new books)
- Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
- Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
- The Numbers Behind Numb3rs: Solving Crime with Mathematics by Keith Devlin and Gary Lorden (from SMS Book Reviews)
- Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities by Ian Stewart
- Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life by Len Fisher
- What Einstein Told his Cook by Robert Wolke (browsing online about books on food science)
- When Elephants Weep by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (from Lynne's Book Reviews)
Travel / Other Cutlure:
- Bill Bryson's African Diary by Bill Bryson (from Helen's Book Blog)
- Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life by Frances Mayes (from She Is Too Fond of Books)
- The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner (from Books in the City)
- The Good Women of China by Xinran (from Book Addiction)
- Living in a Foreign Language by Michael Tucker (from Dust Jacket)
- The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
- My Life in France by Julia Child
- Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
- Off the Tourist Trail : 1,000 Unexpected Travel Alternatives
- Surviving Paradise: One Year on a Disappearing Island by Peter Rudiak-Gould (from A Bookworm's World)
- A Thousand Days in Tuscany: A Bittersweet Adventure by Marlena de Blasi (Book 2)
- A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena de Blasi (Book 1)
- Travels by Michael Crichton (from Sarah)
- Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes (from S. Krishna's Books)
- Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman (from A Good Stopping Point)
- The Weight of a Mustard Seed: The Intimate Story of an Iraqi General and His Family During Thirty Years of Tyranny by Wendell Steavenson (from Farm Lane Books Blog)
Writing / Film:
- 101 Things I Learned in Film School by Neil Landau (from eclectic / eccentric)
looks like you found some good potentials there.
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