- Timothy Zahn – Thrawn: (Alliances,Treason)
- Ben Hatke – Zita (Zita the Spacegirl, Legends of Zita, Zita Returns); Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl
- Michael Swanwick – Jack Faust
- Lara Prior-Palmer – Rough Magic
- Stephan Pastis – Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
- Gretchen Rubin – Outer Order, Inner Calm
- T.S. Eliot – Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
- Michael Pollan – How to Change your Mind
- Mick Wall – When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin
- J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (aloud, 3rd x)
- Louis Sachar – Sideways Stories from Wayside School
- Dav Pilkey – Dog Man (Unleashed, A Tale of Two Kitties, … and Cat Kid)
- Nancy Hartney – If the Creek Don’t Rise
- Ryan Holiday – Stillness is the Key
- George Orwell – Animal Farm (2nd x)