- Essential reading for modern humans
- Thomas Perry's list
- Patricia O'Toole's 5 most important books
- Gordon Brown's favorite books
- Joanna Scott: 5 books that "cast a spell"
- Five best: books about Germany & Germans
- Matt Richtel's list
- Paulette Jiles's 12 favorite books
- Willy Vlautin: 5 great books set in the West
- Neil deGrasse Tyson's 5 most important books
- Five best: American literature of the 1920s
- Tina Brown's list
- Roman Simic's literary top ten
- Jennifer Egan's 5 most important books
- Larry Doyle's list
- Rebecca Ford's favorite five fiction books
- Five best: books on the criminal mind
- Top 10 books about unlikely friendships
- Scott Turow's 5 most important books
- Amity Gaige's list
- Five best books: America in the Arab world
