- Annual Best American Writing Series - News Magazine / Essays / Travel
- ‘America, the Beautiful’ by Blythe Roberson
- ‘The Correspondents’ by Judith Mackrell
- ‘Devil in the White City’ / ‘Demon of Unrest’ by Erik Larson
- ‘Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy’ by Karen Abbott
- ‘How the Word is Passed’ by Clint Smith
- ‘The Island of Lost Maps’ by Miles Harvey
- ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’ by Michelle McNamara
- ‘The Man From the Train’ by Bill James & Rachel McCarthy James
- ‘Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City’ by Sam Anderson