The World Without Us
by Alan Weisman

Selected Stories
by Anton Checkhov (trans. Ann Dunnigan)

The Areas of My Expertise
by John Hodgman

Legal Daisy Spacing
by Christopher Winn

Eat the Document
by Dana Spiotta

Eat the Document
by Dana Spiotta
(recommended)

A Short History of Progress
by Ronald Wright

Society and Knowledge
by Gordon Childe
(skimmed some sections)

Landing
by Emma Donoghue

Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
by Thomas E. Ricks