| published in 2013 | not published in 2013 | |
| comix | Marble Season Gilbert Hernandez | The Wrong Place Brecht Evens |
| wiz lit | A Prayer Journal Flannery O'Connor | The Book of Hours Rainer Maria Rilke |
| christian non-fiction | Orthodoxy G. K. Chesteron | |
| normal non-fiction | Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth Reza Aslan | |
| pop philosophy | The Year of Dreaming Dangerously Slavoj Zizek | |
| political novel about friendship | Falcons on the Floor Justin Sirois | |
| political novel about God | Snow Orhan Pamuk | |
| political novel about God and friendship | Cry, the Beloved Country Alan Paton | |
| political memoir about a place | Crapalachia Scott McClanahan | House of Stone Anthony Shadid |
| post-political comix | Barack Hussein Obama Steven Weissman | |
| sci-fi comix comix | The Moon Moth Jack Vance / Humayoun Ibrahim |