- Italian, [beginner's CD language course], [Milena Reynolds]
- Traffic, why we drive the way we do (and what it says about us), by Tom Vanderbilt
- A day without rain, Enya
- 1776, David McCullough
- Some assembly required, Tom Chapin
- Doing the animal bop, Jan Ormerod
- Schumann lieder, v. 4
- Electric on the eel, Jerry Garcia Band
- I like fun, They Might Be Giants
- Clifford the big red dog, by Norman Bridwell
- Chant, music for the soul
- Voice of the violin, Joshua Bell
- Belle weather, [mostly sunny with a chance of scattered hissy fits], Celia Rivenbark
- The goose girl, Shannon Hale
- Dancing on the water, Bob James
- Taylor Swift
- Stadium arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Night of the soul-stealer, Joseph Delaney
- The E.N.D., the Black Eyed Peas
- A bigger bang, therollingstones
- A pizza the size of the sun, written and performed by Jack Prelutsky
- Mary Poppins, music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
- All the roadrunning, Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris
- ¡Tré!, Green Day
- Surprise, Paul Simon
- Some hearts, Carrie Underwood
- Romance of the violin, Joshua Bell
- Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes ; translated by Edith Grossman
- Weedflower, Cynthia Kadohata
- Music of hope
- You're my thrill, Shirley Horn
- Monkey business, the Black Eyed Peas
- LP 1, Joss Stone
- Coco, Colbie Caillat
- The shack, William P. Young
- The new frugality, [how to consume less, save more, and live better], Chris Farrell
- No direction home, the soundtrack : a Martin Scorsese picture, Bob Dylan