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- Who was Andrew Jackson?, by Douglas Yacka ; illustrated by Jake Murray
- Jackie, Janet & Lee, the secret lives of Janet Auchincloss and her daughters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill, J. Randy Taraborrelli
- The grand affair, John Singer Sargent in his world, Paul Fisher
- Celia planted a garden, the story of Celia Thaxter and her island garden, Phyllis Root and Gary D. Schmidt ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet
- Chester Nez and the unbreakable code, a Navajo code talker's story, Joseph Bruchac, pictures by Liz Amini-Holmes
- The splendid and the vile, Erik Larson
- Queen of physics, how Wu Chien Shiung helped unlock the secrets of the atom, written by Teresa Robeson ; illustrated by Rebecca Huang
- Barracoon, the story of the last "black cargo", Zora Neale Hurston ; edited by Deborah G. Plant ; [foreword by Alice Walker]
- Janis, her life and music, Holly George-Warren
- Desert queen, Jyoti Rajan Gopal & Svabhu Kohli
- I am Gandhi, Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- The boys in the boat, nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Daniel James Brown
- Devotion, an epic story of heroism and friendship, Adam Makos
- The innovators, how a group of hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution, Walter Isaacson
- United States of grace, a memoir of homelessness, addiction, incarceration, and hope, Lenny Duncan
- The dead duke, his secret wife, and the missing corpse, an extraordinary Edwardian case of deception and intrigue, Piu Marie Eatwell
- The future is history, how totalitarianism reclaimed Russia, Masha Gessen
- Code breaker, spy hunter, how Elizebeth Friedman changed the course of two world wars, by Laurie Wallmark ; illustrated by Brooke Smart
- The book of Charlie, wisdom from the remarkable American life of a 109-year-old man, David Von Drehle
- Who was Jacques Cousteau?, by Nico Medina ; illustrated by Dede Putra
- Dancing at the pity party, a dead mom graphic memoir, by Tyler Feder
- Who was Marie Antoinette?, by Dana Meachen Rau ; illustrated by John O'Brien
- Koresh, the true story of David Koresh and the tragedy at Waco, Stephan Talty
- Jovita wore pants, the story of a Mexican freedom fighter, by Aida Salazar ; art by Molly Mendoza
- Lion of the Senate, when Ted Kennedy rallied the Democrats in a GOP Congress, Nick Littlefield and David Nexon
- Who is Tom Brady?, by James Buckley Jr. ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Slaves in the family, Edward Ball
- The new tsar, the rise and reign of Vladimir Putin, Steven Lee Myers
- The woman who stole Vermeer, the true story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House art heist, Anthony M. Amore
- My journey to the stars, astronaut Scott Kelly with Emily Easton ; illustrated by Andre Ceolin
- The revolutionary Samuel Adams, Stacy Schiff
- What's in your pocket?, collecting nature's treasures, Heather L. Montgomery ; illustrated by Maribel Lechuga
- Our voice of fire, a memoir of a warrior rising, Brandi Morin
- Memoirs, Robert Lowell ; edited and with a preface by Steven Gould Axelrod and Grzegorz Kosc
- The good neighbor, the life and work of Fred Rogers, Maxwell King
- American journey, on the road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs, Wes Davis
- Surprising spies, and unexpected heroes of World War II, Karen Gray Ruelle
- Schomburg, the man who built a library, Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez
- Leon Russell, the master of space and time's journey through rock & roll history, Bill Janovitz
- Who is the Dalai Lama?, by Dana Meachen Rau ; illustrated by Dede Putra
- Shirley Jackson, a rather haunted life, Ruth Franklin
- Eve of a hundred midnights, the star-crossed love story of two WWII correspondents and their epic escape across the Pacific, Bill Lascher
- The secret lives of booksellers and librarians, true stories of the magic of reading, James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney
- The girl who drew butterflies, how Maria Merian's art changed science, Joyce Sidman
- Last train to Memphis, the rise of Elvis Presley, Peter Guralnick
- Left on tenth, a second chance at life, Delia Ephron
- Diana, William, and Harry, James Patterson and Chris Mooney
- Sam Phillips, the man who invented rock 'n' roll : how one man discovered Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley, and how his tiny label, Sun Records of Memphis, revolutionized the world!, Peter Guralnick
- Who was Alexander Hamilton?, by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso ; illustrated by Dede Putra
- Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson