- Yes we (still) can, politics in the age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump, Dan Pfeiffer
- Landfall, Thomas Mallon
- The man who couldn't die, the tale of an authentic human being, Olga Slavnikova ; translated by Marian Schwartz
- The field of blood, violence in Congress and the road to civil war, Joanne B. Freeman
- Speer, Hitler's architect, Martin Kitchen
- Rising star, setting sun, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and the presidential transition that changed America, John T. Shaw
- Gorbachev, his life and times, William Taubman
- Playing with fire, the 1968 election and the transformation of American politics, Lawrence O'Donnell
- Leap of faith, hubris, negligence, and America's greatest foreign policy tragedy, Michael J. Mazarr
- Who was Alexander Hamilton?, by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso ; illustrated by Dede Putra
- We are the Clash, Reagan, Thatcher, and the last stand of a band that mattered, Mark Andersen and Ralph Heibutzki
- The loyal son, the war in Ben Franklin's house, Daniel Mark Epstein
- George Washington, by Candice Ransom
- A history of Britain, 1945 to Brexit, Jeremy M. Black
- The Washington decree, a novel, Jussi Adler-Olsen ; translated by Steve Schein
- Mortal republic, how Rome fell into tyranny, Edward J. Watts
- Fear, Trump in the White House, Bob Woodward
- The First Congress, how James Madison, George Washington, and a group of extraordinary men invented the government, Fergus M. Bordewich
- Zucked, waking up to the Facebook catastrophe, Roger McNamee
- Twilight of empire, the tragedy at Mayerling and the end of the Habsburgs, Greg King and Penny Wilson
- The age of Eisenhower, America and the world in the 1950s, William I. Hitchcock
- The Shining Path, love, madness, and revolution in the Andes, Orin Starn and Miguel La Serna
- The breakthrough, politics and race in the age of Obama, Gwen Ifill
- Alexander Hamilton, by Meg Gaertner
- Washington, a history of our national city, Tom Lewis
- Plenty ladylike, Claire McCaskill, with Terry Ganey
- The Third Reich, a history of Nazi Germany, Thomas Childers
- A passion for leadership, lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service, Robert M. Gates
- The future is history, how totalitarianism reclaimed Russia, Masha Gessen
- Congo stories, battling five centuries of exploitation and greed, John Prendergast and Fidel Bafilemba ; foreword by Soriya Aziz Souleymane ; postscript by Dave Eggers ; afterword by Chouchou Namegabe ; iIllustrations by Sam Ilus ; photographs by Ryan Gosling
- American discontent, the rise of Donald Trump and decline of the golden age, John L. Campbell
- Rally point, five tasks to unite the country and revitalize the American dream, Chris Gibson
- Thomas Becket, by Richard Winston
- 1932, the rise of Hitler and FDR ; two tales of politics, betrayal, and unlikely destiny, David Pietrusza
- We are not yet equal, understanding our racial divide, by Carol Anderson
- The death of democracy, Hitler's rise to power and the downfall of the Weimar Republic, Benjamin Carter Hett
- Fascism, a warning, Madeleine Albright ; with Bill Woodward
- Mr. Trump's wild ride, the thrills, chills, screams, and occasional blackouts of an extraordinary presidency, Major Garrett
- The most wanted man in China, my journey from scientist to enemy of the state, Fang Lizhi ; translated by Perry Link
- Iran rising, the survival and future of the Islamic Republic, Amin Saikal
- The Black presidency, Barack Obama and the politics of race in America, Michael Eric Dyson
- Every day is extra, John Kerry
- History teaches us to resist, how progressive movements have succeeded in challenging times, Mary Frances Berry
- The good fight, the feuds of the founding fathers (and how they shaped the nation), Anne Quirk ; illustrations by Elizabeth Baddeley
- Acts of allegiance, a novel, Peter Cunningham
- The road to Camelot, inside the Kennedy campaign, Thomas Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie
- Shortest way home, one mayor's challenge and a model for America's future, Pete Buttigieg
- City officers and the annual reports to the City Council, for the year ..
- The politics of losing, Trump, the Klan, and the mainstreaming of resentment, Rory McVeigh and Kevin Estep
- The rise of Andrew Jackson, myth, manipulation, and the making of modern politics, David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler