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- If, the untold story of Kipling's American years, Christopher Benfey
- The notorious Reno Gang, the wild story of the West's first brotherhood of thieves, assassins, and train robbers, Rachel Dickinson
- Andrea Dworkin, the feminist as revolutionary, Martin Duberman
- President McKinley, architect of the American century, Robert W. Merry
- Madame Restell, the life, death, and resurrection of old New York's most fabulous, fearless, and infamous abortionist, by Jennifer Wright
- Lilyville, mother, daughter, and other roles I've played, Tovah Feldshuh
- A girl named Helen, the true story of Helen Keller, by Bonnie Bader ; illustrated by Melissa Manwill
- Jackie, Janet & Lee, the secret lives of Janet Auchincloss and her daughters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill, J. Randy Taraborrelli
- Granny Smith was not an apple, the story of orchardist Maria Ann Smith, written by Sarah Glenn Fortson ; illustrated by Kris Aro McLeod
- Black Spartacus, the epic life of Toussaint Louverture, Sudhir Hazareesingh
- The Chief, the life and turbulent times of Chief Justice John Roberts, Joan Biskupic
- The grand affair, John Singer Sargent in his world, Paul Fisher
- A line in the river, Khartoum, city of memory, Jamal Mahjoub
- American ramble, a walk of memory and renewal, Neil King Jr. ; illustrations by George Hamilton
- The girl who rode a shark & other stories of daring women, written by Ailsa Ross ; illustrated by Amy Blackwell
- Douglas MacArthur, American warrior, Arthur Herman
- Madhouse at the end of the Earth, the Belgica's journey into the dark Antarctic night, Julian Sancton
- The man I knew, the amazing story of George H.W. Bush's post-presidency, Jean Becker
- Flying high, the story of gymnastics champion Simone Biles, Michelle Meadows ; illustrated by Ebony Glenn
- Billy Martin, baseball's flawed genius, Bill Pennington
- Spies in the family, an American spymaster, his Russian crown jewel, and the friendship that helped end the Cold War, Eva Dillon
- Empress, the astonishing reign of Nur Jahan, Ruby Lal
- The York patrol, the real story of Alvin York and the unsung heroes who made him World War I's most famous soldier, James Carl Nelson
- Jimmy Buffett, a good life all the way, by Ryan White
- Celia planted a garden, the story of Celia Thaxter and her island garden, Phyllis Root and Gary D. Schmidt ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet
- Killing the legends, the lethal danger of celebrity, Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard
- The food explorer, the true adventures of the globe-trotting botanist who transformed what America eats, Daniel Stone
- Chester Nez and the unbreakable code, a Navajo code talker's story, Joseph Bruchac, pictures by Liz Amini-Holmes
- Ties that bound, founding first ladies and slaves, Marie Jenkins Schwartz
- The splendid and the vile, Erik Larson
- Dream builder, the story of architect Philip Freelon, by Kelly Starling Lyons ; illustrated by Laura Freeman ; afterword by Philip Freelon
- Cross of snow, a life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nicholas A. Basbanes
- Women athletes who rule!, by Elizabeth McGarr McCue
- A man of iron, the turbulent life and improbable presidency of Grover Cleveland, Troy Senik
- The three death sentences of Clarence Henderson, a battle for racial justice at the dawn of the Civil Rights Era, Chris Joyner
- 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
- Strong female character, Fern Brady
- Elizabeth Warren, the life, times, and rise of Warren, aka the Boss, Brenda Jones and Krishan Trotman
- Young Eliot, from St. Louis to The Waste Land, Robert Crawford
- John Lewis, by Denise Lewis Patrick ; illustrated by Steffi Walthall
- A thousand ways to pay attention, a memoir of coming home to my neurodivergent mind, Rebecca Schiller
- The Black Civil War soldier, A visual history of conflict and citizenship, Deborah Willis
- Never give up, a prairie family's story, Tom Brokaw
- Thanks to Frances Perkins, fighter for workers' rights / written by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Kristy Caldwell
- Andy Griffith's Manteo, his real Mayberry, John Railey
- The ugly cry, a memoir, Danielle Henderson
- The last campaign, Sherman, Geronimo, and the War for America, H. W. Brands
- I am dynamite!, a life of Nietzsche, Sue Prideaux
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