- Whose tracks in the snow?, Alexandra Milton
- Bridges, engineering masterpieces, Dan Zettwoch
- The truth about crocodiles, Maxwell Eaton III
- The International Day of the Girl, celebrating girls around the world, Jessica Dee Humphreys and the Hon. Rona Ambrose ; illustrated by Simone Shin
- On animals, Susan Orlean
- DMZ colony, Don Mee Choi
- The 1619 Project, born on the water, by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson ; illustrated by Nikkolas Smith
- From here to there, a first book of maps, Vivian French ; illustrated by Ya-Ling Huang
- The tyranny of merit, what's become of the common good?, Michael J. Sandel
- Human diversity, the biology of gender, race, and class, Charles Murray
- Survival of the fittest, 6 fierce animal competitors, 3 shark judges, 1 winner : who will come out on top?, written by Rebecca Donnelly ; illustrated by Misa Saburi
- Crisis on the border, an eyewitness account of illegal aliens, violent crime, and cartels, Matt C. Pinsker
- The crying book, Heather Christle
- A house of my own, stories from my life, Sandra Cisneros
- Kapaemahu, by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, and Joe Wilson ; illustrated by Daniel Sousa
- Hear my voice, the testimonies of children detained at the southern border of the United States, compiled by Warren Binford for Project Amplify ; foreword by Michael Garcia Bochenek of Human Rights Watch = Escucha mi voz : los testimonios de niños detenidos en la frontera sur de los Estados Unidos / recopilado por Warren Binford para Project Amplify ; prefacio por Michael Garcia Bochenek de Human Rights Watch
- Jack Knight's brave flight, how one gutsy pilot saved the U.S. Air Mail Service, by Jill Esbaum ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst
- An American story, Kwame Alexander ; art by Dare Coulter
- I'm a virus!, by Bridget Heos ; illustrated by Mike Ciccotello
- The view from the cheap seats, selected nonfiction, Neil Gaiman
- Good blood, a doctor, a donor, and the incredible breakthrough that saved millions of babies, Julian Guthrie
- Freedom, Sebastian Junger
- Digging for words, José Alberto Gutiérrez and the library he built, written by Angela Burke Kunkel ; illustrated by Paola Escobar
- Facts vs. opinions vs. robots, Michael Rex
- The tide pool waits, Candace Fleming ; pictures by Amy Hevron
- Night, Elie Wiesel ; translated from the French by Marion Wiesel
- The doctors Blackwell, how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women--and women to medicine, Janice P. Nimura
- The motive, why so many leaders abdicate their most important responsibilities : a leadership fable, Patrick Lencioni
- An indigenous peoples' history of the United States for young people, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz ; adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese
- If you had your birthday party on the Moon, by Joyce Lapin ; illustrated by Simona Ceccarelli
- My stinky summer by S. Bug, Paul Meisel
- All the living and the dead, from embalmers to executioners, an exploration of the people who have made death their life's work, Hayley Campbell
- Juneteenth, our day of freedom, by Sharon Dennis Wyeth ; illustrated by Kim Holt
- Mornings with Monet, by Barb Rosenstock ; illustrated by Mary Grandpré
- A history of underwear, with Professor Chicken, written by Hannah Holt ; illustrated by Korwin Briggs
- The hero of compassion, how Lokeshvara got one thousand arms, Harry Einhorn ; illustrated by Khoa Le
- Hey, water!, Antoinette Portis
- Worlds of care, the emotional lives of fathers caring for children with disabilities, Aaron J. Jackson
- Come and join us!, 18 holidays celebrated all year long, written by Liz Kleinrock ; illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat
- Rediscovering travel, a guide for the globally curious, Seth Kugel
- The book of turtles, Sy Montgomery & Matt Patterson
- Keepunumuk, Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving story, Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, and Alexis Bunten ; illustrated by Garry Meeches Sr
- You have feelings all the time, Deborah Farmer Kris ; illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
- When I grow up, the lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers, Ken Krimstein
- Do nothing, how to break away from overworking, overdoing, and underliving, Celeste Headlee
- Stranded!, a mostly true story from Iceland, words by Ævar Þór Benediktsson ; art by Anne Wilson
- Yoshi, sea turtle genius, a true story about an amazing swimmer, by Lynne Cox ; illustrated by Richard Jones
- What you won't do for love, a conversation, David Suzuki, Tara Cullis, Miriam Fernandes, Ravi Jain
- Golf's holy war, the battle for the soul of a game in an age of science, Brett Cyrgalis
- Whales, by Gail Gibbons