- The trials of Phillis Wheatley, America's first Black poet and her encounters with the founding fathers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr
- The life of Saint Teresa of Avila, a biography, Carlos Eire
- A band called Death, Haven Entertainment and OGB present in association with Howlermano Productions ; directed and produced by Jeff Howlett and Mark Covino ; produced by Scott Mosier, Matthew Perniciaro and Kevin Mann, Jerry Ferrara
- A Homesteader's Year on Deer Isle, Anneli Carter-Sundqvist
- Wild science, amazing encounters between animals and the people who study them, Victoria Miles
- They dared return, the true story of Jewish spies behind the lines in Nazi Germany, Patrick K. O'Donnell
- The age of Caravaggio
- The planter of modern life, Louis Bromfield and the seeds of a food revolution, Stephen Heyman
- Tesla vs. Edison, the life-long feud that electrified the world, Nigel Cawthorne
- Cézanne, a life, Alex Danchev
- Putin's people, how the KGB took back Russia and then took on the West, Catherine Belton
- The boy who felt too much, how a renowned neuroscientist and his son changed our view of autism forever, Lorenz Wagner ; translated from the German by Leon Dische Becker
- The lives and legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, by Thom Hatch
- Women of the Constitution, wives of the signers, Janice E. McKenney
- Through my eyes, Tim Tebow, with Nathan Whitaker
- Lady Bird and Lyndon, the hidden story of a marriage that made a president, Betty Boyd Caroli
- Enduring courage, ace pilot Eddie Rickenbacker and the dawn of the age of speed, John F. Ross
- The unstoppable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American icon, introduction & text by Antonia Felix ; foreword by Mimi Leder ; photo editor, Christopher Measom
- The big bad book of Bill Murray, a critical appreciation of the world's finest actor, by Robert Schnakenberg
- The American story, conversations with master historians, David M. Rubenstein
- The last man who knew everything, the life and times of Enrico Fermi, father of the nuclear age, David N. Schwartz
- Jimmy Buffett, a good life all the way, by Ryan White
- Michelangelo, a life in six masterpieces, Miles J. Unger
- On Stalin's team, the years of living dangerously in Soviet politics, Sheila Fitzpatrick
- Kennedy and King, the president, the pastor, and the battle over civil rights, Steven Levingston
- Einstein and the rabbi, searching for the soul, Naomi Levy
- Immunity, how Elie Metchnikoff changed the course of modern medicine, Luba Vikhanski
- Edison and the rise of innovation, Leonard DeGraaf ; foreword by Bill Gates
- Ernest Hemingway, a biography, Mary V. Dearborn
- Lombardi and Landry, how two of pro football's greatest coaches launched their legends and changed the game forever, Ernie Palladino
- Little dreamers, visionary women around the world, Vashti Harrison
- Getting off, one woman's journey through sex and porn addiction, Erica Garza
- Uncrowned queen, the life of Margaret Beaufort, mother of the Tudors, Nicola Tallis
- Edward Hopper paints his world, Robert Burleigh ; paintings by Wendell Minor
- Francis Crick, discoverer of the genetic code, Matt Ridley
- Great expectations, the sons and daughters of Charles Dickens, Robert Gottlieb
- The patriots, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the making of America, Winston Groom
- Love that boy, what two presidents, eight road trips, and my son taught me about a parent's expectations, Ron Fournier
- Blackbeard, America's most notorious pirate, Angus Konstam
- For colored girls who have considered politics, Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, and Minyon Moore, with Veronica Chambers
- Myself and the other fellow, a life of Robert Louis Stevenson, Claire Harman
- Anatomy of an illness as perceived by the patient, reflections on healing and regeneration, by Norman Cousins ; introduction by René Dubos
- Street freak, money and madness at Lehman Brothers : a memoir, Jared Dillian
- Madison and Jefferson, Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg
- A singular woman, the untold story of Barack Obama's mother, Janny Scott
- Paterno, Joe Posnanski
- The way we were, remembering Diana, Paul Burrell
- Imperfect union, how Jessie and John Frémont mapped the West, invented celebrity, and helped cause the Civil War, Steve Inskeep
- Figuring, Maria Popova
- Chopin's piano, in search of the instrument that transformed music, Paul Kildea