- The important thing about Margaret Wise Brown, written by Mac Barnett ; illustrated by Sarah Jacoby
- Maya Angelou, and still I rise, a co-production of the People's Media Group, LLC, Thirteen's American masters for WNET, and ITVS ; directed by Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack ; produced by Rita Coburn Whack, Bob Hercules, Jay Alix, Una Jackman
- Mark Twain, Susan Bivin Aller
- Empire of self, a life of Gore Vidal, Jay Parini
- Chasing the last laugh, Mark Twain's raucous and redemptive round-the-world comedy tour, Richard Zacks
- 84, Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
- Death with Dostoevsky, Katherine Bolger Hyde
- Who was E. B. White?, by Gail Herman ; illustrated by Dede Putra
- A portrait in poems, the storied life of Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas, written by Evie Robillard ; illustrated by Rachel Katstaller
- Hungry heart, adventures in life, love, and writing, Jennifer Weiner
- Just pretend, Tori Sharp
- Who is R. L. Stine?, by M.D. Payne ; illustrated by Jake Murray
- Pura Belpré, written by Meg Medina and Marilisa Jiménez García ; interior illustrations by Gillian Flint
- Directions to myself, a memoir of four years, Heidi Julavits
- Who was Ernest Hemingway?, by Jim Gigliotti ; illustrated by Gregory Copeland
- Papa, an intimate biography of Mark Twain, by Susy Clemens, his daughter, thirteen ; with a foreword and copious comments by her father ; edited with an introduction by Charles Neider
- A sign, by George Ella Lyon ; illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet
- Sometimes you have to lie, the life and times of Louise Fitzhugh, renegade author of Harriet the spy, Leslie Brody
- The boy on Fairfield Street, how Ted Geisel grew up to become Dr. Seuss, by Kathleen Krull ; paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher ; with decorative illustrations by Dr. Seuss
- E.L. Konigsburg, Renee Ambrosek
- 26 Fairmount Avenue, Tomie dePaola
- A book, too, can be a star, the story of Madeleine L'Engle and the making of A wrinkle in time, words by Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Jennifer Adams ; pictures by Adelina Lirius
- A New England love story, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody, by LouAnn Gaeddert
- 20th century ghosts, Joe Hill ; introduction by Christopher Golden
- Dear friend, from my life I write to you in your life, Yiyun Li
- What a year!, by Tomie dePaola
- This is the night our house will catch fire, a memoir, Nick Flynn
- American Oz, produced, written and directed by Tracy Heather Strain & Randall MacLowry ; produced by Rebecca Taylor
- No more words, a journal of my mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Reeve Lindbergh
- Things will never be the same, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola
- Lemony Snicket, Jill C. Wheeler
- The American canon, literary genius from Emerson to Pynchon, Harold Bloom ; edited by David Mikics
- Stray, a memoir, Stephanie Danler
- Becoming Dr. Seuss, Theodor Geisel and the making of an American imagination, Brian Jay Jones
- A girl from Yamhill, a memoir, Beverly Cleary
- One writer's way, by Elizabeth Yates
- Ernest Hemingway, a biography, Mary V. Dearborn
- Here we all are, written and illustrated by Tomie DePaola
- Tell me a story, my life with Pat Conroy, Cassandra King Conroy
- James Patterson by James Patterson, the stories of my life
- On my way, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola
- The princess diarist, Carrie Fisher
- Rick Riordan, Jill C. Wheeler
- The writer's crusade, Kurt Vonnegut and the many lives of Slaughterhouse-five, Tom Roston
- I am Stan, a graphic biography of the legendary Stan Lee, Tom Scioli
- The wall, growing up behind the Iron Curtain, Peter Sís
- Who is Judy Blume?, by Kirsten Anderson ; illustrated by Ted Hammond
- Selected from I know why the caged bird sings and the Heart of a woman, Maya Angelou ; supplemental material by the staff of Literacy Volunteers of New York City
- A mystery of mysteries, the death and life of Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Dawidziak
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, Tanya Lee Stone