- Twilight children, three voices no one heard until someone listened, Torey Hayden
- One child, the true story of a tormented six-year-old and the brilliant teacher who reached out, Torey Hayden
- The devil in the white city, murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America, Erik Larson
- The madness of Mary Lincoln, Jason Emerson
- Searching for Bobby Fischer, the world of chess, observed by the father of a child prodigy, Fred Waitzkin
- Manhunt, the twelve-day chase for Lincoln's killer, James L. Swanson
- Where we belong, journeys that show us the way, Hoda Kotb, with Jane Lorenzini
- Reinvention, accelerating results in the age of disruption, Shane Cragun, Kate Sweetman
- Bringing Adam home, the abduction that changed America, Les Standiford with Detective Sergeant Joe Matthews
- A father's story, Lionel Dahmer
- The new kids, big dreams and brave journeys at a high school for immigrant teens, Brooke Hauser
- The collected schizophrenias, essays, Esmé Weijun Wang
- Hard call, great decisions and the extraordinary people who made them, John McCain with Mark Salter
- Three days in January, Dwight Eisenhower's final mission, Bret Baier ; with Catherine Whitney
- The Duggars, 20 and counting! : raising one of America's largest families--how they do it, Michelle & Jim Bob Duggar
- Heroes among us, ordinary people, extraordinary choices, John Quiñones, with Stephen P. Williams
- Coroner's journal, stalking death in Louisiana, Louis Cataldie ; foreword by Patricia Cornwell
- Brain on fire, my month of madness, Susannah Cahalan
- The bitch in the house, 26 women tell the truth about sex, solitude, work, motherhood, and marriage, edited by Cathi Hanauer ; featuring all-original essays by Ellen Gilchrist [and others]
- I'll be gone in the dark, one woman's obsessive search for the Golden State Killer, Michelle McNamara ; with an introduction by Gillian Flynn ; and an afterword by Patton Oswalt
- Plain and simple, a woman's journey to the Amish, Sue Bender ; illustrations by Sue Bender and Richard Bender
- Scarred, the true story of how I escaped NXIVM, the cult that bound my life, Sarah Edmondson ; with Kristine Gasbarre
- An unexplained death, Mikita Brottman
- Three little words, a memoir, Ashley Rhodes-Courter
- Two kisses for Maddy, a memoir of loss & love, Matthew Logelin
- Dead wake, the last crossing of the Lusitania, Erik Larson
- The murder room, the heirs of Sherlock Holmes gather to solve the world's most perplexing cold cases, Michael Capuzzo
- In cold blood, a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences, Truman Capote
- She said, breaking the sexual harassment story that helped ignite a movement, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
- A rip in Heaven, a memoir of murder and its aftermath, Jeanine Cummins
- Civil War goats and scapegoats, H. Donald Winkler
- The faith of Barack Obama, Stephen Mansfield
- Tuesdays with Morrie, an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson, Mitch Albom
- Burned alive, a victim of the law of men, Souad, in collaboration with Marie-Therese Cuny
- Home town, Tracy Kidder
- Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom
- Same kind of different as me, Ron Hall and Denver Moore ; with Lynn Vincent
- The FBI way, inside the Bureau's code of excellence, Frank Figliuzzi
- Breakout!, escape from Alcatraz, by Lori Haskins ; illustrated by Janet Hamlin
- Lost child, the true story of a girl who couldn't ask for help, Torey Hayden
- Columbine, Dave Cullen
- No less a woman, femininity, sexuality & breast cancer, Deborah Hobler Kahane
- Norco '80, the true story of the most spectacular bank robbery in American history, Peter Houlahan
- Ghettoside, a true story of murder in America, Jill Leovy
- Love in the second act, true stories of romance, midlife and beyond, by Alison Leslie Gold
- Murder among friends, how Leopold and Loeb tried to commit the perfect crime, Candace Fleming
- Do as I say (Not as I do), [profiles in liberal hypocrisy], Peter Schweizer
- Inspiration, profiles of Black women who are changing our world, edited by Crystal McCrary and Nathan Hale Williams ; photographs by Lauri Lyons
- Hitman, the untold story of Johnny Martorano : Whitey Bulger's enforcer and the most feared gangster in the underworld, Howie Carr
- Devil's knot, the true story of the West Memphis Three, Mara Leveritt