Lower & Middle Grade Biographies/Autobiographies
- The Underground Abductor (Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales #5) by Nathan Hale
- Everybody Paints: the lives and art of the Wyeth family by Susan Goldman Rubin
- The Right Word: Roget and his thesaurus by Jen Bryant, ill. by Melissa Sweet
- Zheng He: the great Chinese explorer by Li Jiang, translated by Yijin Wert
- Mr Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis, ill. by Gilbert Ford
- Finding Winnie: the true story of the world’s most famous bear by Lindsay Mattick, ill. by Sophie Blackall
- Winnie: the true story of the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh by Sally M. Walker, ill. by Jonathan D. Vos
- To Dance: a ballerina’s graphic novel by Siena Cherson Siegel, ill. by Mark Siegel
- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
- Father’s Chinese Opera by Rich Lo
Lower & Middle Grade Nonfiction
- Unusual Creatures: a mostly accurate account of some of Earth’s strangest animals by Michael Hearst, ill. by Arjen Noordeman, Christie Wright and Jelmer Noordeman
- Millions, Billions, & Trillions by David A. Adler, ill. by Edward Miller
- First Book of Japanese: an ABC rhyming book by Michelle Haney Brown, ill. by Aya Padron
- The Next Wave: the quest to harness the power of the oceans by Elizabeth Rusch
- Flowers are Calling by Rita Gray, ill. by Kenard Pak
- The Biggest Story: how the snake crusher brings us back to the garden by Kevin DeYoung, ill. by Don Clark
- Name That Style: all about isms in art by Bob Raczka
- An Egg Is Quiet by Diana Hutts Aston, ill. by Sylvia Long
- The World in Your Lunch Box by Claire Eamer, ill. by Sa Boothroyd
- Octopus Scientist (Scientists in the Field) by Sy Montgomery, ill. by Keith Ellenbogen
Adult Nonfiction
- Molecules: the elements and the architecture of everything by Theodore Gray, photos by Nick Mann
- Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking by Susan Cain
- Spark: the revolutionary new science of exercise and the brain by John J. Ratey with Eric Haggerman
- Elements: a visual exploration of every known atom in the universe by Theodore Gray, photos by Nick Mann
- Surprised by Hope: rethinking heaven, the resurrection, and the mission of the Church by N.T. Wright
- Frozen in Time: an epic story of survival and a modern quest for lost heroes of WWII by Mitchell Zuckoff
- Saving Italy: the race to rescue a nation’s treasures from the Nazis by Robert M. Edsel
- The Lord and His Prayer by N.T. Wright
- Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman
- Farm Anatomy: curious parts and pieces of country life by Julia Rothman
Adult Biographies
(I'm a few short on this list for 10, so I included one I'm currently reading and two I plan to read very soon. *currently reading, **on my very soon to read pile)
- Fierce Convictions: the extraordinary life of Hannah More – poet, reformer, abolitionist by Karen Swallow Prior
- The Devil in the White City: murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America by Erik Larson
- The Case for Grace by Lee Strobel
- A Higher Call: an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of WWII by Adam Makos with Larry Alexander
- Unbroken: a World War II story of survival, resilience and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
- Where the Wind Leads: a refugee family’s miraculous story of loss, rescue and redemption by Vinh Chung with Tim Downs
- Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elisabeth Bisland’s history-making race around the world by Matthew Goodman
- *Seven Women: and the secret of their greatness by Eric Metaxas
- **The Fellowship: the literary lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams by Philip Zaleski & Carol Zaleski
- Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: a devout Muslim encounters Christianity by Nabeel Quereshi
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