- The important thing about Margaret Wise Brown, written by Mac Barnett ; illustrated by Sarah Jacoby
- Lies my mother never told me, a memoir, Kaylie Jones
- More than words, a memoir of a writing life, Jerry Apps
- Mr. McCloskey's marvelous mallards, the making of Make way for ducklings, Emma Bland Smith ; illustrated by Becca Stadtlander
- Nonsense!, the curious story of Edward Gorey, written by Lori Mortensen ; illustrated by Chloe Bristol
- Here we are, my friendship with Philip Roth, Benjamin Taylor
- When everybody wore a hat, William Steig
- Brooklyn, a personal memoir : with the lost photographs of David Attie, Truman Capote ; photographs by David Attie ; introduction by George Plimpton ; afterword by Eli Attie
- Edith Wharton, Lee Hermione
- Nabokov in America, on the road to Lolita, Robert Roper
- Gonzo, the life and work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, a Magnolia Pictures release of a HDNET Films presentation, in association with Jigsaw Productions and Consolidated Documentaries, Inc. ; produced by Alison Ellwood ... [et al.] ; screenplay by Alex Gibney from the words of Hunter S. Thompson ; directed by Alex Gibney
- Gordon MacQuarrie, the story of an old duck hunter, Keith Crowley ; foreword by Michael McIntosh
- James Patterson by James Patterson, the stories of my life
- Mary Pope Osborne, by Chris Bowman
- The journey that saved Curious George, the true wartime escape of Margret and H.A. Rey, by Louise Borden ; illustrated by Allan Drummond
- Against memoir, complaints, confessions & criticisms, Michelle Tea
- Falling, a daughter, a father, and a journey back, Elisha Cooper
- Dr. Seuss, by Kari Schuetz
- Some writer!: the story of E. B. White, by Melissa Sweet
- Sailor and fiddler, reflections of a 100-year-old author, Herman Wouk
- You don't have to say you love me, a memoir, Sherman Alexie
- Rick Riordan, by Christina Leaf
- Wallace Stegner and the American West, Philip L. Fradkin
- The wall, growing up behind the Iron Curtain, Peter Sís
- These precious days, essays, Ann Patchett
- The best of us, a memoir, Joyce Maynard
- The princess diarist, Carrie Fisher
- My life as a villainess, essays, Laura Lippman
- Shockaholic, Carrie Fisher
- My life in dog years, Gary Paulsen ; with drawings by Ruth Wright Paulsen
- James Patterson by James Patterson, the stories of my life, James Patterson
- The Seuss, the whole Seuss, and nothing but the Seuss, a visual biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel, by Charles D. Cohen
- Figures in a landscape, people and places : essays: 2001-2016, Paul Theroux
- Dad's maybe book, Tim O'Brien
- Jack London, a biography, Daniel Dyer
- Afternoons with Harper Lee, Wayne Flynt
- Alex Haley and the books that changed a nation, Robert J. Norrell
- Writer, sailor, soldier, spy, Ernest Hemingway's secret adventures, 1935-1961, Nicholas Reynolds
- Lots of candles, plenty of cake, Anna Quindlen
- This side of wild, mutts, mares, and laughing dinosaurs, Gary Paulsen ; illustrated by Tim Jessell
- Lots of candles, plenty of cake, Anna Quindlen
- Under magnolia, a Southern memoir, Frances Mayes
- Pearl Buck in China, journey to The good earth, Hilary Spurling
- Maya's song, written by Renée Watson ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- One drop, my father's hidden life--a story of race and family secrets, Bliss Broyard
- A lowcountry heart, reflections on a writing life, Pat Conroy
- Jimmy's rhythm & blues, the extraordinary life of James Baldwin, written by Michelle Meadows ; illustrated by Jamiel Law
- Philip Roth, the biography, Blake Bailey
- Sembrando historias, Pura Belpré : bibliotecaria y narradora de cuentos, texto de Anika Aldamuy Denise ; ilustraciones de Paola Escobar ; traducción de Omayra Ortiz
- Logical family, a memoir, Armistead Maupin