- Toni Morrison, the pieces I am, a production of Perfect Day Films Inc. in association with American Masters Pictures ; a film by Timothy-Greenfield-Sanders ; produced by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Johanna Giebelhaus, Chad Thompson, Tommy Walker ; directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
- How to grow up, a memoir, Michelle Tea
- The woman beyond the attic, the V. C. Andrews story, Andrew Neiderman
- Words and worlds, from autobiography to zippers, Alison Lurie
- Mom & me & mom, Maya Angelou
- A short autobiography, F. Scott Fitzgerald ; edited by James L. W. West III
- What comes next and how to like it, a memoir, Abigail Thomas
- Subterranean Kerouac, the hidden life of Jack Kerouac, Ellis Amburn
- I know why the caged bird sings, Maya Angelou
- Rascal, by Sterling North ; illustrated by John Schoenherr
- When we were the Kennedys, a memoir from Mexico, Maine, Monica Wood
- Where the light fell, a memoir, Philip Yancey
- A man without a country, Kurt Vonnegut ; edited by Daniel Simon
- Who was Dr. Seuss?, by Janet B. Pascal ; illustrated by Nancy Harrison
- Lots of candles, plenty of cake, Anna Quindlen
- Gather together in my name, Maya Angelou
- Black boy, (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth, Richard Wright ; with an introduction by Jerry W. Ward, Jr
- Gone to the woods, surviving a lost childhood, by Gary Paulsen ; pictures by Anna and Varvara Kendel
- Money, murder, and Dominick Dunne, a life in several acts, Robert Hofler
- A chance meeting, intertwined lives of American writers and artists, 1854-1967, Rachel Cohen
- All the way to America, the story of a big Italian family and a little shovel, Dan Yaccarino
- On writing, a memoir of the craft, by Stephen King
- Furious hours, murder, fraud, and the last trial of Harper Lee, Casey Cep
- Updike, Adam Begley
- Travels with Charley, in search of America, John Steinbeck
- Hemingway, the writer as artist
- Hole in my life, Jack Gantos
- Salinger, a biography, Paul Alexander
- Good dog. Stay, Anna Quindlen
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh, first lady of the air, Kathleen C. Winters
- Letter to my daughter, Maya Angelou
- The planter of modern life, Louis Bromfield and the seeds of a food revolution, Stephen Heyman
- Libertarians on the prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the making of the Little House books, Christine Woodside
- Goodbye to clocks ticking, how we live while dying : a memoir, Joseph Monninger
- Hemingway, a Florentine Films production ; directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; produced by Sarah Botstein, Lynn Novick, Ken Burns
- The Rolling Stone book of the Beats, the Beat Generation and American culture, edited by Holly George-Warren
- Tomie dePaola, his art & his stories, by Barbara Elleman
- Fish out of water, a search for the meaning of life : a memoir, Eric Metaxas
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, by Kenneth Eble
- Prairie fires, the American dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Caroline Fraser
- The Christmas box miracle, my spiritual journey of destiny, healing, and hope, Richard Paul Evans
- Writer, sailor, soldier, spy, Ernest Hemingway's secret adventures, 1935-1961, Nicholas Reynolds
- Here if you need me, a true story, Kate Braestrup
- The princess diarist, Carrie Fisher
- Scott Fitzgerald, a biography, Jeffrey Meyers
- Running from safety, an adventure of the spirit, Richard Bach
- A drinking life, a memoir, Pete Hamill
- Figures in a landscape, people and places : essays: 2001-2016, Paul Theroux
- The life you save may be your own, an American pilgrimage, Paul Elie
- James Patterson by James Patterson, the stories of my life