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- Famous father girl, a memoir of growing up Bernstein, Jamie Bernstein
- Dreamers, Yuyi Morales
- Terrible typhoid Mary, a true story of the deadliest cook in America, Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Irena's children, a true story of courage by Tilar J. Mazzeo, adapted by Mary Cronk Farrell
- Notorious RBG, the life and times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik
- Roots, Alex Haley
- Give your heart to the hawks, a tribute to the mountain men, Win Blevins
- Illinois authors on the Illinois State Library Gwendolyn Brooks Building
- Yesterday, today, tomorrow, my life, Sophia Loren
- Born free, a lioness of two worlds, Joy Adamson
- In pieces, Sally Field
- Autobiography of Mark Twain, Harriet Elinor Smith, editor ; associate editors, Benjamin Griffin [and others]
- Romance is my day job, a memoir of finding love at last, Patience Bloom
- The cat who came for Christmas, Cleveland Amory ; illustrations by Edith Allard
- Tom Landry, an autobiography, Tom Landry with Gregg Lewis
- I am Albert Einstein, Brad Meltzer ; illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos
- The girl who drew butterflies, how Maria Merian's art changed science, Joyce Sidman
- Legacy, paying the price for the Clinton years, Rich Lowry
- Presidents, every question answered : everything you could possibly want to know about the nation's chief executives, Carter Smith ; foreword by Allen Weinstein
- Three weeks with my brother, Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks
- Sir Walter Ralegh and the quest for El Dorado, Marc Aronson
- Sarah, how a hockey mom turned Alaska's political establishment upside down, Kaylene Johnson
- Daniel Boone, by James Daugherty ; with original lithographs in color by the author
- Illinois women, born to serve, by David R. Collins and Evelyn Witter ; illustrations by Michael J. Payne
- Educated, a memoir, Tara Westover
- Between you and me, a memoir, by Mike Wallace with Gary Paul Gates
- Paper son, the inspiring story of Tyrus Wong, immigrant and artist, written by Julie Leung ; illustrated by Chris Sasaki
- Planting stories, the life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpré, words by Anika Aldamuy Denise ; illustrations by Paola Escobar
- The March against Fear, the last great walk of the civil rights movement and the emergence of Black power, by Ann Bausum
- George Washington, by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
- Brazen, rebel ladies who rocked the world, Pénélope Bagieu ; English translation by Montana Kane
- The boys who challenged Hitler, Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club, Phillip Hoose
- Women who broke the rules, Dolley Madison, by Kathleen Krull ; interior illustrations by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
- The last lion, Winston Spencer Churchill, by William Manchester
- Viper pilot, a memoir of air combat, Dan Hampton
- A Child called "it" ;, and, the lost boy : one child's courage to survive, Dave Pelzer
- Hidden figures, the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race, Margot Lee Shetterly
- Three days in January, Dwight Eisenhower's final mission, Bret Baier ; with Catherine Whitney
- The secret life of Houdini, the making of America's first superhero, William Kalush and Larry Sloman
- Walden, Henry David Thoreau ; illustrated by Clifton Johnson
- Stolen lives, twenty years in a desert jail, Malika Oufkir and Michele Fitoussi ; translated by Ros Schwartz
- Pride, the story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag, written by Rob Sanders ; illustrated by Steven Salerno
- The hoax, Clifford Irving
- The inventor's secret, what Thomas Edison told Henry Ford, Suzanne Slade ; illustrated by Jennifer Black Reinhardt
- Cancer on five dollars a day (chemo not included), how humor got me through the toughest journey of my life, Robert Schimmel with Alan Eisenstock
- My two Elaines, learning, coping, and surviving as an Alzheimer's caregiver, by Martin J. Schreiber with Cathy Breitenbucher ; [foreword by Mark Johnson]
- My journey to the stars, by Astronaut Scott Kelly with Emily Easton ; illustrated by André Ceolin
- I dissent, Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes her mark, written by Debbie Levy ; illustrations by Elizabeth Baddeley
- Becoming Lincoln, William W. Freehling
- Old librarians never die, they jump out of airplanes, adventuring through the Senior years in Indiana, Marie J. Albertson