- Sontag, her life and work, Benjamin Moser
- Karen Hesse, Nzingha Clarke
- Thanks for waiting, the joy (& weirdness) of being a late bloomer, Doree Shafrir
- Shirley Jackson, a rather haunted life, Ruth Franklin
- I have words to spend, reflections of a small town editor, Robert Cormier ; edited and with a preface by Constance Senay Cormier
- Dr Seuss, the cat behind the hat, [the art of Dr Suess], written by Caroline M. Smith ; images compiled and edited by William W. Dreyer ... [and others]
- The mockingbird next door, life with Harper Lee, Marja Mills
- The cat who came for Christmas, Cleveland Amory ; illustrations by Edith Allard
- Daring, my passages : a memoir, Gail Sheehy
- In Pharaoh's army, memories of the lost war, Tobias Wolff
- A day at the beach, recollections, Geoffrey Wolff
- The best of us, a memoir, Joyce Maynard
- Between them, remembering my parents, Richard Ford
- Dad's maybe book, Tim O'Brien
- Will Hobbs, Paula Johanson
- Walter Dean Myers, Karen Burshtein
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, by Kenneth Eble. --
- The book of separation, a memoir, Tova Mirvis
- The lost landscape, a writer's coming of age, Joyce Carol Oates
- Sharon Creech, Alice B. McGinty
- A place in the country, Laura Shaine Cunningham
- You don't have to say you love me, a memoir, Sherman Alexie
- I can give you anything but love, Gary Indiana
- Sometimes you have to lie, the life and times of Louise Fitzhugh, renegade author of Harriet the spy, Leslie Brody
- Philip Roth, the biography, Blake Bailey
- Bill Peet, an autobiography, Bill Peet
- Here if you need me, a true story, Kate Braestrup
- Tell them it was wonderful, selected writings, by Ludwig Bemelmans ; edited and with an introduction by Madeleine Bemelmans ; foreword by Norman Cousins
- Little matches, a memoir of grief and light, Maryanne O'Hara
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, a family collection, edited by Richard Marshall ; with illustrations by Susan Sternau
- Q's legacy, Helene Hanff. --
- This isn't going to end well, the true story of a man I thought I knew, by Daniel Wallace ; illustrations by William Nealy
- I know why the caged bird sings, Maya Angelou
- Autumn in Venice, Ernest Hemingway and his last muse, Andrea Di Robilant
- Letter to my daughter, Maya Angelou
- Christmas remembered, Tomie dePaola
- Plant dreaming deep
- Where the light fell, a memoir, Philip Yancey
- Hole in my life, a memoir by Jack Gantos, Jack Gantos
- This boy's life, a memoir, Tobias Wolff
- Tell me a story, my life with Pat Conroy, Cassandra King Conroy
- Lots of candles, plenty of cake, Anna Quindlen
- My life as a villainess, essays, Laura Lippman
- On writing, a memoir of the craft, by Stephen King
- Lois Lenski, storycatcher, Bobbie Malone
- Rascal, by Sterling North ; illustrated by John Schoenherr. --
- I am Scout, the biography of Harper Lee, Charles J. Shields
- The writing life, Annie Dillard
- February house, Sherill Tippins
- Left on Tenth, a second chance at life : a memoir, Delia Ephron