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- The first survivors of Alzheimer's, how patients recovered life and hope in their own words, Dale E. Bredesen M.D
- I ran into some trouble, Peggy Caserta and Maggie Falcon
- No horses in the house!, the audacious life of artist Rosa Bonheur, story by Mireille Messier ; illustrations by Anna Bron
- The light of days, the untold story of women resistance fighters in Hitler's ghettos, Judith Batalion
- Gaytheist, coming out of my Orthodox childhood, Lonnie Mann ; art by Lonnie Mann and Ryan Gatts
- I must be dreaming, Roz Chast
- ¡Ay, Mija!, my bilingual summer in Mexico, Christine Suggs
- Memoirs of a man in pajamas, Paco Roca ; translated by Andrea Rosenberg
- The enigma girls, how ten teenagers broke ciphers, kept secrets, and helped win World War II, Candace Fleming
- Freddie the flyer, written by Fred Carmichael and Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail ; illustrated by Audrea Loreen-Wulf
- Dear world, a Syrian girl's story of war and plea for peace, Bana al Abed
- Good night stories for rebel girls, 100 inspiring young changemakers, editors, Jess Harriton and Maithy Vu
- Lovers in Auschwitz, a true story, Keren Blankfeld
- Rock 'n' roll, written by Daniel Grogan ; illustrated by Nichola Cowdery
- Drum from the heart, author, Ren Louie ; illustrator, Karlene Harvey
- Alone, the journeys of three young refugees, written by Paul Tom ; illustrated by Mélanie Baillairgé ; translated by Arielle Aaronson
- I'm so glad we had this time together, a memoir, written and illustrated by Maurice Vellekoop
- The survivors of the Clotilda, the lost stories of the last captives of the American slave trade, Hannah Durkin
- How to talk so people will listen!, (and sound confident even when you're not!), Lizzie Waterworth
- Improve, how I discovered improv and conquered social anxiety, by Alex Graudins
- The Castleton massacre, survivors' stories of the Killins femicide, Sharon Anne Cook, Margaret Carson
- A tulip in winter, a story about folk artist Maud Lewis, Kathy Stinson ; Lauren Soloy
- One in a million, Claire Lordon
- Secret passages, 1985-1986, Axelle Lenoir ; translated by Pablo Strauss and Aleshia Jensen
- 999, the extraordinary young women of the first official transport to Auschwitz, Heather Dune Macadam ; foreword by Caroline Moorehead
- Nuking Alaska, notes of an atomic fugitive, Peter Dunlap-Shohl
- Lost & found, based on a true story, Mei Yu
- Against all odds, a true story of ultimate courage and survival in World War II, Alex Kershaw
- The fossil whisperer, how Wendy Sloboda discovered a dinosaur, Helaine Becker ; Sandra Dumais
- Rebel Girls celebrate neurodiversity, 25 tales of creative thinkers, text by Shadae Mallory
- Pride & persistence, stories of queer activism, Mary Fairhurst Breen
- One million trees, a true story, Kristen Balouch
- The diary keepers, World War II in the Netherlands, as written by the people who lived through it, Nina Siegal
- Homeland, my father dreams of Palestine, by Hannah Moushabeck ; illustrated by Reem Madooh
- Take the long way home, by Jon Claytor
- Button pusher, Tyler Page
- Enough already, learning to love the way I am today, Valerie Bertinelli
- You can't say that!, writers for young people talk about censorship, free expression, and the stories they have to tell, compiled and edited by Leonard S. Marcus ; with a new foreword by LeVar Burton
- Transitions, a mother's journey, Élodie Durand ; translated by Evan McGorray
- Michael Rosen's Sticky McStickstick, the friend who helped me walk again, Michael Rosen ; illustrated by Tony Ross
- Whatever it took, an American paratrooper's extraordinary memoir of escape, survival, and heroism in the last days of World War II, Henry Langrehr and Jim DeFelice
- There was a party for Langston, by Jason Reynolds ; with art by Jerome Pumphrey & Jarrett Pumphrey
- This country, searching for home in (very) rural America, Navied Mahdavian
- Ancient civilizations, women who made a difference, by Lori McManus
- Je ne sais quoi, the adventures of a French woman in London, by Lucie Arnoux
- Bertha Parker, the first indigenous American woman archaeologist, by Mari Bolte
- If you traveled on the Underground Railroad, written by Ebony Joy Wilkins ; illustrated by Steffi Walthall
- Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, the virologist who changed the world, by Mari Bolte
- See it, dream it, do it, how 25 people just like you found their dream jobs, Colleen Nelson & Kathie MacIsaac ; with illustrations by Scot Ritchie
- Portrait of a body, Julie Delporte ; translated by Helge Dascher and Karen Houle