- The Paris bookseller, Kerri Maher
- A view of the empire at sunset, Caryl Phillips
- Mary Jemison, Native American captive, by Jane Kelley writing as E.F. Abbott ; with illustrations by Clint Hansen
- The first actress, a novel of Sarah Bernhardt, C. W. Gortner
- Mount Vernon love story, a novel of George and Martha Washington, Mary Higgins Clark
- Figures in silk, Vanora Bennett
- Z, a novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, Therese Anne Fowler
- Hidden powers, Lise Meitner's call to science, Jeannine Atkins
- The spy, a novel, Paulo Coelho ; translated from the Portuguese by Zoë̈ Perry
- White houses, a novel, Amy Bloom
- Elizabeth I, a novel, Margaret George
- The stargazer's sister, a novel, Carrie Brown
- Shadow on the crown, Patricia Bracewell
- The Swans of Fifth Avenue, a novel, Melanie Benjamin
- Carnegie's Maid, Marie Benedict
- The chaperone, Laura Moriarty
- Caleb's crossing, Geraldine Brooks
- Three sisters, three queens, Philippa Gregory
- I was Anastasia, a novel, Ariel Lawhon
- Quantum girl theory, a novel, Erin Kate Ryan
- Empress Orchid, Anchee Min
- The "extraordinary" Mark Twain (according to Susy), by Barbara Kerley ; iIllustrated by Edwin Fotheringam
- Annie and the wolves, Andromeda Romano-Lax
- The book of longings, a novel, Sue Monk Kidd
- Confessions of an imaginary friend, a memoir by Jacques Papier, as told to Michelle Cuevas
- The cloister, a novel, James Carroll
- The Bridgetower sonata, sonata mulattica, Emmanuel Dongala ; translated from the French by Marjolijn de Jager
- The Paris wife, a novel, Paula McLain
- The marriage portrait, Maggie O'Farrell
- Chang & Eng, a novel, Darin Strauss
- The red queen, Philippa Gregory
- I, Claudius, from the autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, born B.C. X, murdered and diefied A.D. LIV, by Robert Graves
- A piece of the world, a novel, Christina Baker Kline
- Longing, J.D. Landis
- The tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris
- The lost summer of Louisa May Alcott, Kelly O'Connor McNees
- Caleb's crossing, a novel, Geraldine Brooks
- Big Red, a novel starring Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles, Jerome Charyn
- Leonora in the morning light, Michaela Carter
- Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule, a novel, Jennifer Chiaverini
- The last wife of Henry VIII, Carolly Erickson
- Carolina built, a novel, Kianna Alexander
- Escape from Syria, Samya Kullab, Jackie Roche & Mike Freiheit
- The dream lover, a novel, Elizabeth Berg
- The prince of the skies, Antonio Iturbe ; translated by Lilit Žekulin Thwaites
- John Lincoln Clem, Civil War drummer boy, by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb writing as E.F. Abbott ; with illustrations by Steven Noble
- Remarkable creatures, Tracy Chevalier
- Code name Hélène, a novel, by Ariel Lawhon
- I should be extremely happy in your company, a novel of Lewis and Clark, Brian Hall
- Gould's book of fish, a novel in twelve fish, by Richard Flanagan