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Nonfiction Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film Julie Gilbert
Nonfiction A German Jew’s Triumph: Fritz Oppenheimer and the Denazification of Germany Cindy Schweich Handler
Nonfiction Two Wheels to Freedom: The Story of a Young Jew, Wartime Resistance, and a Daring Escape Arthur J. Magida
Nonfiction The Einstein Effect: How the World’s Favorite Genius Got into Our Cars, Our Bathrooms, and Our Minds Benyamin Cohen
Children’s Ping-Pong Shabbat: The True Story of Champion Estee Ackerman Ann D. Koffsky; Abigail Rajunov, illus.
Children’s Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan’s Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants Norman H. Finkelstein; Vesper Stamper, illus.
Nonfiction The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, the Visionary of Weimar Berlin Daniel Brook
Nonfiction Mommy, Can Boys Also Be Doctors?: Message To Young Scientists And Other Humans Marlene Belfort
Nonfiction That Voice: In Search of Ann Drummond-Grant, the Singer Who Shaped My Life Marcia Menter