Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America, by Sam Tanenhaus (Random House)
Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography, by Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star, by Mayukh Sen (W.W Norton)
A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America’s Disabled, by Alex Green (Bellevue Literary Press)
Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution, by Amanda Vaill (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore, by Ashley D. Farmer (Pantheon)
Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, by Claire Hoffman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford, by Carla Kaplan (Harper)
Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin, by Sue Prideaux (W. W. Norton)
William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love, by Philip Hoare (Pegasus Books)