“Nonfiction writers are the packhorses of literature. We’re meant to carry the story. If we can make it up and down the mountain by a reliable if not scenic route, we have delivered. Technique is optional.” — Stacy Schiff, author (2000 Pulitzer Prize winner)
Arts
| Title | Author | Year | Rating | Banned? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie, Waylon, and the Boys | Brian Fairchild | 2024 |  | No |
| Lyrics On Several Occasions | Ira Gershwin | 1959 |  | No |
| The Jazz Men | Larry Tye | 2024 |  | No |
Aviation
| Title | Author | Year | Rating | Banned? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyward | Richard E. Byrd | 1928 | | No |
| The Cannibal Queen | Stephen Coonts | 1992 | | No |
| Fate is the Hunter | Ernest K. Gann | 1961 | | No |
| Wind in the Wires | Duncan Grinnell-Milne | 1968 |  | No |
| Fighter Pilot’s Heaven | Donald S. Lopez | 1995 | | No |
| Conquest of the Skies | Carl Solberg | 1979 | | No |
| The Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told | Lamar Underwood (Editor) | 2002 | | No |
| Airpower | Major Alford Williams | 1940 | | No |
Biography
| Title | Author | Year | Rating | Banned? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Random: The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf | Bennett Cerf | 1977 | | No |
| Once Upon a Tome | Oliver Darkshire | 2023 | | No |
| Nat King Cole | James Haskins | 1984 | | No |
| Adventures in Two Worlds | A.J. Cronin | 1952 | | No |
| A Reporter’s Life | Walter Cronkite | 1996 | | No |
| The Last Stitch | William Crosthwait | 1956 | | No |
| The Gershwins and Me | Michael Feinstein | 2012 | | No |
| With Malice Toward Some | Margaret Halsey | 1938 | | No |
| Revolt in the Desert | T.E. Lawrence | 1926 | | No |
| Nine Years Among The Indians | Herman Lehmann | 1927 | | No |
| Myrna Loy – Being and Becoming | Myrna Loy | 1987 | | No |
| Tim McCoy Remembers the West | Tim McCoy | 1978 | | No |
| Complete Life of William McKinley | Marshall Everett | 1901 | | No |
| Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die | Willie Nelson | 2012 | | No |
| Knute Rockne: Man Builder | Harry A. Stuhldreher | 1931 | | No |
| Will Rogers | P.J. O’Brien | 1935 | | No |
| Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography | Theodore Roosevelt | 1913 | | No |
| Shakespeare of London | Marchette Chute | 1949 | | No |
| Pinnacle Jake | A.B. Snyder | 1951 | | No |
| Music By Max Steiner | Steven C. Smith | 2020 | | No |
| Year of Decisions | Harry S. Truman | 1955 | | No |
History
| Title | Author | Year | Rating | Banned? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Orations, Vol. 3 | Alexander Johnston (editor) | 1884 | | No |
| Life of Sitting Bull | W. Fletcher Johnson | 1891 |  | No |
| The Great War in Europe | Thomas H. Russell | 1916 | | No |
| Storm Over the Land | Carl Sandburg | 1939 | | No |
| Myths After Lincoln | Lloyd Lewis | 1941 | | No |
| Your Navy | Claude Banks Mayo | 1941 | | No |
| A London Diary | Quentin Reynolds | 1941 | | No |
| Texas – A World in Itself | George Sessions Perry | 1942 | | No |
| Brave Men | Ernie Pyle | 1944 | | No |
| 70,000 to One | Quentin Reynolds | 1946 | | No |
| Deadline Delayed | Overseas Press Club of America (editors) | 1947 | | No |
| Crusade in Europe | Dwight Eisenhower | 1948 | | No |
| The Dam Busters | Paul Brickhill | 1951 | | No |
| Escape From Colditz | P.R. Reid | 1952 | | No |
| Midcentury Journey | William Shirer | 1952 | | No |
| The Man Who Never Was | Ewen Montagu | 1954 | | No |
| The Death of a President | William Manchester | 1967 | | No |
| The 56th Evac Hospital | Lawrence D. Collins | 1995 | | No |
| Victory at Sea | James F. Dunnigan & Albert A. Nofi | 1995 | | No |
| Bill of Wrongs | Molly Ivins & Lou Dubose | 2007 | | No |
| Leadership in Turbulent Times | Doris Kearns Goodwin | 2018 | | No |
| An Unfinished Love Story | Doris Kearns Goodwin | 2024 | | No |
Natural Science
| Title | Author | Year | Rating | Banned? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnakes | J. Frank Dobie | 1965 | | No |
| The World Without Us | Alan Weisman | 2007 | | No |
Religion
| Title | Author | Year | Rating | Banned? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Bible and Science | Thomas Childs | 2014 | | No |
| Christian Logic | Thomas Childs | 2014 | | No |
| Was Jesus a Myth? | Thomas Childs | 2018 | | No |
| The Influence of Christ in Modern Life | Newell Dwight Hillis | 1900 | | No |
| The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity | Matthew Kelly | 2018 | | No |
Social Science
| Title | Author | Year | Rating | Banned? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whither Mankind | Charles A. Beard (editor) | 1928 | | No |
| Fear On Trial | John Henry Faulk | 1963 | | No |
| Color Blind | Margaret Halsey | 1946 | | Yes |
| Lethal Passage | Erik Larson | 1995 | | No |
| Introduction to Business | Clinton A. Reed & V. James Morgan | 1932 | | No |
| Creative Thinking | Charles S. Whiting | 1958 | | No |
Sports
| Title | Author | Year | Rating | Banned? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Sports Stories 1948 | Irving T. Marsh & Edward Ehre (Editors) | 1948 | | No |
| Joe DiMaggio and the Summer of 41 | Michael Seidel | 1988 | | No |
| Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball | Scott Simon | 2002 | | No |
| The Way of Salt | Ash Warren | 2020 | | No |
Travel
| Title | Author | Year | Rating | Banned? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Here, There, Elsewhere | William Least Heat-Moon | 2013 | | No |