- A Natural History of the Chicago Region, Joel Greenberg (2004).
- Why I Am Not an Atheist, Christopher Beha (2026).
- Art and Faith, Makoto Fujimura (2025).
- Replica, Lisa Low (2026).
- Birds of the Great Lakes, Dexter Patterson (2025).
- How Fascism Works, Jason Stanley (2018).
- Mother Emanuel, Kevin Sack (2025).
Here’s last year’s list.
