- A murder for the books, Victoria Gilbert
- At night, Jonathan Bean
- Hot city, by Barbara Joosse ; illustrated by Gregory Christie ; Patricia Lee Gauch, editor
- After dark with Roxie Clark, by Brooke Lauren Davis
- Laundry day, by Maurie J. Manning
- Harriet gets carried away, Jessie Sima
- The recipe for revolution, a novel, by Carolyn Chute
- Henry Reed's think tank, by Keith Robertson. --
- City shapes, by Diana Murray ; illustrated by Bryan Collier
- Clang-clang! Beep-beep!, listen to the city, by Robert Burleigh ; illustrated by Beppe Giacobbe
- The extraordinary life of Sam Hell, a novel, Robert Dugoni
- Big city song, Debora Pearson ; [illustrated by] Lynn Rowe Reed
- My red heaven, Lance Olsen
- Tribute, Nora Roberts
- You are here, a novel, Karin Lin-Greenberg
- The year of pleasures, [a novel], Elizabeth Berg
- The incredible Winston Browne, Sean Dietrich
- Jimmy the greatest!, Jairo Buitrago ; pictures by Rafael Yockteng ; translated by Elisa Amado
- The mountain Jews and the mirror, Ruchama King Feuerman ; illustrated by Polona Kosec and Marcela Calderón
- Ohio, a novel, Stephen Markley
- Before morning, by Joyce Sidman ; illustrated by Beth Krommes
- The eyes & the impossible, Dave Eggers ; illustrations of Johannes by Shawn Harris
- Britt-Marie was here, a novel, Fredrik Backman ; translated by Henning Koch
- City moon, written by Rachael Cole ; illustrated by Blanca Gómez
- Maybe something beautiful, by F. Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell ; illustrated by Rafael López
- Claude in the city, Alex T. Smith
- ¡Vamos! Let's go eat!, by Raúl the Third ; colors by Elaine Bay
- Bodega cat, by Louie Chin
- Before summer ends, Susan Mallery
- The catawampus cat, Jason Carter Eaton ; pictures by Gus Gordon
- Barcelona dreaming, Rupert Thomson
- An everyday book, by Cynthia Rylant
- The bear's garden, Marcie Colleen ; illustrated by Alison Oliver
- Middlemarch, a study of provincial life, George Eliot ; foreword by Rebecca Mead
- Clarence and the purple horse bounce into town, [written and illustrated] by Jean Ekman Adams
- Sand Dollar Lane, Sheila Roberts
- Country kid, city kid, Julie Cummins ; illustrations by Ted Rand
- Hidden in the pines, Victoria Houston
- I still dream about you, a novel, Fannie Flagg
- Sylvie & True, David McPhail
- The sour cherry surprise, David Handler
- The Bright Lands, a novel, John Fram
- The hired man, Aminatta Forna
- The late bloomers' club, a novel, Louise Miller
- Left to chance, by Amy Sue Nathan
- Burn what will burn, a novel, C. B. McKenzie
- Polly's puffin, Sarah Garland
- Eight dates and nights, Betsy Aldredge
- The mercy seat, a novel, Elizabeth H. Winthrop
- Clown in a cornfield, Adam Cesare