Note: A substitution may be made if one of the titles below becomes unavailable. Substitute books are also chosen by Great Books editors.
- Black Frontiers: A History of African American Heroes in the Old WestLillian Schlissel
- Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845–1850Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- BonesChristine Webster
- Come Back, Salmon: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought it Back to LifeMolly Cone
- Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil RightsJim Haskins
- The Double Life of PocahontasJean Fritz
- Experiments with ElectricitySalvatore Tocci
- Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on EarthNicola Davies
- The First Americans: Prehistory–1600 (A History of US)*Joy Hakim
- For the Love of Chimps: The Jane Goodall StoryMartha E. Kendall
- The Frog ScientistPamela Turner
- Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientist_
