- Benjamin Franklin, a man of many talents, by the editors of Time for kids ; with Kathryn Hoffman Satterfield
- Benjamin Franklin, Leni Donlan
- Jefferson Davis, the man and his hour, William C. Davis
- Franklin & Washington, the founding partnership, Edward J. Larson
- The remarkable Benjamin Franklin, written & illustrated by Cheryl Harness
- The man who ran Washington, the life and times of James A. Baker III, Peter Baker and Susan Glasser
- Benjamin Franklin, to the future, Ben Franklin!, by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce ; illustrated by Isidre MoneĢs
- Setting the world ablaze, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution, John Ferling
- Nixon and Kissinger, partners in power, by Robert Dallek
- Jefferson Davis, Confederate president, Herman Hattaway and Richard E. Beringer
- Heroes of the Revolution, by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Don A. Smith
- Ben Franklin, his wit and wisdom from A-Z, by Alan Schroeder ; illustrated by John O'Brien
- Odd destiny, the life of Alexander Hamilton, by Marie B. Hecht
- The amazing Mr. Franklin ;, or, The boy who read everything, Ruth Ashby
- The quartet, orchestrating the second American revolution, 1783-1789, Joseph J. Elliis
- Alexander Hamilton, the outsider, Jean Fritz ; illustrations by Ian Schoenherr
- Every day is extra, John Kerry
- The patriots, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the making of America, Winston Groom
- The quartet, orchestrating the second American Revolution, 1783-1789, Joseph J. Ellis
- America's first dynasty, the Adamses, 1735-1918, Richard Brookhiser
- The heartbreak of Aaron Burr, H. W. Brands
- Learning from experience, George P. Shultz
- Benjamin Franklin, the man behind the lightning rod, by Nancy Dickmann
- Houses of the founding fathers, by Hugh Howard ; original photography by Roger Straus III
- Inventing a nation, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Gore Vidal
- Alexander Hamilton, Libby Romero
- Our man, Richard Holbrooke and the end of the American century, George Packer
- Autobiography, Poor Richard, and later writings, letters from London, 1757-1775, Paris, 1776-1785, Philadelphia, 1785-1790, Poor Richard's almanack, 1733-1758, the autobiography, Benjamin Franklin
- Kissinger, Niall Ferguson
- Young Benjamin Franklin, the birth of ingenuity, Nick Bunker
- Franklin & Washington, the founding partnership, Edward J. Larson
- The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, Gordon S. Wood
- The Hopkins touch, Harry Hopkins and the forging of the alliance to defeat Hitler, David L. Roll
- Carl Schurz, tremendous Dutchman and true American, by Lewis W. Tusken ; illustrations by Lori A. Stertz
- Carl Schurz, a biography, by Hans L. Trefousse
- Benjamin Franklin, the religious life of a founding father, Thomas S. Kidd
- Benjamin Franklin, by Wil Mara
- James Madison, America's first politician, Jay Cost
- Alexander Hamilton, from orphan to founding father, by Monica Kulling ; illustrated by Valerio Fabbretti
- Benjamin Franklin, a film by Ken Burns ; a Florentine Films production ; directed by Ken Burns ; written by Dayton Duncan ; produced by David Schmidt, Ken Burns ; co-produced with WETA Washington D.C
- The first scientific American, Benjamin Franklin and the pursuit of genius, Joyce E. Chaplin
- Ben Franklin thinks big, story by Sheila Keenan ; pictures by Gustavo Mazali
- The intimate lives of the founding fathers, Thomas Fleming
- Benjamin Franklin, American genius, his life and ideas, with 21 activities, Brandon Marie Miller
- Jefferson Davis, American, William J. Cooper
- American revolutionaries and Founders of the nation, James Meisner, Jr. and Amy Ruth
- The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, Gordon S. Wood
- Who was Alexander Hamilton?, by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso ; illustrated by Dede Putra
- How Benjamin Franklin became a revolutionary in seven (not-so-easy) steps, Gretchen Woelfle ; illustrated by John O'Brien
- A picture book of John Hancock, by David A. Adler and Michael S. Adler ; illustrated by Ronald Himler