Condon, George E. (1976). Yesterday's Cleveland. Miami: E.A. Seemann. ISBN0-912458-73-9.
Condon, George E. (1979). Cleveland: Prodigy of the Western Reserve. Tulsa: Continental Heritage Press. ISBN9780932986061. online
Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Cleveland", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL4120668M
Jedick, Peter (1980). Cleveland: Where the East Coast Meets the Midwest. Cleveland: Cleveland Magazine.
Chapman, Edmund H. (1981). Cleveland: Village to Metropolis. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society. ISBN9780911704297.
Van Tassel, David; Grabowski, John J. (1986). Cleveland: A Tradition of Reform. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press.
Campbell, Thomas F.; Miggins, Edward M. (1988). The Birth of Modern Cleveland, 1865-1930. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society. ISBN9780911704365.
Whelan, Ned (1989). Cleveland: Shaping the Vision, a Contemporary Portrait. Chatsworth, CA: Windsor Publications. ISBN9780897813204.
Rose, William Ganson (1990). Cleveland: The Making of a City (2nd ed.). Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. ISBN9780873384285.
Whatever Happened to the "Paper Rex" Man? and Other Stories of Cleveland's Near West Side. Cleveland: The May Dugan Center and Gray & Company. 1993. ISBN9780963076014.
Keating, W. Dennis; Krumholz, Norman; Perry, David C. (1995). Cleveland: A Metropolitan Reader. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. ISBN9780873384926.
Van Tassel, David, and John Grabowski, eds. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (1996).
Miller, Carol Poh; Wheeler, Robert A. (1997). Cleveland: A Concise History, 1796–1996 (2nd ed.). Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN9780253211477.
Published in the 21st century
Grabowski, John J.; Grabowski, Diane Ewart (2000). Cleveland: A History in Motion. Carlsbad, CA: Heritage Media. ISBN1-886483-38-8.
Jenkins, William D. "Before Downtown Cleveland, Ohio, and Urban Renewal, 1949-1958." Journal of Urban History 27.4 (2001): 471–496.
Tuennerman-Kaplan, Laura. Helping others, helping ourselves: Power, giving, and community identity in Cleveland, Ohio, 1880-1930 (Kent State University Press, 2001).
Morton, Marian J. (2002). Cleveland Heights: The Making of An Urban Suburb. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN0738523844.
Lamoreaux, Naomi R., Margaret Levenstein, and Kenneth L. Sokoloff. "Financing invention during the second industrial revolution: Cleveland, Ohio, 1870-1920." (No. w10923. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004). online
Pfingsten, Ralph A. (2004). From Rockport to West Park. Cleveland: John Marshall High School Alumni Association. ISBN0-9759618-0-2.
Spangler, James R.; Toman, James A. (2005). Cleveland and Its Streetcars. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN978-0738539676.
Keating, Dennis, Norman Krumholz, and Ann Marie Wieland. "Cleveland's Lakefront: Its Development and Planning." Journal of Planning History 4#2 (2005): 129–154.
Condon, George E. (2006). West of the Cuyahoga. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. ISBN0-87338-854-2.
Gregor, Sharon E. (2010). Rockefeller's Cleveland. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing.
Cetina, Judith G. (2011). Cuyahoga County: The First 200 Years. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN978-0738583464.
Ruminski, Dan; Dutka, Alan F. (2012). Cleveland in the Gilded Age: A Stroll Down Millionaires' Row. Charleston: The History Press. ISBN978-1609498788.
Albrecht, Brian; Banks, James (2015). Cleveland in World War II. Charleston: The History Press. ISBN978-1626198821.
Grabowski, John J. (2019). Cleveland A to Z: An Essential Compendium for Visitors and Residents Alike. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. ISBN978-1606353905.
Crissman, Dan; Tachovsky, Evan; Wilson, David (2019). Cleveland in 50 Maps. Cleveland: Belt Publishing. ISBN978-1948742559.
Landmarks
Campen, Richard N. (1971). Architecture of the Western Reserve, 1800–1900. Cleveland and London: The Press of Case Western Reserve University. ISBN978-0829501964.
Cigliano, Jan (1991). Showplace of America: Cleveland's Euclid Avenue, 1850–1910. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. ISBN0-87338-445-8.
Deegan, Gregory G.; Toman, James A. (1999). The Heart of Cleveland: Public Square in the 20th Century. Cleveland: Cleveland Landmarks Press. ISBN978-0936760124.
DeMarco, Laura (2017). Lost Cleveland. London: Pavilion. ISBN9781911595151.
DeNobel Love, Jeannine (2020). Cleveland Architecture 1890–1930: Building the City Beautiful. East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press. ISBN978-1611863499.
Ellis, Lloyd R. (2012). A Guide to Greater Cleveland's Sacred Landmarks. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. ISBN978-1606351215.
Harwood, Jr., Herbert H. (2003). Invisible Giants: The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. ISBN0-253-34163-9.
Johannesen, Eric (1979). Cleveland Architecture, 1876-1976. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical. ISBN9780911704211.
Johannesen, Eric (1999). A Cleveland Legacy: The Architecture of Walker and Weeks. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. ISBN0-87338-589-6.
Karberg, Richard E.; Toman, James A. (2002). Euclid Avenue: Cleveland's Sophisticated Lady. Cleveland: Cleveland Landmarks Press. ISBN0936760192.
Lawrence, Michael (1980). Make No Little Plans. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society. ISBN0-911704-24-8.
Pacini, Lauren R. (2019). Honoring Their Memory: Levi T. Scofield, Cleveland's Monumental Architect and Sculptor. Cleveland: Artography Press. ISBN978-0-578-48036-7.
Rarick, Holly M. (1986). Progressive Vision: The Planning of Downtown Cleveland 1903-1930. Cleveland and Bloomington: The Cleveland Museum of Art and Indiana University Press. ISBN9780910386869.
Toman, Jim; Cook, Dan (1981). Cleveland Landmarks Series, Vol. I: The Terminal Tower Complex, 1930-1980. Cleveland: Cleveland Landmarks Press. ISBN0-936760-01-X.
Toman, Jim; Cook, Dan (1981). Cleveland Landmarks Series, Vol. II: Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Cleveland: Cleveland Landmarks Press. ISBN0-936760-02-8.
Dutka, Alan F. (2020). Christmas in Cleveland. Charleston: The History Press. ISBN978-1540245397.
Dutka, Alan F. (2012). Cleveland's Short Vincent: The Theatrical Grill and its Notorious Neighbors. Cleveland: Cleveland Landmarks Press. ISBN9780936760322.
Dutka, Alan F. (2011). East Fourth Street: The Rise, Decline, and Rebirth of an Urban Cleveland Street. Cleveland: Cleveland Landmarks Press. ISBN9780936760308.
Dutka, Alan F. (2016). Historic Movie Theaters of Downtown Cleveland. Charleston: History Press Library. ISBN9781540203540.
Faircloth, Christopher (2009). Cleveland's Department Stores. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing.
Gorman, John; Feran, Tom (2008). The Buzzard: Inside the Glory Days of WMMS and Cleveland Rock Radio--A Memoir. Cleveland: Gray & Company. ISBN978-1598510515.
Kehoe, Wayne (2007). Cleveland's University Circle. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing.
Rosenberg, Donald (2000). Second to None: The Cleveland Orchestra Story. Cleveland: Gray & Company. ISBN978-188622824-5.
Turner, Evan H. (1991). Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art. ISBN0-940717-08-5.
Leedy, Jr., Walter C. (1991). Cleveland Builds an Art Museum. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art. ISBN0-940717-09-3.
Wittke, Carl (1966). The First Fifty Years: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916–1966. Cleveland: John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Ethnicity
Peoples of Cleveland. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society. 2001. ISBN9780911704532.
Dutka, Alan F. (2014). AsiaTown Cleveland: From Tong Wars to Dim Sum. Charleston: The History Press.
Dutka, Alan F. (2017). Slovenians in Cleveland: A History. Charleston: The History Press.
Gartner, Lloyd P. (1987). History of the Jews of Cleveland (2nd ed.). Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society. ISBN0911704396.
Hammack, David C.; Grabowski, Diane L.; Grabowski, John J. (2002). Identity, Conflict, & Cooperation: Central Europeans in Cleveland, 1850–1930. Cleveland: Western Reserve Historical Society. ISBN978-0911704556.
Kukral, Michael A. "Czech Settlements in 19th Century Cleveland, Ohio." East European Quarterly 38.4 (2004): 473.
Kusmer, Kenneth L. (1978). A Ghetto Takes Shape: Black Cleveland, 1870-1930. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. ISBN978-0252006906.
Lederer, Clara (1954). Their Paths are Peace: The Story of Cleveland's Cultural Gardens. Cleveland: Cleveland Cultural Garden Federation.
Lewis, Joanne M.; Szilagyi, John (1981). From Market to Market, An Old Fashioned Family Story: The West Side Market. Cleveland Heights, OH: Elandon Books. ISBN0-937424-12-9.
Michney, Todd M. (2017). Surrogate Suburbs: Black Upward Mobility and Neighborhood Change in Cleveland, 1900–1980. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN978-1469631943.
Papp, Susan M. Hungarian Americans and Their Communities in Cleveland (1981) Complete text online
Sabol, John T.; Alzo, Lisa A. (2009). Cleveland Czechs. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing.
Sabol, John T.; Alzo, Lisa A. (2009). Cleveland Slovaks. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing.
Veronesi, Gene P. Italian-Americans & Their Communities of Cleveland (1977) Complete text online
Politics
Seven Making History: A Mayoral Retrospective. Cleveland: The League of Women Voters of Cleveland and the Western Reserve Historical Society. 1990.
Cunningham, Randy. Democratizing Cleveland : the rise and fall of community organizing in Cleveland, Ohio, 1975-1985 (2007) online
Gleisser, Marcus (1965). The World of Cyrus Eaton. New York and London: A.S. Barnes and Co., Inc. and Thomas Yoseloff Ltd.
Holli, Melvin G., and Jones, Peter d'A., eds. Biographical Dictionary of American Mayors, 1820-1980 (Greenwood Press, 1981) short scholarly biographies each of the city's mayors 1820 to 1980. online; see index at p. 408 for list.
Horner, William T. (2010). Ohio's Kingmaker: Mark Hanna, Man and Myth. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press. ISBN978-0-8214-1894-9.
Moore, Leonard N. (2003). Carl B. Stokes and the Rise of Black Political Power. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press. ISBN978-0252071638.
Odenkirk, James E. (2005). Frank J. Lausche: Ohio's Great Political Maverick. Wilmington, OH: Orange Frazer Press.
Miggins, Edward M. "A City of Uplifting Influences: From Sweet Charity to Modern Social Welfare and Philanthropy." In The Birth of Modern Cleveland, 1865-1930, edited by Thomas F. Campbell and Edward M. Miggins, (Western Reserve Historical Society, 1988) pp 141-71.
Robenalt, James (2018). Ballots and Bullets: Black Power Politics and Urban Guerrilla Warfare in 1968 Cleveland. Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books. ISBN978-1641603119.
Stradling, David; Stradling, Richard (2015). Where the River Burned: Carl Stokes and the Struggle to Save Cleveland. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN9780801453618.
Swanstrom, Todd (1985). The Crisis of Growth Politics: Cleveland, Kucinich, and the Challenge of Urban Populism. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN9780877223665.
Mayor Tom Johnson
Bremner, Robert H. "The Civic Revival in Ohio: Reformed Businessman: Tom L. Johnson." American Journal of Economics and Sociology 8.3 (1949): 299-309.
DeMatteo, Arthur E. "The Downfall of a Progressive: Mayor Tom L. Johnson and the Cleveland Streetcar Strike of 1908." Ohio History 104 (1995): 24-41.
Johnson, Tom L.. My Story. B. W. Huebsch, 1911; reprint Kent State University Press 1993. Text also online at the Cleveland Memory Project.
Lough, Alexandra W. "Tom L. Johnson and Cleveland Traction Wars, 1901–1909." American Journal of Economics and Sociology 75.1 (2016): 149-192.
Megery, Michael. "Ideological Origins of a Radical Democrat: The Early Political Thought of Tom L. Johnson, 1888–1895." Middle West Review 6.1 (2019): 37-61.
Murdock, Eugene C. Tom Johnson of Cleveland (Wright State University Press, 1994), a standard scholarly biography.
Suit, William Wilson. "Tom Loftin Johnson, businessman reformer' (PhD dissertation, Kent State University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1988. 8827177).
Warner, Hoyt Landon. Progressivism in Ohio, 1897-1917 (Ohio State University Press, 1964).
Whitehair, Andrew L., "Tom L. Johnson’s Tax School: the Fight For Democracy And Control of Cleveland’s Tax Machinery" (2020). (ETD Archive. 1190. online