Banks, Michael A. Before Oprah: Ruth Lyons, the Woman Who Created Talk TV. Wilmington, OH: Orange Frazer Press, 2009.
Beckman, Wendy Hart. Founders and Famous Families of Cincinnati. Covington, KY: Clerisy Press, 2014.
Bellman, Sacha DeVroomen, and Felix Winternitz. Insider’s Guide to Cincinnati. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 2009.
Grace, Kevin. Legendary Locals of Cincinnati. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2011.
Harlow, Alvin F. The Serene Cincinnatians (Society in America Series). New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1950.
Horstman, Barry M. 100 Who Made a Difference: Greater Cincinnatians Who Made a Mark on the 20th Century. Cincinnati, OH: Cincinnati Post, 1999.
Moore, Gina Ruffin. Cincinnati. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2007.
Morgan, Michael D. Over-the-Rhine: When Beer Was King. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2010.
Nuxhall, Phil. Beauty in the Grove: Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum. Wilmington, OH: Orange Frazer Press, 2009.
Pender, Rick. 100 Things to Do in Cincinnati Before You Die. St. Louis: Reedy Press, LLC, 2016.
Perry, Dick. Vas You Ever in Zinzinnati? New York: Doubleday & Co., 1966.
Ranker. “List of Famous Buildings & Structures.” www.ranker.com/list/cincinnati-buildings-and-structures/reference (accessed January 23, 2017).
Rolfes, Steven J. Cincinnati Landmarks. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2012.
Silberstein, Iola Hessler. Cincinnati Then and Now. Cincinnati, OH: League of Women Voters, 1982.
Smiddy, Betty Ann, with support of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Cincinnati’s Great Disasters. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2007.
Smiddy, Betty Ann, with the photography of Frank Wilmes. Cincinnati’s Golden Age. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2005.
Tolzmann, Don. Over-the-Rhine Tour Guide: Cincinnati’s Historic German District, Over-the-Rhine, and Environs. Milford, OH: Little Miami Publishing Co., 2011.
Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Ohio. Cincinnati: A Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors. Cincinnati, OH: Wiesen-Hart Press, 1943.
Other good resources, if you’re interested in the region:
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati Magazine
Fanfare, the magazine of the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra
UC Magazine