History and Current Events

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Updated March 22, 2026
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
Green, John
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestseller * #1 Washington Post bestseller * #1 Indie Bestseller * USA Today Bestseller John Green, award-winning author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world's...
Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again
Tapper, Jake
Paper Book
THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, The Financial Times, Kirkus Reviews, and The Associated Press "Superbly reported . . . Reads like a Shakespearean drama on steroids." -- Los Angeles Times...
Jews vs. Rome : two centuries of rebellion against the world's mightiest empire
Strauss, Barry S.
Paper Book
A new history of two centuries of Jewish revolts against the Roman Empire, drawing on recent archeological discoveries and new scholarship by leading historian Barry Strauss. Jews vs. Rome is a gripping account of one of the most momentous eras in human history: the two...
The Romans: A 2,000-Year History
Watts, Edward J
Paper Book
An acclaimed scholar tells the full, breathtaking history of Rome, from its emergence in the Iron Age to the capture of Constantinople in the thirteenth century "A sweeping historical survey that spans two millennia...Those intrigued by the ebb and flow of political...
History matters
McCullough, David G.
Paper Book
In this posthumous collection of thought-provoking essays--many never published before--Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and bestselling author David McCullough affirms the value of history, how we can be guided by its lessons, and the enduring legacy of American ideals. ...
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
Spinney, Laura
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of 2025 by the Guardian and Scientific American "The story of how one language left the steppes of Ukraine and became the earth's dominant language family has become clearer and more exciting than ever before. Hooray for a book where the...
2024 : how Trump retook the White House and the democrats lost America
Dawsey, Josh
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In 2024, award-winning reporters Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, and Isaac Arnsdorf bring us the definitive, inside story of the most high-stakes and volatile presidential election in modern U.S. history "A well-paced, thorough and...
Lions and scavengers : the true story of America (and her critics)
Shapiro, Ben
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro examines the current state of America and Western civilization, and poses a question: will we be Lions, or will we be Scavengers? In a world split between...
America, America: A New History of the New World
Grandin, Greg
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller * A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, 2025 Kirkus Prize, 2025 Cundill History Prize, and 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker,The New Republic,...
Dinner with King Tut : how rogue archaeologists are re-creating the sights, sounds, smells, and tastes of lost civilizations
Kean, Sam
Paper Book
Finalist for the 2026 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award | LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER | INDIE BESTSELLER | The New Yorker's Best Books of 2025 From "one of America's smartest and most charming writers" (NPR), an archaeological romp...
Splendid Liberators: Heroism, Betrayal, Resistance, and the Birth of American Empire
Jackson, Joe
Paper Book
This immersive epic reveals the origins of the American empire and the lives of those who promoted it and those who resisted it. In 1898, the United States gained an empire, and--many allege--lost its soul. In just a few dramatic weeks, American forces wrested Cuba, Puerto Rico...
End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America
Jennings, Chris
Paper Book
"A riveting and thoroughly researched chronicle...reminiscent of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood." --The New York Times Book Review The gripping story of the Ruby Ridge siege, showing how the historic standoff between federal agents and a...
Abundance
Klein, Ezra
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025 * NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2025 * KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOKS OF 2025 * NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2025 "A must-read for progressives who want a blueprint for reforming...
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Isaacson, Walter
Paper Book
America's bestselling biographer reveals the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of Independence, the one that defines who we are as Americans--and explains how it should shape our politics today. "Isaacson uses a jeweler's loupe to scan what gives...
Under Siege: My Family's Fight to Save Our Nation
Trump, Eric
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this eye-opening memoir, Eric Trump relays surprising and gripping moments throughout his life and career as part of one of America's most...
How to test negative for stupid : and why Washington never will
Kennedy, John
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the most distinctive and funny politicians, Senator John Kennedy (the one from Louisiana)--hailed by Politico as "America's most quotable Senator"--offers his perceptive (and hilarious) takes on the ridiculousness of political life in this scathingly...
Tom Paine's War: The Words That Rallied a Nation and the Founder for Our Time
Kelly, Jack
Paper Book
Ten Books We are Looking Forward to in Early 2026 --NPR In 1776, one man's words--and the determination of American patriots--allowed our nation to survive its first crisis. "Exemplary... Kelly explains why Paine and his writing mattered 250 years ago and why...
The American Revolution and the Fate of the World
Bell, Richard
Paper Book
In this revelatory and enthralling book, award-winning historian Richard Bell reveals the full breadth and depth of America's founding event. The American Revolution was not only the colonies' triumphant liberation from the rule of an overbearing England; it was also a cataclysm that pulled in...
Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History
Burstein, Andrew
Paper Book
The deepest dive yet into the heart and soul, secret affairs, unexplored alliances, and bitter feuds of a generally worshipped, intermittently reviled American icon. Perhaps no founding father is as mysterious as Thomas Jefferson. The author of the Declaration of Independence...
Running Deep: Bravery, Survival, and the True Story of the Deadliest Submarine in World War II
Clavin, Tom
Paper Book
A Library Journal Best Book of 2025 The true story of the deadliest submarine in World War II and the courageous captain who survived torture and imprisonment at the hands of the enemy. There was one submarine that outfought all other boats in the...
The undiscovered country : triumph, tragedy, and the shaping of the American West
Hutton, Paul Andrew
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller A Wall Street Journal Top Ten Book of the Year A True West Magazine Best Historical Non-Fiction Book and Best Author of the Year Western Heritage Award for "Outstanding Nonfiction Book" Winner of the Western Writers of America...
Shots Heard Round the World: America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War
Ferling, John E.
Paper Book
From acclaimed historian John Ferling, a major, global reappraisal of the Revolutionary War on its 250th Anniversary. In April 1775, British troops marched to Lexington, where an armed group of Yankees awaited them. Despite an order to disperse, shots rang out. Militiamen were...
The great contradiction : the tragic side of the American founding
Ellis, Joseph J.
Paper Book
A major new history from our most trusted voice on the Revolutionary era, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers and the National Book Award winner American Sphinx, and featured in THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt,...
King of kings : the Iranian revolution : a story of hubris, delusion and catastrophic miscalculation
Anderson, Scott
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION * KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER * From the author of the landmark bestseller Lawrence in Arabia comes a stunningly revelatory narrative history...
Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America
Ellsworth, Scott
Paper Book
Told with a page-turning pace and eye-opening cast of characters, Ellsworth sets out to correct a pivotal moment of American history that we have gotten completely wrong-until now. Jam-packed with fresh, revelatory evidence, Ellsworth's research strongly infers that by the time that the house lights...
The sun rising : King James I and the dawn of a global Britain, 1603-1625
Whitelock, Anna
Paper Book
A gripping and thought-provoking account of the reign of King James I, who united Britain and made England the global power we know today. The British monarchy of today descends directly from one leader: King James I, whose huge--and much overlooked--influence launched England as...
The blood in winter : England on the brink of civil war, 1642
Healey, Jonathan
Paper Book
A riveting account of the five heated months in which King Charles I attempted to arrest five dissident Members of Parliament by bringing an armed force to the House of Commons--a shocking act of political terrorism that pushed England toward civil war and planted the seeds of the American...
Allies at War: How the Struggles Between the Allied Powers Shaped the War and the World
Bouverie, Tim
Paper Book
An "enthralling and authoritative" (The Wall Street Journal) political history of World War II that opens a window onto the difficulties of holding together the coalition that ultimately defeated Hitler--by the acclaimed author of Appeasement "A fine reassessment...
The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America
Graham, David A.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An urgent, topic-by-topic guide to Project 2025, with everything you need to know about how the second Trump administration is remaking America--from a go-to authority at The Atlantic When President Donald Trump returned to the White...
Motherland : a feminist history of modern Russia, from revolution to autocracy
Ioffe, Julia
Paper Book
NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNER FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NAMED ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2025 BY THE WASHINGTON POST NAMED ONE OF THE 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2025 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2025 ...
The most awful responsibility : Truman and the secret struggle for control of the Atomic Age
Wellerstein, Alex
Paper Book
"This is historical research at its best." -- Dan Carlin "I thought I knew the story but learned much that I didn't know. Outstanding!"-- Richard Rhodes "A well-written opus." -- The Wall Street Journal President Truman's choice to drop the...
Monopoly X : how top-secret World War II operations used the game of Monopoly to help Allied POWs escape, conceal spies, and send secret codes
Orbanes, Philip
Paper Book
An amazing true story of World War II that reveals how British and American military intelligence successfully smuggled escape aids into German P.O.W. camps hidden inside Monopoly game boards, and also the game's surprising role in espionage. Monopoly X is the fascinating true story...
World enemy no. 1 : Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the fate of the Jews
Hellbeck, Jochen
Paper Book
A finalist for the 75th National Jewish Book Award in nonfiction A major new history that transforms our understanding of World War II--tracing the conflict and its most infamous crime, the Holocaust, to Germany's implacable hostility toward Soviet Russia In the West...

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