History and Current Events

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Updated June 5, 2026
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History Matters
David McCullough
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. ...
The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon
Peter Schweizer
Paper Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Every day, ICE is arresting hundreds of illegal immigrants with a criminal record. They didn't just come here. They were sent here. Our debates about immigration revolve around what happens with immigrants once they...
Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind
Jason Zengerle
Paper Book
"Breezy, entertaining and ultimately disquieting, a biography of Carlson that tracks his turn from bow-tied beau ideal of the Washington establishment into the MAGA conspiracy theorist in chief." --The New York Times Book Review To many, Tucker Carlson is synonymous...
Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire
Barry S. Strauss
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...
Storm at the Capitol: An Oral History of January 6th
Mary Clare Jalonick
Paper Book
The definitive, unbiased account of the twenty-four hours surrounding the historic January 6th attack on the Capitol "A riveting account of one of the most consequential days in modern American history." --Ryan J. Reilly, author of Sedition Hunters<...
Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History
Andrew Burstein
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...
Carthage: A New History
Eve MacDonald
Paper Book
A Waterstones UK Best Book of 2025 A landmark new history of ancient Rome's most famous rival--home of Hannibal, jewel of North Africa, and foundational power of the western Mediterranean. For six hundred years, the city of Carthage dominated the western...
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson
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...
Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
Julia Ioffe
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 ...
Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right
Laura K. Field
Paper Book
"[An] excellent new book."--Michelle Goldberg, New York Times The story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump's agenda--and how it threatens American freedoms, values, and democracy Donald Trump is not a big thinker, but his...
The Real Ones: How to Disrupt the Hidden Ways Racism Makes Us Less Authentic
Maya Rupert
Paper Book
One of Maya Rupert's earliest life lessons was learning how to be inauthentic. That performance-the ability to make white people feel comfortable about race and their own racism-has perversely conferred upon her everything from safety and acceptance to professional success and social capital. As...
Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor
Christine Kuehn
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER * INDIE BESTSELLER "An amazing and gripping tale, full of suspenseful twists and cinematic details" ―New York Times Book Review A propulsive, never-before...
Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Recreating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations
Sam Kean
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...
Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines
Karine Jean-pierre
Paper Book
A groundbreaking, revelatory assessment of America's broken two-party system. Rachel Maddow calls it "a brave firecracker of a book." In a country obsessed with blind loyalty to a two-party democratic system, Karine Jean-Pierre, former White House press...
The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany―and the Spy Who Betrayed Them
Jonathan Freedland
Paper Book
"An astonishing true story of courage, love, and betrayal, told with the verve of a thriller. Freedland is a master at weaving spellbinding entertainments drawn from forgotten corners of history."--Mick Herron, bestselling author of Slow Horses From the New York Times bestselling...
The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home
Wil Haygood
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR * Award-winning author and journalist Wil Haygood explores how the Vietnam War became a mirror for the struggle of Black Americans--fighting for freedom abroad while demanding equality at home--and a powerful lens through which to...
End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America
Chris Jennings
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...
2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America
Josh Dawsey
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...
King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation
Scott Anderson
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST * 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...
The American Revolution and the Fate of the World
Richard Bell
Paper Book
"American history as if from a barstool, not a lecture podium. Giddy, rollicking, and bold." -Ilyon Woo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Master Slave Husband Wife "Accessible and impassioned entry to anyone interested in understanding the nation's founding from a dazzling,...
Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics)
Ben Shapiro
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...
The Undiscovered Country: Triumph, Tragedy, and the Shaping of the American West
Paul Andrew Hutton
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...
Last Branch Standing: A Journey Inside Today's Supreme Court
Sarah Isgur
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A myth-busting glimpse into the inner workings of the Supreme Court, revealing what we get wrong about the Roberts Court, what the justices' clerks gossip about, and how to fix a court in crisis--from the popular ABC news pundit and top legal podcaster
Splendid Liberators: Heroism, Betrayal, Resistance, and the Birth of American Empire
Joe Jackson
Paper Book
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2025 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...
How to Test Negative for Stupid: And Why Washington Never Will
John Kennedy
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...
Running Deep: Bravery, Survival, and the True Story of the Deadliest Submarine in World War II
Tom Clavin
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times Bestselling Author There was one submarine that outfought all other boats in the Silent Service in World War II: the USS Tang. Captain Richard Hetherington O'Kane commanded the submarine, which achieved its greatest success when it took on an...
Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America
Scott Ellsworth
Paper Book
From the author of The Ground Breaking, longlisted for the National Book Award, comes a riveting saga of the last year of the Civil War-and a revealing new account of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln Told with a page-turning pace, New York Times bestselling...
The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America
David Baron
Paper Book
"There is Life on the Planet Mars" --New York Times, December 9, 1906 This New York Times headline was no joke. In the early 1900s, many Americans actually believed we had discovered intelligent life on Mars, as best-selling science writer David Baron...
Goliath's Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse
Luke Kemp
Paper Book
"In the modern tradition of Big Books of human history like Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens and David Graeber and David Wengrow's The Dawn of Everything, Goliath's Curse provides a novel theory of civilizational development. . . . [It] feels something like reading the French...
The Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World
Tilar J. Mazzeo
Paper Book
"[U]ndeniably one of the greatest stories of a bygone era." - Wall Street Journal The true story of the first female captain of a merchant ship and her treacherous navigation of Antarctica's deadly waters, from the New York Times bestselling author of<...
The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb
Garrett M. Graff
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Magisterial...A stunning account that brings to the fore the nuclear saga's surreal combination of ingenuity, fate, and terror." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) * "If you are an intelligent person, or at the very least think you are, you have to...
Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln
Matthew Pinsker
Paper Book
We know Lincoln as the eloquent, compassionate leader of a nation torn by civil war. But he had another, less visible side, equally central to his character and leadership: Lincoln was a master of party politics. Schooled as a Whig in the rough-and-tumble of Illinois electioneering in the 1830s,...
Getting to Reparations: How Building a Different America Requires a Reckoning with Our Past
Dorothy A. Brown
Paper Book
A bold manifesto arguing that there is a clear precedent for paying reparations to atone for America's original sin of slavery, offering a compelling legal strategy to achieve this goal-from the acclaimed author of The Whiteness of Wealth. The idea of reparations is not a...
Tom Paine's War: The Words That Rallied a Nation and the Founder for Our Time
Jack Kelly
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...
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...

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