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Updated May 31, 2025
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THE EAGLE AND THE HART: THE TRAGEDY OF RICHARD II AND HENRY IV
Castor, Helen
Paper Book
From an acclaimed historian comes an epic tale of power and betrayal: the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose tumultuous reigns shaped the course of English history. Richard of Bordeaux and Henry of Bolingbroke, cousins born just three months apart, were...
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental values "[A] bracing memoir and manifesto."--The New York Times "I can...
HENRY V: THE ASTONISHING TRIUMPH OF ENGLAND'S GREATEST WARRIOR KING
Jones, Dan
Paper Book
"Ambitious... With meticulous research and in lively style, Jones presents us with the man beyond the Shakespeare character."--The New York Times "The best biography yet of England's greatest king."--Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Romanovs and...
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
Evan Friss
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Goodreads Choice Award Winner in History & Biography One of Time's 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 "A spirited defense of this important, odd and odds-defying American retail category." --The New York Times...
The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Paper Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The renowned author of Between the World and Me journeys to three resonant sites of conflict to explore how the stories we tell--and the ones we don't--shape our realities. "Ta-Nehisi Coates always writes with a...
Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe
Matthew Gabriele
Paper Book
The authors of The Bright Ages return with a real-life Game of Thrones--the story of the Carolingian Civil War, a bloody, protracted battle pitting brother against brother, father against son, that would end an empire, upend a continent, and redefine the future of Europe By...
THE FATE OF THE DAY: THE WAR FOR AMERICA, FORT TICONDEROGA TO CHARLESTON, 1777-1780
Atkinson, Rick
Paper Book
In the second volume of the landmark American Revolution trilogy by the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The British Are Coming, George Washington's army fights on the knife edge between victory and defeat. The first twenty-one months of...
MURDER THE TRUTH: FEAR, THE FIRST AMENDMENT, AND A SECRET CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT THE POWERFUL
Enrich, David
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller "Authoritarian governments abroad have long used legal threats and lawsuits against journalists to cover up their disinformation, corruption, and violence. Now, as master investigative journalist David Enrich reveals, those tactics have arrived in America." --...
BOOK AND DAGGER: HOW SCHOLARS AND LIBRARIANS BECAME THE UNLIKELY SPIES OF WORLD WAR II
Graham, Elyse
Paper Book
The untold story of the academics who became OSS spies, invented modern spycraft, and helped turn the tide of the war At the start of WWII, the U.S. found itself in desperate need of an intelligence agency. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a precursor to today's CIA, was quickly...
The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why It Failed
Brad Meltzer
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nazi Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes a true, little-known story about the first assassination attempt on John F....
SOMEWHERE TOWARD FREEDOM: SHERMAN'S MARCH AND THE STORY OF AMERICA'S LARGEST EMANCIPATION
Parten, Bennett
Paper Book
A groundbreaking account of Sherman's March to the Sea--the critical Civil War campaign that destroyed the Confederacy--told for the first time from the perspective of the tens of thousands of enslaved people who fled to the Union lines and transformed Sherman's march into the biggest liberation...
Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine
Padraic X. Scanlan
Paper Book
A "vigorous and engaging" (Fintan O'Toole, New Yorker) new history of the Irish Great Famine, showing how the British Empire caused Ireland's most infamous disaster In 1845, European potato fields from Spain to Scandinavia were attacked by a novel pathogen....
PROPAGANDA GIRLS: THE SECRET WAR OF THE WOMEN IN THE OSS
Rogak, Lisa
Paper Book
The incredible untold story of four women who spun the web of deception that helped win World War II. Betty MacDonald was a 28-year-old reporter from Hawaii. Zuzka Lauwers grew up in a tiny Czechoslovakian village and knew five languages by the time she was 21. Jane...
ALEXANDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great
Kousser, Rachel
Paper Book
"A heart-pounding, mind-bending adventure." --Ilyon Woo A riveting biography of Alexander the Great's final years, when the leader's insatiable desire to conquer the world set him off on an exhilarating, harrowing journey that would define his legacy.   By 330 B.C.E., Alexander...
THE FIFTEEN: MURDER, RETRIBUTION, AND THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF NAZI POWS IN AMERICA
Geroux, William
Paper Book
The revelatory true story of the long-forgotten POW camps for German soldiers erected in hundreds of small U.S. towns during World War II, and the secret Nazi killings that ensnared fifteen brave American POWs in a high-stakes showdown. "In the pantheon of American history, it...
THE GOLDEN ROAD: HOW ANCIENT INDIA TRANSFORMED THE WORLD
Dalrymple, William
Paper Book
The internationally bestselling author of The Anarchy returns with a sparkling, soaring history of ideas, tracing South Asia's under-recognized role in producing the world as we know it. For a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse...
Abundance
Ezra Klein
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A terrific book...Powerful and persuasive." --Fareed Zakaria "Spectacular...Offers a comprehensive indictment of the current problems and a clear path forward...Klein and Thompson usher in a mood shift. They inspire hope and enlarge...
WHEN THE CLOCK BROKE con men, conspiracists, and how America cracked up in the early 1990s /
Ganz, John,
Paper Book
ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2024 One of The New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2024 Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | National Indie Bestseller...
CONFRONTING THE PRESIDENTS: NO SPIN ASSESSMENTS FROM WASHINGTON TO BIDEN
O'Reilly, Bill
Paper Book
Instant #1 New York Times and USA Today nonfiction bestseller! Every American president, from Washington to Biden: Their lives, policies, foibles, and legacies, assessed with clear-eyed authority and wit. Authors of the acclaimed Killing books...
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon
Paper Book
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From America's favorite government teacher, a "fascinating and fun" (Adam Grant) portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country. In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves...
Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe
John Guy
Paper Book
"A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . . Hunting the Falcon brilliantly shows how time, circumstance and politics combined to accelerate Anne's triumph and tragedy." --Tina Brown, New York Times Book Review "A sumptuous drama of lust, intrigue, and betrayal, underpinned by...
THE MISSING THREAD A Women's History of the Ancient World
Dunn, Daisy
Paper Book
One of The Smithsonian's 10 best history books of 2024 One of BBC History Magazine's best books of 2024 "Thoroughly researched and sprightly.... a complete history of the [Mediterranean world] with the women added back in, as they always should have been."<...
Shameless: Republicans' Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy
Brian Tyler Cohen
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the first content creator to interview President Biden, leading progressive voice Brian Tyler Cohen takes a step back from the day-to-day news cycle to explain how American politics has turned into such a dumpster fire--and what Democrats...
A Day in September: The Battle of Antietam and the World It Left Behind
Stephen Budiansky
One of the Wall Street Journal's 10 Best Books of 2024 A panoramic account of the fateful Civil War battle and its far-reaching consequences for American society and culture. The Battle of Antietam, which took place on September 17, 1862, remains the single...
WAR
Woodward, Bob
Paper Book
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward delivers an eye-opening, behind-the-scenes narrative exploring the intricate dynamics of Ukraine, the Middle East, and the American presidency, offering unparalleled insights into political...
THE MEMORY PALACE: TRUE SHORT STORIES OF THE PAST
Dimeo, Nate
Paper Book
Incredible true stories reveal strange new magic in American history in this wondrous first book from the creator of the award-winning podcast The Memory Palace. "One doesn't often find the words imagination and history in the same sentence. Nate DiMeo has forever woven...
In open contempt : confronting White supremacy in art and public space /
Weathersby, Irvin,
Paper Book
"An awe-striking masterpiece of love." --Jason Reynolds, #1 New York Times bestselling author "The sentences alone in In Open Contempt make it one of the most memorable books of the decade. But it's the unexpected lingering and genius crafting of consequential...
THE RIDE: PAUL REVERE AND THE NIGHT THAT SAVED AMERICA
Kennedy, Kostya.
Paper Book
Timed for the 250th anniversary of one of America's most famous founding events: Paul Revere's heroic ride, newly told with fresh research into little-known aspects of the story Americans have heard since childhood but hardly understood On April 18, 1775, a Boston-based...
The Nazi Mind: Twelve Warnings From History
Laurence Rees
Paper Book
From an award-winning historian, a "compelling and frankly terrifying" (Telegraph) analysis of the rise of Nazi extremism, how such thinking gained popularity, and why it is vital to fight burgeoning extremist movements today How could the SS have...
HITLER'S PEOPLE: THE FACES OF THE THIRD REICH
Evans, Richard J.
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and Air Mail "A fascinating and instructive book . . . elegantly written and perceptive." --Wall Street Journal "Kaleidoscopic . . . A fascinating exploration of individual agency that never loses sight...
DEATH IS OUR BUSINESS: RUSSIAN MERCENARIES AND THE NEW ERA OF PRIVATE WARFARE
Lechner, John
Paper Book
"John Lechner is an amazingly bold reporter who has been to the key places where the Wagner Group fought, interviewing members, veterans, and victims to deliver a shrewd, granular sense of how Russian mercenary forces operate."--ADAM HOCHSCHILD The shocking inside...
THE VIETNAM WAR: A MILITARY HISTORY
Wawro, Geoffrey
Paper Book
"Remarkable... the best overview of America's misadventure in Southeast Asia, and it is sure to become the standard one-volume book on the war." - Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times The Vietnam War cast a shadow over the American psyche from the moment it began....
TRUTHS: THE FUTURE OF AMERICA FIRST
Ramaswamy, Vivek
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author, accomplished entrepreneur, and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has a plan to save America, and it begins with telling the truth. Today's conservatives know what they're against. They're anti-woke, anti-globalist, anti-big...
Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families
Judith Giesberg
Paper Book
Drawing from an archive of nearly five thousand letters and advertisements, the riveting, dramatic story of formerly enslaved people who spent years searching for family members stolen away during slavery. Of all the many horrors of slavery, the cruelest was the separation of...
THE LAST DYNASTY: ANCIENT EGYPT FROM ALEXANDER THE GREAT TO CLEOPATRA
Wilkinson, Toby
Paper Book
One of the world's leading Egyptologists tells the rich and fascinating story of ancient Egypt's last dynasty. Alexander the Great and Cleopatra may be two of the most famous figures from the ancient world, but the Egyptian era bookended by their lives--the Ptolemaic period (305-30...
TRUMP IN EXILE
McGraw, Meridith
Paper Book
Filled with deep insights and never-before-seen details, Trump in Exile is an explosive, all-access account from behind the scenes at Mar-a-Lago as former president Donald Trump regroups from an election defeat that he refuses to acknowledge and plots his return. The...
THE LAST TSAR: THE ABDICATION OF NICHOLAS II AND THE FALL OF THE ROMANOVS
Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi
Paper Book
"Elegantly written and magisterially researched" (Robert Service, author of A History of Modern Russia), the definitive story behind the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty, by the world's foremost expert When Tsar Nicholas II fell from power...
FREEDOM: MEMORIES 1954 - 2021
Merkel, Angela
Paper Book
The New York Times and USA Today bestseller For sixteen years, Angela Merkel was Chancellor of Germany and at the forefront of European and international politics. In her memoir, she looks back on her life in two German states--East Germany until 1990, and...
TARGETED: BEIRUT: THE 1983 MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING AND THE UNTOLD ORIGIN STORY OF THE WAR ON TERROR
Carr, Jack
Paper Book
The first in a new "authoritative, shocking" (Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author) nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M....
LINCOLN'S PEACE: THE STRUGGLE TO END THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Vorenberg, Michael
Paper Book
One historian's journey to find the end of the Civil War-and, along the way, to expand our understanding of the nature of war itself and how societies struggle to draw the line between war and peace LOS ANGELES TIMES "TOP TEN BOOKS TO READ IN 2025" "Eye-opening,...
THE CROSSING: EL PASO, THE SOUTHWEST, AND AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN ORIGIN STORY
Parker, Richard
Paper Book
A radical work of history that re-centers the American story around El Paso, Texas, gateway between north and south, center of indigenous power and resistance, locus of European colonization of North America, centuries-long hub of immigration, and underappreciated modern blueprint...

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