25 History Books in 2025

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01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

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Read 25 nonfiction history books in 2025.

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Return to Uluru by Mark McKenna

Return to Uluru

Mark McKenna

240 pages • 2021 • 4 editions

nonfiction history true crime informative reflective medium-paced
Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now by Philip Wang, Jeff Yang, Phil Yu

Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now

Philip Wang, Jeff Yang, Phil Yu

496 pages • 2022 • 3 editions

nonfiction history politics race sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Oval World: A Global History of Rugby by Tony Collins

The Oval World: A Global History of Rugby

Tony Collins

560 pages • 2015 • 2 editions

nonfiction history sports informative medium-paced
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

Christopher Clark

25h • 2012 • 33 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story by Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Morse

Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story

Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Morse

208 pages • 2013 • 9 editions

nonfiction history science informative reflective slow-paced
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

441 pages • 2018 • 66 editions

nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
Guernica: The Crucible of World War II by Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan-Witts

Guernica: The Crucible of World War II

Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan-Witts

404 pages • 1975 • 4 editions

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nonfiction history informative medium-paced
The Hidden White House: Harry Truman and the Reconstruction of America’s Most Famous Residence by Robert Klara

The Hidden White House: Harry Truman and the Reconstruction of America’s Most Famous Residence

Robert Klara

384 pages • 2013 • 4 editions

nonfiction history informative lighthearted slow-paced
The Eyes of Willie McGee: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in the Jim Crow South by Alex Heard

The Eyes of Willie McGee: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in the Jim Crow South

Alex Heard

485 pages • 2010 • 3 editions

nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution by Andrew M. Wehrman

The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution

Andrew M. Wehrman

13h 26m • 4 editions

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nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced