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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Secret Pigeon Service: Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe by Gordon Corera

Secret Pigeon Service: Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe

Gordon Corera

379 pages • 2018 • 13 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird

26h 30m • 2005 • 58 editions

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage by Douglas C. Waller

Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage

Douglas C. Waller

14h 43m • 5 editions

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nonfiction autobiography biography history informative fast-paced
There Will Be Fire by Rory Carroll

There Will Be Fire

Rory Carroll

14h 7m • 2023 • 14 editions

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nonfiction history politics true crime informative tense medium-paced
Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance by Richard Powers

Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance

Richard Powers

13h 30m • 1985 • 11 editions

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fiction historical literary challenging reflective slow-paced
The North Star: Canada and the Civil War Plots Against Lincoln by Julian Sher

The North Star: Canada and the Civil War Plots Against Lincoln

Julian Sher

15h 11m • 2023 • 2 editions

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A History of America in Ten Strikes by Erik Loomis

A History of America in Ten Strikes

Erik Loomis

9h 17m • 2018 • 7 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos by Judy Batalion

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos

Judy Batalion

560 pages • 2021 • 15 editions

nonfiction history emotional informative sad slow-paced
Hitler's Forgotten Children: The Shocking True Story of the Nazi Kidnapping Conspiracy by Tim Tate, Ingrid von Oelhafen

Hitler's Forgotten Children: The Shocking True Story of the Nazi Kidnapping Conspiracy

Tim Tate, Ingrid von Oelhafen

7h 19m • 2015 • 13 editions

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nonfiction biography history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
Japan's Infamous Unit 731: Firsthand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program by Hal Gold, Yuma Totani

Japan's Infamous Unit 731: Firsthand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program

Hal Gold, Yuma Totani

6h 29m • 2019 • 7 editions

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nonfiction history informative slow-paced