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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King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

688 pages • 2023 • 16 editions

nonfiction biography history politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway by Anthony Tully, Jonathan Parshall

Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway

Anthony Tully, Jonathan Parshall

24h 44m • 2005 • 4 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography by Peter Green

Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography

Peter Green

666 pages • 1974 • 7 editions

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Henrietta Maria by Leanda de Lisle

Henrietta Maria

Leanda de Lisle

13h • 2022 • 7 editions

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nonfiction biography history
Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition by Nisid Hajari

Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition

Nisid Hajari

352 pages • 2015 • 8 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East by Amanda H. Podany

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East

Amanda H. Podany

18h 26m • 2022 • 3 editions

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nonfiction biography history adventurous challenging informative medium-paced
Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence by Bryan Burrough

Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence

Bryan Burrough

588 pages • 2015 • 5 editions

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nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Eunuchs in Antiquity and Beyond by Shaun Tougher

Eunuchs in Antiquity and Beyond

Shaun Tougher

282 pages • 2002 • 1 edition

nonfiction essays gender history medium-paced
Too Hot to Handle: A Global History of Sex Education by Jonathan Zimmerman

Too Hot to Handle: A Global History of Sex Education

Jonathan Zimmerman

216 pages • 2015 • 3 editions

nonfiction history sociology challenging informative slow-paced
The Pleasure's All Mine: A History of Perverse Sex by Julie Peakman

The Pleasure's All Mine: A History of Perverse Sex

Julie Peakman

472 pages • 2013 • 3 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced