This month’s best new history

Don't miss the best new history from the past month, hand-picked by our editors! Don't miss this month's history picks — which include a fascinating exploration of the Viking Age, a sweeping journey through the American Southwest, and more!

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	FEATURED IN: You know the fierce Vikings — but what about the rest of the medieval Nordic world? WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Hailed as "a scholarly delight" (The Sunday Times) and "a fascinating tour" (The New York Times) Presents striking new insights into Viking life and culture through the study of unearthed artifacts "This book brings us as close to an intimacy with a strange past as we are likely to get" (Financial Times) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: You'll rethink Little Orphan Annie after reading this dark history WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Explore the harsh reality of orphanhood in the US from the 1800s to the present — from religious indoctrination to orphan trains A fascinating combination of archival research, memoir, and cultural critique "Powerful… A damning assessment of America as a society built on the exploitation of children" (Publishers Weekly) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: The Caribbean as a tropical paradise — and a nexus of Western exploitation WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Reveals how the legacy of slavery, indentured servitude, and resource extraction shaped the islands, starting with Christopher Columbus's arrival "Upon reading this book, you will have a new understanding of the world" (Imani Perry) "The best writing in any form leaves the reader with something to ponder, and Goffe's criticism… does just that" (Kirkus Reviews) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: What the history of the American Southwest reveals about the country's future WHY IT'S READWORTHY: "Shimmering and revelatory… I couldn't put it down" (The Atlantic) Touches on immigration, urban settlement, the climate crisis, and more "Peppered with fascinating historical tidbits" (Publishers Weekly) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: How clashing theologies sparked the American Civil War — and brought the Union to victory WHY IT'S READWORTHY: The first major account of religion's central role in public life under Abraham Lincoln's presidency Illuminates the origins of present-day disputes about the relationship between church and state "Sheds new and important light on issues of perennial significance in America's past — and present" (Jon Meacham) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: Kiese Laymon calls this 'one of the most memorable books of the decade' WHY IT'S READWORTHY: From schools and street signs to monuments and art, what does it mean to live in a country full of homages to white supremacy? A cultural commentator reimagines American public spaces as places that could honor the truth of the United States' past while encouraging reconciliation "A sobering elegy for all we misremember" (Booklist starred review) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: A gripping account of the Civil War campaign that destroyed the Confederacy for good WHY IT'S READWORTHY: "Boldly challenges the conventional understanding of a supposedly well-known episode in US history" (Orville Vernon Burton) What Sherman's March to the Sea meant to enslaved people — and how it laid the groundwork for Reconstruction "One of the most innovative studies of American emancipation in the Civil War we have ever seen" (David W. Blight) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: As the Roman Republic crumbled, one ambitious lawyer helped to seal its fate… WHY IT'S READWORTHY: A new biography of Cicero that "reads like a novel, but [is] written with the learning and skill of a scholar" (Barry Strauss) Penned by an award-winning classicist and expert on ancient Rome "A razor-sharp analysis of the most fraught yet fascinating time in Rome's history" (Daisy Dunn) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: Does land ownership dictate a society's destiny? One political scientist says yes WHY IT'S READWORTHY: How economic welfare, social development, and environmental conditions are shaped by who owns what One of Foreign Policy's most anticipated books of 2025 "With a sweeping scope across history and around the world, Albertus offers his readers a novel view on the rise of the modern world" (Daniel Ziblatt) Surveys centuries of land use and reform, from colonial seizure to Communist collectivization FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: How did an enslaved man come to be the only king of Haiti? WHY IT'S READWORTHY: This "impressively researched biography" (The Times Literary Supplement) brings the complex figure of Henry Christophe to life Learn how a champion of enslaved Africans in Haiti turned against them to fight with Napoleon — before returning as their king "An expertly told and richly detailed reexamination of the revolutionary period" (Publishers Weekly starred review) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more...
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