‘Tis the season to be bookish, and to give the gift of humor, adventure, and excitement! From memoirs to cookbooks, history to fiction, there are books for every mood and taste in our top picks for the season below.
History is the greatest story ever told. It has everything—fierce action, memorable characters, and twists of fate no one saw coming. Tracing one historical thread in an infinite tapestry of them is a feat of storytelling, managed only by the greatest of writers and researchers. If you’re a nonfiction buff who has enjoyed one of […]
We never stop making history; in just the first eight months of this year, enough has happened to inspire several new books. That isn’t to say we’ve exhausted the past: no matter how often a subject is covered, there’s always some fresh angle or unexplored detail. This month offers a healthy stack of notable new history books that do just that. Here are seven […]
In Killing the Rising Sun, the sixth book in his best-selling history series, Bill O’Reilly once again brings a fresh angle to a well-known chapter of history. The end of World War II in the Pacific and the dropping of the first atomic bomb is familiar to most Americans, but looking past the sides of history we’re […]
Fall is here, and summer is just a distant memory—a reminder that history marches on no matter what we do. That’s okay, because history provides fodder for some of the best books published every month—including the seven books we’ve chosen to highlight here. The month’s best new history books examine power struggles between generals and presidents, the […]
