25 History Books in 2025

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12 participants (119 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 25 nonfiction history books in 2025.

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Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power by Pekka Hämäläinen

Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power

The Lamar Western History

Pekka Hämäläinen

544 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
The Puritans: A Transatlantic History by David D. Hall

The Puritans: A Transatlantic History

David D. Hall

520 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

Stephen Greenblatt

368 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion by Tom Beaujour

Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion

Tom Beaujour

560 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history music informative slow-paced
Korea: A History by Eugene Y. Park

Korea: A History

Eugene Y. Park

432 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino

Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy

David Zucchino

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

128 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale

The End of Policing

Alex S. Vitale

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative medium-paced
Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America – A Recent History by Kurt Andersen

Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America – A Recent History

Kurt Andersen

430 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics informative tense slow-paced
Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It by Shane Burley

Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It

Shane Burley

300 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics sociology adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced