This month’s best new history

Don't miss the best new history from the past month, hand-picked by our editors!

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	FEATURED IN: The legacy of a key Allied asset was overshadowed by scandal — until now WHY IT'S READWORTHY: From the New York Times bestselling author of A Woman of No Importance A stunning biography of Pamela Harriman — Winston Churchill's daughter-in-law — and her outsize impact on World War II "A vivid, glittering, sexy, scintillating, beautifully written portrait" (Liza Mundy) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: The author of Sapiens looks to the past and future in another instant New York Times bestseller WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Reveals how information networks — from the writing of the Bible to innovations in AI — have shaped our world "An important and timely must-read as our survival is at the mercy of information" (Booklist) Informed by the latest in philosophy, psychology, political theory, and computer science FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: In the ashes of Paris, a groundbreaking art movement came to life WHY IT'S READWORTHY: A gripping account of early Impressionism during the Siege of Paris in 1870 A Next Big Idea Club must-read for September "Deft, vibrant cultural history" (Kirkus Reviews starred review) from a Pulitzer Prize–winning art critic FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: 400 years of sexual liberation unfold in one of The New Yorker's best books of 2024 so far WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Spans from colonial-era public floggings and 18th-century romance novels to contemporary debates "Unafraid to challenge readers, this history illuminates the present with brutal and startling clarity" (The Millions) The first major history of sex in the US in nearly 40 years FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: How did a small-town murder lead to a Supreme Court battle for Indigenous sovereignty? WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Named a most anticipated book of the fall by The Washington Post, People, Los Angeles Times, and more Reveals how a murder in Oklahoma reaffirmed Muscogee land rights more than a century after their forced removal "A must-read addition to any American's historical education" (Parade) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: In 1872, Louisiana's gubernatorial election turned violent — with consequences that still reverberate WHY IT'S READWORTHY: An instant New York Times bestseller from CNN's chief political correspondent "Important and gripping… A reminder that American history never ceases to surprise us" (Tom Clavin) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: The US's role in World War II, through the lens of a famous political rivalry WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Depicts the clashing perspectives of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and aviator Charles Lindbergh Illuminates a watershed moment in American international relations "Another winner" from a Pulitzer Prize finalist (Kirkus Reviews starred review) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: Meet 12 everyday Americans who changed history… and went overlooked for years WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Written by "the perfect guide through the often forgotten chapters of American history" (David Grann) From a boy imprisoned in a Japanese incarceration camp to a formerly enslaved woman determined to reunite with her daughter Rave reviews from Isabel Wilkerson, Adam Grant, and Stacy Schiff FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: A captivating new history of communism around the globe WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Examines communism in theory and in practice through studies of early Marxism, Soviet Russia, Maoist China, and beyond Combines gripping historical narrative with state-of-the-art scholarship FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: Imani Perry calls this 'probing and brilliant' new release 'a watershed in the study of art, social, and cultural history' WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Explores the images that defined Americans' conceptions of race in the late 19th and early 20th centuries "The Unseen Truth isn't just a groundbreaking work of visionary scholarship. It's an earthquake" (Henry Louis Gates Jr.) "This book has changed the way I look at history" (Clint Smith) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more...
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