25 History Books in 2025

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7 participants, 39 books added

Starts: Wednesday, 01 January 2025

Ends: Wednesday, 31 December 2025

Read 25 nonfiction history books in 2025.

All books added
Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit

Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

Rebecca Solnit

188 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction essays history politics hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild

King Leopold's Ghost

Adam Hochschild

12 hours, 42 minutes • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
The Zulus at War: The History, Rise, and Fall of the Tribe That Washed Its Spears by Adrian Greaves, Xolani Mkhize

The Zulus at War: The History, Rise, and Fall of the Tribe That Washed Its Spears

Adrian Greaves, Xolani Mkhize

272 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative medium-paced
Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam

Bowling Alone

Robert D. Putnam

544 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative slow-paced
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe by Matthew Gabriele, David M. Perry

The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe

Matthew Gabriele, David M. Perry

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy adventurous dark informative medium-paced
Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe by Simon Winder

Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe

Simon Winder

576 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction historical history travel funny informative slow-paced
Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time by Mark Adams

Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time

Mark Adams

10 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous medium-paced
The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple

The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857

William Dalrymple

560 pages • first pub 2006 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Bolívar: American Liberator by Marie Arana

Bolívar: American Liberator

Marie Arana

625 pages • first pub 2013 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912 by Donald Keene

Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912

Donald Keene

928 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced