These are some of the most insightful history books to add to your reading list. "Hands up all who know when Tsarist Russia ...

Smithsonian's picks for the best history books of 2023 include King: A Life, The Sisterhood and The Wager. Illustration by Emily Lankiewicz. For many, 2023 was a year of momentous change and loss ...

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While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the ...

Terry Deary has made history unforgettable. As the writer of the Horrible Histories series, he transformed dry dates and dusty facts into gruesome, hilarious, and wildly entertaining stories for ...

The best Vietnam War books from Tim O’Brien, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and others offer new insights and perspectives into the conflict that you probably never got from history class.

A New History of the Fourteenth Century by Helen Carr (Hutchinson Heinemann) Half a century ago Barbara Tuchman turned our attention to the 14th century in A Distant Mirror, inviting readers to see ...