25 History Books in 2025

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12 participants (116 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 25 nonfiction history books in 2025.

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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Patrick Radden Keefe

441 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history politics true crime dark informative reflective medium-paced
Guernica: The Crucible of World War II by Max Morgan-Witts, Gordon Thomas

Guernica: The Crucible of World War II

Max Morgan-Witts, Gordon Thomas

404 pages • first pub 1975 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
My Chernobyl: The Human Story of a Scientist and the nuclear power Plant Catastrophe by Alexander Borovoi, Gary Dunbar

My Chernobyl: The Human Story of a Scientist and the nuclear power Plant Catastrophe

Alexander Borovoi, Gary Dunbar

123 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative tense slow-paced
The Hidden White House: Harry Truman and the Reconstruction of America’s Most Famous Residence by Robert Klara

The Hidden White House: Harry Truman and the Reconstruction of America’s Most Famous Residence

Robert Klara

384 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history informative lighthearted slow-paced
The Eyes of Willie McGee: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in the Jim Crow South by Alex Heard

The Eyes of Willie McGee: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in the Jim Crow South

Alex Heard

485 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution by Andrew M. Wehrman

The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution

Andrew M. Wehrman

13 hours, 26 minutes • missing pub info (editions) user-added

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Secret Pigeon Service: Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe by Gordon Corera

Secret Pigeon Service: Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe

Gordon Corera

379 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

26 hours, 30 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science technology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage by Douglas C. Waller

Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American Espionage

Douglas C. Waller

14 hours, 43 minutes • missing pub info (editions) user-added

nonfiction autobiography biography history informative fast-paced
There Will Be Fire by Rory Carroll

There Will Be Fire

Rory Carroll

14 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history politics true crime informative tense medium-paced