Barnes & Noble's Best History Books of 2025, Barnes & Noble's Best Books of 2025, Books

Dive into the past with the best history books of 2025. From American history to African history and Mexican history to the Iranian Revolution, there are a variety of books throughout different timeperiods and locations in history to learn about. Check out a vivid, character-driven retelling of America's founding conflict in American Revolution. Read a lyrical exploration of Black history and identity in Black in Blues. Get immersed into a gripping true story of survival at sea in Captain's Dinner. Learn about famous people in history like Christopher Marlowe, the brilliant playwright, or Mark Twain, America's great humorist. Learn facts you never knew about the Revolutionary War, World War II, the abolitionist movement and more in our collection of the best history books of the year.

Best History Books of 2025

An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi
The American Revolution by Geoffrey C. Ward
Black in Blues by Imani Perry
Captain's Dinner by Adam Cohen
Dark Renaissance by Stephen Greenblatt
The Fate of the Day by Rick Atkinson
The Fifteen by William Geroux
History Matters by David McCullough
King of Kings by Scott Anderson
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow
Mexico by Paul Gillingham
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Running Deep by Tom Clavin
Seven Rivers by Vanessa Taylor
Shadow Cell by Andrew Bustamante
This Way Up by Map Men
The Traitors Circle by Jonathan Freedland
We the People by Jill Lepore
The Zorg by Siddharth Kara