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Summer History Reading: August 2025

Looking for your next history read? Check out some of our favorite new history books publishing in August 2025.

Rope

A unique and compelling adventure through the history of rope and its impact on civilization, in the vein of single-subject bestsellers like Salt and Cod.

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Milena and Margarete

New from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Nine, a “narrative of unfathomable courage” (Wall Street Journal).

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Blessings and Disasters

From a New Yorker staff writer and PEN award winner, a blend of memoir, history, and reportage on one of the most complex and least understood states in America.

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Twenty Years

Now in paperback. An intimate history of the Afghan war—and the young Afghans whose dreams it enabled and dashed.

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Nat Turner, Black Prophet

Now in paperback. A bold reinterpretation of the causes and legacy of Nat Turner’s rebellion—and the new definitive account.

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Paradise Bronx

Now in paperback. Ian Frazier’s magnum opus: a love song to New York City’s most heterogeneous and alive borough.

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