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Editors' Picks: Best History books of September

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  1. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
    Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
    Yuval Noah Harari
    Kindle Edition
    $15.99
    221
  2. The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
    The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
    Wright Thompson
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $35.00
    21
  3. The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the
    The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
    Sharon McMahon
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99
    144
  4. Fentanyl Nation: Toxic Politics and America's Failed War on Drugs
    Fentanyl Nation: Toxic Politics and America's Failed War on Drugs
    Ryan Hampton
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
    2
  5. Disney High: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire
    Disney High: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire
    Ashley Spencer
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
    2
  6. Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right
    Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right
    Arlie Russell Hochschild
    Kindle Edition
    $16.99 $30.99
    15
  7. The Gangs of Zion: A Black Cop's Crusade in Mormon Country
    The Gangs of Zion: A Black Cop's Crusade in Mormon Country
    Ron Stallworth
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $30.00
    2
  8. The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
    The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
    Ben Macintyre
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
    32
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Best History books of August

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  1. Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home
    Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian’s Journey Home
    Chris La Tray
    Kindle Edition
    $10.99 $12.99
    13
  2. The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory
    The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory
    Thomas Fuller
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $28.00
    59
  3. Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York's Greatest Borough
    Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York's Greatest Borough
    Ian Frazier
    Kindle Edition
    $16.99 $35.00
    23
  4. Bringing Ben Home: A Murder, a Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice
    Bringing Ben Home: A Murder, a Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice
    Barbara Bradley Hagerty
    Kindle Edition
    $15.99 $30.00
    29
  5. The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity
    The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity
    Timothy C. Winegard
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $35.00
    63
  6. A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Escaped Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin
    A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Escaped Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin
    Susanna Ashton
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $28.99
    12
  7. Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans
    Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans
    Bill Schutt
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $31.00
    16
  8. Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church
    Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church
    Eliza Griswold
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $30.00
    48
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Best History books of July

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  1. A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue
    A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue
    Dean Jobb
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $32.50
    211
  2. The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld
    The Incorruptibles: A True Story of Kingpins, Crime Busters, and the Birth of the American Underworld
    Dan Slater
    Kindle Edition
    $15.99 $32.50
    79
  3. Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
    Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
    Anne Applebaum
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $27.00
    776
  4. The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss
    The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss
    Margalit Fox
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $32.00
    247
  5. Swimming Pretty: The Untold Story of Women in Water
    Swimming Pretty: The Untold Story of Women in Water
    Vicki Valosik
    Kindle Edition
    $9.66 $27.61
    44
  6. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
    Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
    Maureen Callahan
    Kindle Edition
    $4.99 $32.50
    2,672
  7. The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Hidden History of Math's Unsung Trailblazers
    The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Hidden History of Math's Unsung Trailblazers
    Kate Kitagawa, Timothy Revell
    Kindle Edition
    $13.99 $32.99
    64
  8. Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion
    Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin, and the Battle Between Science and Religion
    Michael Taylor
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $31.30
    17
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Best History books of June

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  1. When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
    When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
    Julie Satow
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $32.50
    530
  2. Hip-Hop Is History
    Hip-Hop Is History
    Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99
    79
  3. Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation
    Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation
    Tom McGrath
    Kindle Edition
    $14.99 $32.00
    41
  4. Kinky History: A Rollicking Journey through Our Sexual Past, Present, and Future
    Kinky History: A Rollicking Journey through Our Sexual Past, Present, and Future
    Esmé Louise James
    Kindle Edition
    $15.99 $30.00
    58
  5. When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day
    When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day
    Garrett M. Graff
    Kindle Edition
    $16.99 $32.50
    298
  6. The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten Expeditions
    The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten Expeditions
    Amanda Brickell Bellows
    Kindle Edition
    $15.99
    38
  7. The Hidden History of the White House: Power Struggles, Scandals, and Defining Moments
    The Hidden History of the White House: Power Struggles, Scandals, and Defining Moments
    Corey Mead, Kate Andersen Brower
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99 $30.00
    84
  8. A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women's Culture
    A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women's Culture
    June Thomas
    Kindle Edition
    $18.99 $30.00
    10
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