A list of the 27 most notable and anticipated nonfiction History books to look forward to in 2025, based on current web information.
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Coming up: Top 27 Most Anticipated History Books of 2025
Namaste Friends. My name is 'Shinil Subramanian Payamal' and you are listening to the Historylogy podcast.
Since it’s already past mid February, I apologise for the delay in bringing out the list of the 27 most notable and anticipated nonfiction History books to look forward to in 2025, based on current web information.
The books have not been ranked in any particular order and have been listed as per their respective release dates.
These titles span a wide range of historical topics from cultural exchanges, to colonial history, modern conflicts, and environmental perspectives, providing a rich selection for history enthusiasts in 2025. Remember, publication dates might shift, but these are currently anticipated for release in 2025.
So, here we go!
- The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy―and Why It Failed by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
You may think you know about the JFK assassination plot, but it turns out there was more than one. According to this historical investigation, the first attempt on John F. Kennedy’s life took place in 1960, about a month before he was sworn in as the 35th U.S. president. It seems a retired postal worker with an old Buick and some dynamite had a worrisome plan. Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch (The Lincoln Conspiracy) have the details.
This book was released on the 14th of January.
- Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder by Matthew Pearl
What happens when a family of five and their dog become castaways at sea? It might sound like the plot of a survival thriller, but it’s the beginning of the true story of the Walkers, who went missing at sea in 1887.
This book was released on the 14th of January.
- The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World by Hal Brands
Eurasia, not America, is the true heavyweight of the modern era, argues Hal Brands in his comprehensive look at the past, present, and future of American conflict with three Eurasian superpowers: Russia, Iran, and China.
This book was released on the 14th of January.
- Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire by Anirudh Kanisetti
The acclaimed writer of Lords of the Deccan, Anirudh Kanisetti’s new book delves into the lives, culture and glories of the thalassocratic Chola Empire that ruled much of South India for over four centuries. Based on thousands of inscriptions and secondary sources, this is the first full-length history of an oft-ignored empire.
This book was released on the 18th of January.
- Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis by Tao Leigh Goffe
In this sweeping history, Tao Leigh Goffe, a professor of literary theory and cultural history, examines the Caribbean as a “dark laboratory” of Western experimentation and extraction, urging readers to reconsider the relationship between racism, colonialism, and environmental crisis both past and present.
This book was released on the 21st of January.
- The Nazi Mind: Twelve Warnings from History by Laurence Rees
Popular historian Rees takes a psychological approach to the question of why senior Nazis and ordinary Germans were able to commit atrocities, and warns us of signs to look out for in contemporary life.
This book was released on the 23rd of January.
- Realm of Ice and Sky: Triumph, Tragedy, and History's Greatest Arctic Rescue by Buddy Levy
National Outdoor Book Award-winning author Buddy Levy's thrilling narrative of polar exploration via airship―and the men who sacrificed everything to make history.
This book was released on the 28th of January.
- The Invention of Sicily: A Mediterranean History by Jamie Mackay
Whether you’re vacationing in Italy or simply an armchair traveler, this guide to the Mediterranean island of Sicily is a dazzling introduction to the region’s rich 3,000-year history and culture.
This book was released on the 28th of January.
- The New Icon: Savarkar And The Facts by Arun Shourie
In this work, Shourie explores Savarkar’s writings, speeches, and archival records, offering surprising insights into his legacy.
This book was released on the 30th of January.
- The Rebel Romanov: Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia Never Had by Helen Rappaport
To Queen Victoria she was Aunt Julie; to Catherine the Great she was Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna, granddaughter-in-law. This is the story of Princess Juliane-Henriette-Ulrike of Saxe-Coburg, the Rebel Romanov. At a time when many royal brides meekly submitted to disastrous marriages, Julie proved to be a woman ahead of her time, sacrificing her reputation and a life of luxury in exchange for the freedom to live as she wished. The Rebel Romanov is the inspiring tale of a bold woman who, until now, has been ignored by history.
This book was released on the 13th of February.
- Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History by Moudhy Al-Rashid
Oxford academic Al-Rashid uncovers the history passed down to us through cuneiform, the wedge-based writing system preserved in everything from receipts for beer to copies of the epic of Gilgamesh.
This book is scheduled to release on the 20th of February.
- The Rebel Empresses: Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France, Power and Glamour in the Struggle for Europe by Nancy Goldstone
Elisabeth and Eugenie, the wives of Emperor Franz Joseph and Napoleon III respectively, were not just some of the most famous women of their time, but representations of a new era of what was expected from a queen. They were beautiful, brave, and heavily involved with the dramatic politics of their time. Europe’s tumultuous 19th century is seen through their trials, defeats, betrayals, and victories.
This book is scheduled to release on the 25th of February.
- The Golden Throne: The Curse of a King by Christopher de Bellaigue
A follow-up to 2022’s The Lion House - which one critic dubbed “Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire” – tells the story of sultan Suleyman the Magnificent at the height of his power.
This book is scheduled to release on the 6th of March.
- Four Red Sweaters: Powerful True Stories of Women and the Holocaust by Lucy Adlington
Lucy Adlington, bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz, returns with another intimate look at the victims of the Holocaust: four women who, despite never having met, were connected both by their experiences in the genocide and, strangely enough, possessing a red sweater that would play a major role in their lives
This book is scheduled to release on the 18th of March.
- The Fifteen: Murder, Retribution, and the Forgotten Story of Nazi POWs in America by William Geroux
The revelatory true story of the long-forgotten POW camps for German soldiers erected in hundreds of small U.S. towns during World War II, and the secret Nazi killings that ensnared fifteen brave American POWs in a high-stakes showdown.
This book is scheduled to release on the 18th of March.
- Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green
The author intertwines the history of the disease and its effect on culture and science with a personal account of a young tuberculosis patient named Henry that Green met in Sierra Leone in 2019. The book not only shares the past of tuberculosis, but how society can affect its future.
This book is scheduled to release on the 20th of March.
- 38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia by Philippe Sands
Sands, a human rights lawyer involved in the attempt to extradite Augusto Pinochet, returns to the case more than a quarter of a century later, tracing the sinister links between the Chilean dictator and senior SS officer Walther Rauff.
This book is scheduled to release on the 3rd of April.
- The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 by Rick Atkinson
In the second volume of the landmark American Revolution trilogy by the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The British Are Coming, George Washington’s army fights on the knife edge between victory and defeat.
This book is scheduled to release on the 29th of April.
- Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
The author of Underland returns with stories of rivers around the world: majestic, swift, mysterious and, yes, very much alive, but often imperilled by human actions.
This book is scheduled to release on the 1st of May.
- Mark Twain by Ron Chernow
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain.
This book is scheduled to release on the 13th of May.
- Empire Without End: A New History of Britain and the Caribbean by Imaobong Umoren
Umoren, a historian at LSE, shows how imperial racial hierarchies survived decolonisation – and continue to affect day-to-day life in modern Britain.
This book is scheduled to release on the 5th of June.
- The Genius Myth by Helen Lewis
Too often credited to a solitary savant visited by a flash of inspiration, great ideas should instead be attributed to the teams, networks, families and collaborators around them, argues writer and broadcaster Lewis.
This book is scheduled to release on the 19th of June.
- Seven Rivers: A Journey Through the Currents of Human History by Vanessa Taylor
A sweeping story of humanity told through seven crucial waterways. Historian Vanessa Taylor takes readers through the history of the world's conflicts, conquests and progressions, from the Nile, to the Mississippi to the Ganges and more.
This book is scheduled to release on the 12th of August.
- Untitled 3rd book by J. Sai Deepak
The long delayed 3rd book of a four part series by Advocate J. Sai Deepak now has a new release window i.e. the third quarter of 2025. I am betting on the 15th of August to be the most likely date.
- Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization by Tim Queeney
Tim Queeney is a sailor who knows more about rope and its importance to humankind than most. In Rope, Queeney takes readers on a ride through the history of rope and the way it weaves itself through the story of civilization.
This book is scheduled to release on the 22nd of August.
- The Battle of the Arctic by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
Historian Sebag-Montefiore tells the story of the Arctic convoy by which the allies supplied the USSR during the second world war, braving icebergs, appalling weather and aerial attacks.
This book is scheduled to release on the 6th of November.
- Begum Samru’s untitled biography by Ira Mukhoty
After writing about India’s many feisty Mughal queens and princesses, a biography of Akbar and a history of the royal house of Awadh, Ira Mukhoty's latest tome is another stellar biography of a charismatic Indian woman that most people know little about.
There is no release date for this book as of now but I am guessing it should be released in the last quarter of 2025.
I am pretty sure there will be many more interesting history books scheduled to release in 2025 about which I have no idea. I would love to be pleasantly surprised by them.
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