Booklist puts out many top 10 lists. If you're looking for some new history books to read, then check out Booklist's Top 10 History Books. I know that a number of them are on my to-be-read list.
- The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones. Ed. by The New York Times Magazine. 2021. [ebook]
- The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War by Craig Whitlock. 2021. [ebook]
- The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness 1680–1790 by Ritchie Robertson. 2021.
- Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown.2021. [ebook]
- Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African Americans, 1619–2019 by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain. 2021. [ebook]
- Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History by Lea Ypi. 2022.
- Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution by Woody Holton. 2021.
- Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India by Suchitra Vijayan. 2021.
- Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie. 2021.
- Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds: A Refugee’s Search for Home by Mondiant Dogon and Jenna Krajeski. 2021.