Booklist puts out many different top 10 annual lists. The below list covers a wide variety of history, including Africa, WWII spies, the American Civl War, the
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Duke of Buckingham. They show the roles of individuals, families, countries, lasting conflicts and how they are forming human history. WhIch books would you add to the list?
- An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence. By Zeinab Badawi. 2024.
- The Afterlife Is Letting Go. By Brandon Shimoda. 2024.
- The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America. By Aaron Robertson. 2024.
- Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II. By Elyse Graham. 2024.
- Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space. By Adam Higginbotham. 2024. [ebook]
- The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War. By Erik Larson. 2024. [ebook]
- Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary. By Victoria Amelina. 2025.
- Out of the Sierra: A Story of Rarámuri Resistance. By Victoria Blanco. 2024.
- The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham. By Lucy Hughes-Hallett. 2024.
- Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories. By Amitav Ghosh. 2024.