The Powerful Primate
Roland Ennos
Published 2026
367 pages
The most popular anthropology books of 2026
Anthropology is the study of human beings in all their variety. Customs, kinship, belief, language and our evolutionary origins are explored through fieldwork among peoples around the world. These books show how many ways there are to be human, and make your own culture look a little stranger. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.
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In Praise of Addiction
Elizabeth F. S. Roberts
Published 2026
384 pages
Maintenance Phase The Hidden History of the Weight Loss and Wellness Industries--And the Lies They Sold Us
Aubrey Gordon
Published 2026
320 pages
Curious about Ramadan (Curious about Holidays)
Golriz Golkar
Published 2026
24 pages
Rome's Visceral Reactions
Caitlin Hines
Published 2026
246 pages
Silver and Frankincense Scent and Personal Adornment in the Arab World
Sigrid van Roode
Published 2026
82 pages
Failure
Nick Rees-Roberts
Published 2026
144 pages
East of Dreams
Nastassja Martin
Published 2026
256 pages
Centring Disability An Epistemological Reversal
Tanmoy Bhattacharya
Published 2026
380 pages
Indigenous Heritage in Siberia The Power of Objects
Amy R. Whitehead, Nadezhda Mamontova, Dmitriy Oparin
Published 2026
336 pages
Urban Activism in India Transparency, Accountability and Ethical Politics
Martin Webb
Published 2026
240 pages
The Historical Archaeology of Massachusetts
Holly Herbster, Joseph Bagley
Published 2026
290 pages
The Gloria Wekker Reader
Gloria Wekker
Published 2026
496 pages
Collaborators Through Time How Humans Partnered with Nature, Technology, and Each Other
Michael J. O'Brien, R. Alexander Bentley
Published 2026
160 pages
Arab Techno for the People Sonic Responses to Orientalism in Toronto and Montreal
Jillian Fulton-Melanson
Published 2026
250 pages
Ap-Rop-OS Series
Scott Stiegemeyer
Published 2026
72 pages
Waiting for Papers Temporalities of Undocumented Migration in Marseille
Christine M. Jacobsen
Published 2026
300 pages
Happy Birthday America
Dorling Kindersley
Published 2026
72 pages
Art Capital Museum Politics and the Making of the Louvre Abu Dhabi
Beth Derderian
Published 2026
272 pages
Floating Power
Gökçe Günel
Published 2026
200 pages
The Ongoing Emergence of Human Nature Coevolution of Concerns and Structures in Anthropogenesis and History
Nikolai S. Rozov
Published 2026
480 pages
Counterstreams in Migration Ethiopians' Choices to Stay, Leave, Or Return
Hewan Girma
Published 2026
268 pages
Dress as Biography
Martin Pel, Curator of Fashion and Textiles Royal Pavilion & Museums Brighton UK Martin Pel
Published 2026
208 pages
Slow
Hazel Clark
Published 2026
144 pages