The most popular history books of 2026

1000+ books

history books published in 2026, most popular first.

Launch Magazine's History of American Rocketry The Space Race, Model Rockets, and The New Frontier

Mark Mayfield

Published 2026

160 pages

Empire of the East Poland-Lithuania 1500-1700

Vincent Rospond

Published 2026

178 pages

These Long Shadows Women's House Museums in the American South

Monica Nelson

Published 2026

320 pages

Stopgap Measures

John C. Welchman

Published 2026

384 pages

The Mexican

Jack London

Published 2026

132 pages

Mitsubishi J2m Raiden

Anirudh Rao

Published 2026

20 pages

Best Hikes at Mount Rogers

Johnny Molloy

Published 2026

128 pages

Best Hikes at Mount Rogers

Johnny Molloy

Published 2026

128 pages

The Shadows of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi and the Persecution of the Rohingya

Poppy McPherson

Published 2026

288 pages

Stolen Nation The Right to Reparation of Palestinian Refugees

Lena El-Malak

Published 2026

256 pages

Okinoshima: The Universal Value of Japan's Sacred Heritage a World Heritage Nomination

Simon Kaner

Published 2026

50 pages

The Northern Strategy, 1776

David Smith

Published 2026

128 pages

Contested Continent The Struggle for North America, C. 1000-1680

Peter C. Mancall

Published 2026

792 pages

A Pencil Will Do, Thank You 25 Years of Archaeological Reconstructions

Martin Hense

Published 2026

64 pages

Henry VII (Penguin Monarchs) Treason and Trust

Sean Cunningham

Published 2026

160 pages

Pre/Architecture

Spyros Papapetros

Published 2026

128 pages

The Island The Making and Unmaking of Modern Puerto Rico

Gabe Gutierrez

Published 2026

320 pages

Radical Economic Transformation Lessons from the East Asian Tigers

William Gumede

Published 2026

272 pages

The Scientist As Rebel Revised Edition

Freeman Dyson

Published 2026

464 pages

Iranian Refugees in Transit Exile and the Politics of Survival in Turkey After the 1979 Revolution

Maral Jefroudi

Published 2026

208 pages

I Don't Remember An American Rhapsody

Hilton Als

Published 2026

320 pages

Inhuman Resources

Evan Calder Williams

Published 2026

192 pages

The First Stewart Dynasty Scotland, 1371-1488

Steve Boardman

Published 2026

352 pages

The First Stewart Dynasty Scotland, 1371-1488

Steve Boardman

Published 2026

352 pages

Launch Magazine's History of American Rocketry The Space Race, Model Rockets, and The New Frontier

Empire of the East Poland-Lithuania 1500-1700

These Long Shadows Women's House Museums in the American South

Stopgap Measures

The Mexican

Mitsubishi J2m Raiden

Best Hikes at Mount Rogers

Best Hikes at Mount Rogers

The Shadows of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi and the Persecution of the Rohingya

Stolen Nation The Right to Reparation of Palestinian Refugees

Okinoshima: The Universal Value of Japan's Sacred Heritage a World Heritage Nomination

The Northern Strategy, 1776

Contested Continent The Struggle for North America, C. 1000-1680

A Pencil Will Do, Thank You 25 Years of Archaeological Reconstructions

Henry VII (Penguin Monarchs) Treason and Trust

Pre/Architecture

The Island The Making and Unmaking of Modern Puerto Rico

Radical Economic Transformation Lessons from the East Asian Tigers

The Scientist As Rebel Revised Edition

Iranian Refugees in Transit Exile and the Politics of Survival in Turkey After the 1979 Revolution

I Don't Remember An American Rhapsody

Inhuman Resources

The First Stewart Dynasty Scotland, 1371-1488

The First Stewart Dynasty Scotland, 1371-1488

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