Best American History of 2021

by Kevin Boyle

A brilliantly achieved history of some unusually fraught years of American history. Full review >

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by Scott Ellsworth

An essential historical record surrounding heinous events that have yet to be answered with racial justice. Full review >

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by Nicole Eustace

A fine contribution to the literature of Colonial America, where peace was far harder to achieve than war. Full review >

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by Malcolm Gladwell

Excellent revisionist history. Full review >

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edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones & Caitlin Roper & Ilena Silverman & Jake Silverstein

A much-needed book that stakes a solid place in a battlefield of ideas over America’s past and present. Full review >

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by Woody Holton

A rich, multifaceted work showing how the U.S. has always been a multiracial nation. Full review >

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by John Matteson

Ambitious, nuanced, and thoroughly rewarding Civil War history. Full review >

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by Tiya Miles

A strikingly vivid account of the impact of connection on this family and others. Full review >

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by Aki J. Peritz

An outstanding contribution to the literature of terrorism and counterterrorism. Full review >

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by Fatima Shaik

A lively, readable story that nicely complicates the view of racial and ethnic relations in the South of old. Full review >

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by Gordon S. Wood

A fresh, lucid distillation of Wood’s vast learning about the origins of American government. Full review >

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