People We Meet on Vacation, by Emily Henry, is the perfect beach read for 2022.

Zwingli: God’s Armed Prophet, by F. Bruce Gordon, is by FAR the best available Zwingli biography in English.

The best biography of Martin Luther available is Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet by Lyndal Roper.

I simply cannot recommend Clash: Presidents and the Press in Time of Crisis by Jon Marshall enough. Engaging and accessible, it is sure to delight history and non-history buffs alike.

A book review: “The Longships” by Frans G. Bengtsson. Like “Beowulf” but newer… kind of.

French convicts settled the Gulf Coast? Who Knew? All this and more in Joan DeJean’s new book.

A book review: “Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors” by Adrian Goldsworthy.

“The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God’s Holy Warriors”, by Dan Jones, is, no surprise here, another excellent work from the world’s premier medieval historian.

“The Borgias: Power and Fortune” by Paul Strathern is an excellent work of historical scholarship that covers the Borgia period fairly with emphasis on historical fact rather than myth and legend.

Paul Lockhart’s excellent book, Firepower: How Weapons Shaped Warfare, is an excellent work of historical scholarship and worthy of reading whether it takes you two days (unlikely) or a six months (probably).

If you thought that the United States declared war on Japan AND Nazi Germany after Pearl Harbor, think again. In this fantastic page-turner by Brendan Simms and Charlie Laderman you will learn the real story.