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The Great Betrayal The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the Middle East Fawaz A. Gerges

How the Middle East can achieve political change and social progress

Iran's Grand Strategy Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History Vali Nasr

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Shia Revival
A gripping account that overturns simplistic portrayals of Iran as a theocratic pariah state, revealing how its strategic moves on the world stage are driven by two pervasive threats—external aggression and...

The Jewish South The Jewish South: An American History Shari Rabin

A panoramic history of the Jewish American South, from European colonization to today

Hayek's Bastards Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right Quinn Slobodian

How neoliberals turned to nature to defend inequality after the end of the Cold War

The West The West: The History of an Idea Georgios Varouxakis

A comprehensive intellectual history of the idea of the West

The Age of Choice The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life Sophia Rosenfeld

Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice

Crisis Cycle Crisis Cycle: Challenges, Evolution, and Future of the Euro John H. Cochrane, Luis Garicano, and Klaus Masuch

How the euro survived a series of crises, and how to make it more resilient

Furious Minds Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right Laura K. Field

The story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump’s agenda—and how it threatens American freedoms, values, and democracy

Police Against the Movement Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back Joshua Clark Davis

A bold retelling of the 1960s civil rights struggle through its work against police violence—and a prehistory of both the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements that emerged half a century later