Titles in this preview are published in September
Adam Hanieh Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market
Verso Books, 16th, £14.99, 9781839763434
The hidden connections between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to the present climate crisis.
Catherine Hanley 1217: The Battles that Saved England
Osprey, 11th, £10.99, 9781472860897
How three battles proved pivotal to the history of importance of the Magna Carta and preventing Louis “The Lion” from taking the crown.
Yuval Noah Harari ( 9) Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Vintage, 16th, £12.99, 9781529933611
How information networks brought us together, from books to the internet, and the possibilities of AI seen in this context.
Simon Hart Ungovernable: The Political Diaries of a Chief Whip Pan, 11th, £10.99, 9781035068838 Insider account of the Conservative government, shedding light on Partygate, Brexit and the 49 days that Liz Truss had the keys to 10 Downing Street.
John Haywood Ocean: A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus
Apollo, 11th, £14.99, 9781801109918
A history of the early world of the Atlantic Ocean, from the formation of the mid-Atlantic ridge 200 million years ago to the Castilian conquest of the Canary Islands in the 15th century. “Eminently readable,” said the TLS.
Chris Heath No Road Leading Back The Bridge Street Press, 4th, £14.99, 9780349136295
How 12 Jewish men escaped imprisonment and enslavement in Second World War Lithuania, drawing on their story is little told.
Debbie Hines Lives, White Justice, and a Former Prosecutor’s Quest for Reform
The MIT Press, 2nd, £21, 9780262553964
Study of the American justice system’s historic and present racial inequities.
Ronald Hutton Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief
Yale University Press, 23rd, £12.99, 9780300284256
Second volume in Hutton’s biography of Oliver Cromwell, from capture of Charles I, to the expulsion of the Long Parliament.
Michèle Lamont Seeing Others: in a Divided World
Penguin, 4th, £10.99, 9780141993225
Drawing on four decades of research and interviews, how new narratives of recognition are essential to heal a divided world, shifting our sense of success to focus on respect and dignity.
Natalie Lawrence Enchanted Creatures: Our Monsters and Their Meanings
W&N, 25th, £10.99, 9781474619035
A human history of imaginary beasts, fears and fascinations.
Matthew Lockwood Explorers: A New History WW Norton, 19th, £8.99, 9781324110316
A history of exploration considering a diverse cast, including Uighur monk Rabban Bar Sawma, Venetian merchant Marco Polo and Chinese admiral Zheng, examining what it means to be an explorer, what might qualify as discovery and the myriad motivations and experiences involved in exploratory journeys.
Keith Lowe Naples 1944: War, Liberation and Chaos
William Collins, 25th, £12.99, 9780008339630
History of Naples during the Second World War, from German occupation and Allied bombing to eventual liberation.
“Rigorous, but humane and colourful,” said the Financial Times.
Anabel Loyd The Dervish Bowl: The Many Lives of Arminius Vambéry
Haus Publishing, 25th, £14.99, 9781914979316
Complex life story of 19th-century Hungarian traveller, polyglot and political player Arminius Vambéry.
Diarmaid MacCulloch ( 8) Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity
Penguin, 18th, £18.99, 9780141990958
Christianity’s encounters with questions of sex, gender and the family through the ages.
Rose Mitchell, Andrew Janes Maps: Their Untold Stories
Conway, 11th, £25, 9781844867462
Updated paperback edition of this journey through the world of maps and mapmakers, across seven centuries of maps from the National Archives. Stretches from a woodcut map of to newly digitised maps from North America and a new chapter on mapping buildings.
Oleksandr Mykhed, Maryna Gibson (trans), Hanna Leliv (trans), Abby Dewar (trans) The Language of War
Penguin, 4th, £10.99, 9781802065541
A day-by-day chronicle of the invasion of Ukraine as Mykhed and a host of other voices, including family, friends in exile, to unimaginable atrocity meaningless chaos of war.
Benjamin Nathans To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement
Princeton Uni Press, 2nd, £20, 9780691255583
A history of the men and women who became dissidents, undermining the Soviet system. Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize
Rachel Shabi About Antisemitism
Oneworld, 4th, £10.99, 9781836430766
A response to the opaque and polarised ways antisemitism has been discussed, from newspapers to politicians, and the broader neglect of critical tools needed to analyse it.
Ed Simon Devil’s Contract: A History of the Faustian Bargain
Melville House Publishing, 16th, £14.99, 9781685892074
the blues, a history of exchanging a soul for riches and power. “Scholarly and impassioned,” said the Daily Telegraph.
Sebastian Smee Paris in Ruins: The Siege, the Commune and the Birth of Impressionism
Oneworld, 18th, £12.99, 9781836430797
How the end of the rise to Impressionism.
Tim Tate To Catch a Spy: How the Spycatcher in from the Cold
Icon Books, 11th, £12.99, 9781837731190
How the British government attempted to silence former MI5 Peter Wright and hide the truth about Britain’s intelligence services and political elites.
Natasha Tidd A Short History of the World in 50 Lies
MOM, 25th, £9.99, 9781789297836
A tour of world history in forgeries, cover-ups and retellings.
Karen Valby The Swans of Harlem Manilla Press, 18th, £10.99, 9781786582522
Group biography of whose groundbreaking training at the Dance has been largely omitted from history books and cultural awareness.
Toby Wilkinson The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra
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