{"id":11049,"date":"2026-01-01T12:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T12:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/?p=11049"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:54:57","slug":"new-books-to-read-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/us-history\/new-books-to-read-january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Three New History Books to Read This January"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11049\" class=\"elementor elementor-11049\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51f8fcc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"51f8fcc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83aa00e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83aa00e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/January-2026-Upcoming-Books.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11050\" alt=\"January 2026 Upcoming History Books\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/January-2026-Upcoming-Books.png 560w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/January-2026-Upcoming-Books-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-585ebcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"585ebcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>With a new year comes a new set of history books publishing this month. Whether you&#8217;ve decided to read 12 history books this year or make a stretch goal of reading 40 of them, we&#8217;ve got you covered. Below are three new history books we&#8217;re excited to see this January from Jack Kelly, Susan Wise Bauer, and Jane Ziegelman.<\/strong><\/p><hr \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccf5238 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ccf5238\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1814251 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1814251\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aceae1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aceae1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tom-Paines-War-flat-768x1166.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-10811\" alt=\"Tom Paine&#039;s War by Jack Kelly\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tom-Paines-War-flat-768x1166.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tom-Paines-War-flat-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tom-Paines-War-flat-675x1024.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tom-Paines-War-flat-1012x1536.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tom-Paines-War-flat-1349x2048.jpg 1349w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tom-Paines-War-flat-scaled.jpg 1687w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0fe066 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e0fe066\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3d617b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3d617b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Declaration of Independence marked the birth of the United States. But two essays of that era appealed even more directly to Americans\u2019 feelings. In January 1776, Thomas Paine\u2014a recent immigrant to America \u2014published\u00a0<em>Common Sense<\/em>. His straightforward argument upended the fraud of monarch. His words convinced Americans that the king had no divine right to rule them\u2014they could rule themselves. He turned a rebellion over taxes and representation into a true Revolution.<\/p><p><em>Tom Paine\u2019s War<\/em> by Jack Kelly is a riveting exploration of our nation\u2019s birth, showing how one man\u2019s words\u2014and the determination of American patriots\u2014allowed our nation to survive its first crisis.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1250331935?tag=macmillan-20\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/7992675\/type\/dlg\/sid\/macmillan\/https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/9781250331939\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/3214\/9781250331939\">Bookshop<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-779a6fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"779a6fc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0df9d6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a0df9d6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d342d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d342d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Great-Shadow-768x1187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11064\" alt=\"The Great Shadow by Susan Wise Bauer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Great-Shadow-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Great-Shadow-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Great-Shadow-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Great-Shadow-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Great-Shadow-1325x2048.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Great-Shadow-scaled.avif 1656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2f9586 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e2f9586\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3494148 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3494148\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Anti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-reason beliefs seem to be triumphing over common sense today. How did we get here?\u00a0<em>The Great Shadow<\/em>\u00a0brings a huge missing piece to this puzzle\u2014the experience of actually being ill. What did it\u00a0feel\u00a0like to be a woman or man struggling with illness in ancient times, in the Middle Ages, in the seventeenth century, or in 1920? And how did that shape our thoughts and convictions?<\/p><p><em>The Great Shadow<\/em>\u00a0uses extensive historical research and first-person accounts to tell a vivid story about sickness and our responses to it, from very ancient times until the last decade.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1250272912?tag=macmillan-20\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/7992675\/type\/dlg\/sid\/macmillan\/https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/9781250272911\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/3214\/9781250272911\">Bookshop<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54ec309 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"54ec309\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-183d076 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"183d076\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dd6ff8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1dd6ff8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Once-There-Was-a-Town-768x1187.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11051\" alt=\"Once There Was a Town by Jane Ziegelman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Once-There-Was-a-Town-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Once-There-Was-a-Town-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Once-There-Was-a-Town-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Once-There-Was-a-Town-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Once-There-Was-a-Town-1325x2048.jpg 1325w, https:\/\/www.thehistoryreader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Once-There-Was-a-Town-scaled.avif 1656w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee75b74 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ee75b74\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb02887 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb02887\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By the close of World War II, six million Jews had been erased from the face of the earth. 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