Find the perfect gift for the discerning reader on your list and maybe something for yourself too. We’ve curated some of our best books for everyone from history to animal lovers, foodies, and more. All books below and in our complete Reading Catalog are available at 20% off the list price when you use promo code AD1938 at check out! You can also download a printable version of the full catalog here.
Order by December 1st for holiday delivery.
Books for American Historians
- Boston’s Oldest Buildings and Where to Find Them
- A Drop of Treason: Philip Agee and His Exposure of the CIA
- Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States
- A Conspiratorial Life: Robert Welch, the John Birch Society, and the Revolution of American Conservatism
Books for Ancient World Explorers
- Seneca: Fifty Letters of a Roman Stoic
- Pocket Epicurean
- Homer: The Very Idea
- Pan: The Great God’s Modern Return
- Egyptomania: A History of Fascination, Obsession and Fantasy
Books for Animal Lovers
- Animals’ Best Friends: Putting Compassion to Work for Animals in Captivity and the Wild
- Lion
- Aesop’s Fables
- Dogopolis: How Dogs and Humans Made Modern New York, London, and Paris
- Reynard the Fox
Books for Art Lovers
- Matisse: The Books
- Vincent’s Books: Van Gogh and the Writers Who Inspired Him
- Fantastic Women: Surreal Worlds from Meret Oppenheim to Louise Bourgeois
- Textures: The History and Art of Black Hair
- The Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright
Books for Cartographers & Map Lovers
- Time in Maps: From the Age of Discovery to Our Digital Era
- Eternal City: A History of Rome in Maps
- History of America in 100 Maps
- Strata: William Smith’s Geological Maps
Books for Fans of Beautiful Coffee-Table Books
- Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art
- India: UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Lee Miller: Fashion in Wartime Britain
- Vanity Project: A Tale of Fashion and Celebrity Styled by Dave Thomas
- The Infinite: Living Among the Stars
Books for the Gastrophile
- Fermented Foods: The History and Science of a Microbiological Wonder
- Churchill’s Cocktail Cookbook
- Culinary Crescent: A History of Middle Eastern Cuisine
- Taste: A Philosophy of Food
Books for Military Historians
- D-Day and Normandy: A Visual History
- Sheer Misery: Soldiers in Battle in WWII
- Churchill’s War in Words: His Finest Quotes, 1939-1945
- Paths of Fire: The Gun and the World It Made
- Gladius: The World of the Roman Soldier
Books for Science & Nature Lovers
- Tropical Arctic: Lost Plants, Future Climates, and the Discovery of Ancient Greenland
- We Are All Whalers: The Plight of Whales and Our Responsibility
- What’s Eating the Universe: And Other Cosmic Questions
- The Elements: A Visual History of Their Discovery
- The Greatest Adventure: A History of Human Space Exploration
Books for Reflective Readers
- Geometry of Grief: Reflections on Mathematics, Loss, and Life
- The Porch: Meditations on the Edge of Nature
- Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time
- Wanderers: A History of Women Walking
- The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
Books for the Well-Informed Reader
- I Know Who Caused COVID-19: Pandemics and Xenophobia
- Gen Z, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age
- Seeing Silicon Valley: Life Inside a Fraying America
- Big Med: Megaproviders and the High Cost of Health Care in America
- The Other Dark Matter: The Science and Business of Turning Waste into Wealth and Health
Books for the Word Nerd
