History: United States – General

History: North American Social Science: Regional Studies

American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America

by Colin Woodard

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5 author interviews1 links confirmed active

History: United States – Revolutionary Period (1775 – 1800)Political Science: American Government – Executive Branch

Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy

by Nathaniel Philbrick

Amazon – Best Biographies & Memoirs Books of the Year

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8 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Military – General Political Science: Public Policy – Military Policy

Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War

by Samuel Moyn

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8 author interviews4 links confirmed active

Business & Economics: Labor Social Science: Gerontology

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty – First Century

by Jessica Bruder

Helen Bernstein Book Award

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11 author interviewsFrom the archive

Biography & Autobiography: Historical Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States

Reagan: The Life

by H.W. Brands

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

Nature: Natural Disasters Nature: Weather

A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricanes

by Eric Jay Dolin

Kirkus Prize

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10 author interviewsFrom the archive

Political Science: Political Ideaologies – Nationalism & Patriotism Political Science: Political Ideologies – Conservatism & Liberalism

The People, No: A Brief History of Anti – Populism

by Thomas Frank

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6 author interviews2 links confirmed active

Goodread’s Choice Awards – History & Biography

How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States

by Daniel Immerwahr

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8 author interviewsFrom the archive

Business & Economics: Economic History History: Modern – General

Americana: A 400 – Year History of American Capitalism

by Bhu Srinivasan

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5 author interviews3 links confirmed active

Political Science: History & Theory – General Religion: Christianity – History

The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America

by Frances FitzGerald

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Social History Social Science: Discrimination & Race Relations

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

by Ibram X. Kendi

Hurston / Wright Foundation Legacy Award Nonfiction

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6 author interviews3 links confirmed active

Biography & Autobiography: Biography – Environmentalist & Naturalist Biography & Autobiography: Business (Biography)

American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs

by Wes Davis

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4 author interviews1 links confirmed active

Nature: Animals – Mammals Nature: Environmental Conservation & Protection – General

Blood Memory: The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo

by Dayton Duncan & Ken Burns

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8 author interviewsFrom the archive

Nature: Natural Resources Science: Environmental Science

Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks–a Cool History of a Hot Commodity

by Amy Brady

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4 author interviews2 links confirmed active

Business & Economics: Corporate & Businesss History – General Business & Economics: Economic History

The Corporation and the Twentieth Century: The History of American Business Enterprise

by Richard Langlois

Foreign Affairs – Best Books of the Year

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4 author interviews1 links confirmed active

History: Native American Social Science: Ethnic Studies – Native American Studies

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

by Ned Blackhawk

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6 author interviews3 links confirmed active

History: Military – Naval History: Military – United States

A Great and Rising Nation: Naval Exploration and Global Empire in the Early US Republic

by Michael Verney

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4 author interviews3 links confirmed active

History: Military – Naval History: Military – United States

A Great and Rising Nation: Naval Exploration and Global Empire in the Early US Republic

by Michael A. Verney

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

Biography & Autobiography: Philosophers Business & Economics: Economic History

Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism

by Glory Liu

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8 author interviews3 links confirmed active

History: African American (History)History: Historiography

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

by Michael Harriot

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10 author interviewsFrom the archive

Religion: Christianity – History Religion: History (Religion)

Heathen: Religion and Race in American History

by Kathryn Gin Lum

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Expeditions & Discoveries History: Maritime History & Piracy

Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure

by Rinker Buck

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2 author interviews1 links confirmed active

Social Science: Anthropology – Cultural & Social Social Science: Ethnic Studies – Native American Studies

Seeing Red: Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America

by Michael Witgen

Pulitzer Prize

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4 author interviews1 links confirmed active

Nature: Animals – Birds Science: History (Science)

The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird

by Jack E. Davis

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6 author interviews3 links confirmed active

Business & Economics: Investments & Securities – Bonds Business & Economics: Public Finance

The Bonds of Inequality: Debt and the Making of the American City

by Destin Jenkins

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6 author interviews3 links confirmed active

Literary Criticism: American – African American Music: History & Criticism – General

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

by Hanif Abdurraqib

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

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10 author interviews1 links confirmed active

Political Science: American Government – General Political Science: Political Ideologies – General

American Exceptionalism: A New History of an Old Idea

by Ian Tyrrell

Foreign Affairs – Best Books of the Year

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: African American (History)History: Asia – Southeast Asia

Arise Africa, Roar China: Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century

by Yunxiang Gao

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4 author interviews2 links confirmed active

History: Caribbean & West Indies – Cuba History: Latin America – General

Cuba: An American History

by Ada Ferrer

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8 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Europe – General History: Modern – General

Firepower: How Weapons Shaped Warfare

by Paul Lockhart

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4 author interviews2 links confirmed active

Social Science: Violence in Society

From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass Shooter

by Seamus McGraw

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: African-American

How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

by Clint Smith

Amazon – Best Books of the Year

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15 author interviews3 links confirmed active

Social Science: Ethnic Studies – African American Studies Social Science: Ethnic Studies – Native American Studies

Race, Removal, and the Right to Remain: Migration and the Making of the United States

by Samantha Seeley

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2 author interviews2 links confirmed active

History: Europe – Great Britain – General Political Science: International Relations – Diplomacy

The Churchill Complex: The Curse of Being Special, from Winston and FDR to Trump and Brexit

by Ian Buruma

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8 author interviews2 links confirmed active

Biography & Autobiography: Cultural. Ethnic. & Regional – Asian & Asian American Social Science: Ethnic Studies – Asian American Studies

The Loneliest Americans

by Jay Caspian Kang

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8 author interviewsFrom the archive

Political Science: American Government – Executive Branch Social Science: Media Studies

The Presidents vs. the Press: The Endless Battle between the White House and the Media–from the Founding Fathers to Fake News

by Harold Holzer

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16 author interviews14 links confirmed active

History: Europe – France History: Revolutionary

White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea

by Tyler Stovall

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10 author interviews4 links confirmed active

Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States Political Science: American Government – Executive Branch

Author in Chief: The Untold Story of Our Presidents and the Books They Wrote

by Craig Fehrman

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4 author interviews2 links confirmed active

Political Science: International Relations – Diplomacy Political Science: Security (National & International)

Shields of the Republic: The Triumph and Peril of America’s Alliances

by Mira Rapp-Hooper

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7 author interviewsFrom the archive

Political Science: Imperialism

The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America

by Greg Grandin

National Book Award for Non-Fiction Longlist

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6 author interviews2 links confirmed active

Political Science: International Relations – Diplomacy Religion: Religion, Politics, & State

To Bring the Good News to All Nations: Evangelical Influence on Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Relations

by Lauren Frances Turek

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

History: Native American History: North American

An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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3 author interviews1 links confirmed active

History: Military – Naval Political Science: Security (National & International)

Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World’s Oceans

by Admiral James Stavridis

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4 author interviews2 links confirmed active

Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse

by Eric Jay Dolin

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

Business & Economics: Development – Economic Development Business & Economics: Economic History

The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War

by Robert J. Gordon

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3 author interviewsFrom the archive

Social Science: Social Classes & Economic Disparity

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America

by Nancy Isenberg

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

Business & Economics: Banks & Banking Business & Economics: Economic History

A Nation of Deadbeats: An Uncommon History of America’s Financial Disasters

by Scott Reynolds Nelson

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1 author interviewFrom the archive