Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our LivesbySiddharth KaraBusiness & Economics: Industries – GeneralHistory: Africa – CentralFinancial Times and McKinsey Business Book Longlist▶13 author interviewsFrom the archiveView book & interviews ↗
Home, Land, Security: Deradicalization and the Journey Back from ExtremismbyCarla PowerHistory: World – Middle EasternPolitical Science: TerrorismPulitzer Prize▶4 author interviews2 links confirmed activeView book & interviews ↗
The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First CenturybyWalter ScheidelHistory: World – GeneralSocial Science: Social Classes & Economic DisparityCundill History Prize▶6 author interviews1 links confirmed activeView book & interviews ↗
The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia byEmma Copley EisenbergSocial Science: Sociology – RuralTrue Crime: Murder – Serial KillersNew York Time’s Notable Book▶9 author interviews2 links confirmed activeView book & interviews ↗
Parkland: Birth of a MovementbyDave CullenAndrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction▶8 author interviewsFrom the archiveView book & interviews ↗
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal ExecutionersbyMargaret A. BurnhamHistory: African American (History)History: United States – 20th CenturyAmazon – Best History Books of the Year▶7 author interviewsFrom the archiveView book & interviews ↗
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in CrisisbyJared DiamondHistory: Social HistoryHistory: World – GeneralGoodread’s Choice Awards – History & Biography▶11 author interviews3 links confirmed activeView book & interviews ↗
No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill UsbyRachel Louise SnyderFamily & Relationships: Abuse – Domestic Partner AbuseSocial Science: Women’s StudiesBookTube Prize▶12 author interviewsFrom the archiveView book & interviews ↗
Roadblock Politics: The Origins of Violence in Central AfricabyPeer SchoutenPolitical Science: American Government – GeneralForeign Affairs – Best Books of the Year▶4 author interviews2 links confirmed activeView book & interviews ↗
An American Summer: Love and Death in ChicagobyAlex KotlowitzPolitical Science: Public Policy – GeneralSocial Science: Discrimination & Race RelationsAndrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction▶5 author interviews2 links confirmed activeView book & interviews ↗
Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to PeacebyChris BlattmanPolitical Science: PeacePsychology: Social PsychologyBehavioral Scientist’s Notable Books▶18 author interviewsFrom the archiveView book & interviews ↗
The Other Side of Prospect: A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American CitybyNicholas DawidoffSocial Science: CriminologySocial Science: Ethnic Studies – African American StudiesHelen Bernstein Book Award▶7 author interviews1 links confirmed activeView book & interviews ↗
Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in AmericabyMark FollmanPsychology: Forensic PsychologyTrue Crime: Murder – Mass MurderBehavioral Scientist’s Notable Books▶10 author interviewsFrom the archiveView book & interviews ↗
From a Taller Tower: The Rise of the American Mass ShooterbySeamus McGrawHistory: United States – General▶6 author interviewsFrom the archiveView book & interviews ↗
These Are Not Gentle PeoplebyAndrew HardingHistory: Africa – South – GeneralTrue Crime: Murder – GeneralForeign Affairs – Best Books of the Year▶2 author interviewsFrom the archiveView book & interviews ↗
Tribe: On Homecoming and BelongingbySebastian JungerHistory: Military – Afghan War (2001-)History: Military – Iraq War (2003 – 2011)▶10 author interviewsFrom the archiveView book & interviews ↗
Republicanism, Communism, Islam: Cosmopolitan Origins of Revolution in Southeast AsiabyJohn T. SidelHistory: Asia – Southeast AsiaPolitical Science: Political Ideologies – Nationalism & Patriotism▶2 author interviewsFrom the archiveView book & interviews ↗
Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of ViolencebyKellie Carter JacksonHistory: African American (History)Social Science: SlaveryFrederick Douglas Prize▶2 author interviews1 links confirmed activeView book & interviews ↗
Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a NeighborhoodbyMark OppenheimerSocial Science: Jewish StudiesSocial Science: Sociology – UrbanAmazon – Best History Books of the Year▶6 author interviewsFrom the archiveView book & interviews ↗