When I was a teenager, a mostly forgotten series of novels taught me U.S. history. How would they read to me now?

Weekly book lists of exciting new releases, bestsellers, classics, and more. The lists are curated by the editors of Kirkus Reviews.

"John Ericsson had, not a mean streak, but if you upset him, he wasn't going to forget," Peters said, pointing to a book ... the Civil War with the USS Monitor, a concept he had originally pitched to ...

Chapman’s investigation resulted in a book published in 2012 and a 2023 documentary ... He began investigating his father’s involvement in the civil rights movement in the South, which led him to ...

The books on this list -- fiction, nonfiction, classics, and recent releases -- can help kids understand the Civil War and its legacy. For more books about history, check out our lists of Historical ...

Making The Civil War: 25 Years Later. Special | 28m 19s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Buddy Squires, and Allen Moore discuss the making of The Civil War.