Don’t miss the best new history from the past month, hand-picked by our editors! This month’s history picks have something for everyone — including a New York Times bestselling account of the atomic bomb, a fascinating glimpse at life in a 19th-century mining town, and more!

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	A Pulitzer Prize finalist delivers a powerful oral history of the atomic bomb WHY IT’S READWORTHY: James Patterson says, “If you are an intelligent person, or at the very least think you are, you have to read The Devil Reached Toward the Sky” Instantly hit the New York Times bestsellers list Informed by hundreds of firsthand accounts from scientists, soldiers, and civilians Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers What was life really like in a legendary Wild West mining town? WHY IT’S READWORTHY: You’ll feel transported to 19th-century Deadwood, South Dakota — and meet figures like Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Crazy Horse “In these pungent pages, you can smell the whiskey, the gunsmoke, the horse lather, the gold dust” (New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides) “Readers of Deadwood are guaranteed to hit pay dirt on every page” (Spur Award–winning author Mark Lee Gardner) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Meet the little-known man who fought to create a Black state within the US WHY IT’S READWORTHY: In the late 19th century, Edward McCabe pursued his bold dream in Oklahoma in the face of racism and greed With starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal “This is a hidden history that Americans need to know” (Ilyon Woo, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Master Slave Husband Wife) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers An ‘exceptional and important’ history of the Iranian Revolution (The New York Times) WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Discover the full story behind one of the most consequential events of the 20th century An instant New York Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of Lawrence in Arabia “A must-read for anyone looking to understand the origins of the Middle East’s most dangerous regime” (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Joby Warrick) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers What uncovered artifacts reveal about life in the world’s earliest civilization WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Stories of Mesopotamia pieced together from stone tablets featuring receipts, children’s writing, exorcism instructions, and more “A highly readable introduction to an era of history that deserves to be better known” (Kirkus Reviews starred review) Penned by a leading historian of the ancient world Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers This provocative answer to an enduring evolutionary question will surprise you WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Argues that language was born from communal child-rearing in early human communities Written by a leading evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist “An edifying and original foray into a critical aspect of human evolution” (Publishers Weekly) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers A devastating, deeply human look at the bombing of Hiroshima WHY IT’S READWORTHY: Stay tuned for the coming film adaptation from Academy Award–winning director James Cameron Based on hundreds of interviews with survivors and their families A New York Times bestseller from an author praised by Isaac Asimov and Michael Crichton Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers Discover the truth behind the decade of continuous fires that destroyed the Bronx WHY IT’S READWORTHY: In the 1970s, an arson wave hit New York City’s northernmost borough — perpetrated mostly by landlords seeking insurance payouts “A definitive account of how race, risk, and exploitative real estate have shaped the American city” (The New York Times Book Review) “An eye-opening, myth-busting analysis of this little-known — and still relevant — episode in American urban history” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Learn more... MEDIA MENTIONS: GET EBOOK ON: Amazon Other formats and retailers In the early 1900s, an amateur astronomer’s wild theories sent the US into a Martian frenzy WHY IT’S READWORTHY: How Percival Lowell convinced the American public of life on Mars — creating a fervor that swept up even Nikola Tesla and Alexander Graham Bell From an award-winning author with “a knack for dredging rich characters from the annals of science” (The Colorado Sun) “Impressively researched and perfectly executed… A fizzing terrific read” (Mary Roach, author of Stiff) Learn more...