Basic Books

01/09/2026

The Basic Books Group is at AHA2026! Visit us at booth 507 for some steeply discounted titles from across our imprints, and get a sneak peek at our next season!

01/09/2026

The Basic Books Group is at the American Historical Association’s 2026 Conference! Stop by booth 507 to pick up some steeply discounted titles across our imprints, and get a sneak peek at our next season!

01/09/2026

Basic Books Group is at the America Historical Association 2026 Conference! Stop by booth 507 for some deeply discounted titles from across our imprints and get a sneak peak at our upcoming season!

01/07/2026

"Coyote America" by Dan Flores, the New York Times bestselling account of how coyotes took over North America—and are now taking over South America as well—is available in paperback! Read the updated and expanded edition today.

01/05/2026

"[Crick's] real second act was in the nascent field of neuroscience. Mr. Cobb... is especially persuasive on Crick's hitherto unacknowledged influence here."

Read the latest Wall Street Journal review of "Crick: A Mind in Motion" by Matthew Cobb here:

The revelation of DNA’s chemical structure made it possible to understand how it might replicate and direct the growth of life-forms.

01/03/2026

Rome's greatest orator was born on this day in 106 BC. Read about the rise and fall of Cicero and the fate of the Roman Republic in Josiah Osgood's "Lawless Republic."

Avaialble now: https://bit.ly/4j6gC6p

12/19/2025

"The Call of the Honeyguide" by Rob Dunn, which shows how rethinking our relationships with other species can help us reimagine the future of humankind, has been long-listed for PEN America's Literary Science Writing Award!

Read more, and see all the nominees here:

PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2026 Literary Awards, which will confer nearly $350,000 to writers and translators.

12/18/2025

"A stunning account."

Justice Anthony Kennedy recommends "The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation" by Victor Davis Hanson in the Wall Street Journal.

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We asked 50 luminaries from the worlds of business, politics, books and the arts about what they read—and what they recommend.

12/17/2025

"[An] enthralling and illuminating history of German U-boats in the battle for the Atlantic."

Read the latest review of Roger Moorhouse's "Wolfpack" in Foreign Affairs:

Eighty years after the end of World War II, books by Hastings, Moorhouse, Clavin, and Passmore shed new light on the conflict.

12/17/2025

"A magisterial ode to Americana."

"Born Equal" by Akhil Reed Amar is a Wall Street Journal Recommended Read of 2025!

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We asked 50 luminaries from the worlds of business, politics, books and the arts about what they read—and what they recommend.

12/15/2025

“Incisive… Williamson’s surprising thesis is that taxes, when done right, are good for democracy.”

Vanessa Williamson's "The Price of Democracy" was featured in the latest New York Times Book Review!

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As costs are rising and wallets are hurting, these books explore the promises and pitfalls of the U.S. economy.

12/10/2025

"The Price of Democracy feels essential today.... Anyone who cares about preserving democracy would be well served by reading it."

NPR reviews Vanessa Williamson's "fascinating" new history of taxation in America from colonization to the present day!

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The Price of Democracy tells the history of taxation from colonization to the present day. It's essential reading for anyone who cares about preserving democracy.