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12/19/2025

Happy holidays from Smithsonian Books! Check out our gift book recommendations to make your shopping fun and easy this year.

These book recommendations will make shopping for your loved ones fun and easy this year

12/05/2025

Thanks to 10,000 Birds for recommending our book FLIGHT OF THE GODWIT 💙 Gift it to your favorite birder this holiday season!

Thank the birding goddesses for books! In a year full of natural and human challenges, books have been a source of comfort, insight, and inspiration. Here are our Favorite Titles of 2025, selected by 10,000 Birds reviewers and writers. These are books we enjoyed reading or using as birding resources...

12/05/2025

Our first snow of the season calls for beautiful, snowy books ❄️❄️❄️ Enjoy the beauty of the season and adventure into the winter wonderland with WONDROUS COLD and EVEREST 24!
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12/04/2025

Check out this excerpt from our book ON A MISSION and learn about some of the amazing US women astronauts and their accomplishments. Then get the book to learn about them all 🚀💫

A new book explores the experiences of all 61 U.S. women astronauts

12/04/2025

"Women have flown spacecraft, conducted important scientific research, commanded missions and set records for time spent in space. But their trajectory to the stars has been a complicated one beginning in a time when sexism and unfounded assumptions kept women who dreamed of spaceflight from achieving it. Valerie Neal tells their story in her new book, 'On a Mission: The Smithsonian History of US Women Astronauts.'"

"The first 20 women or so ... couldn't even imagine the reality or the possibility of becoming an astronaut except as they had read about it in science fiction."

12/03/2025

There is beauty in nature, including in the artistry of bird nests! Thank you to for including SMITHSONIAN HANDBOOK OF INTERESTING BIRD NESTS AND EGGS on this curated list of books for the art buff in your life!

Beautifully bound, striking, and compelling in thought, our collection of books is curated for creative minds. Including monographs, design and architecture surveys, visual and social theory, and even children’s books, there's something here for everyone.

12/01/2025

The end of the year is winding down, and we're excited for what 2026 holds. If you want to start dreaming and planning about your year ahead, get yourself a gorgeous SMITHSONIAN ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR! https://www.smithsonianbooks.com/store/smithsonian/smithsonian-engagement-calendar-2026/

11/30/2025

Add Greece to your list of places to travel! The incredible Sanctuary of Delphi is featured in the pages of INCREDIBLE ARCHAEOLOGY: INSPIRING PLACES FROM OUR HUMAN PAST and should earn a spot on your bucket list! • Image credit: Alpineguide/Alamy
https://s.si.edu/46dX9dM

11/29/2025

Happy Small Business Saturday! Support your local bookstores today & everyday ❤️📚

11/28/2025

Stamp your SMITHSONIAN PASSPORT throughout Washington, D.C. this holiday season! This interactive guide to the Smithsonian includes custom stamp stickers, trivia, and photos galore!
https://s.si.edu/4lLrvuz

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from Smithsonian Books!
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11/26/2025

DO ALL INDIANS LIVE IN TIPIS? is an incredible guide to Native American tribes, past and present. This book debunks myths, answers frequently asked questions, and covers topics ranging from clothing to food to music.
https://s.si.edu/451ZPch