
This reading list brings you our top History titles of 2024 as chosen by critics. You can shop this selection with 30% off on our website yalebooks.co.uk by using the code Y2501 at checkout.*

Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief
Ronald Hutton
The second volume in an acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell, from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament.
The Times ‘Best History Books of 2024’
TLS ‘Books of the Year 2024’
BBC History ‘Books of the Year’

Spycraft
Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman
A fascinating exploration of the devious tricks and ingenious tools used by early modern spies—from ciphers to counterfeiting, invisible inks to the assassination.
The Economist ‘Books of the Year 2024’
History Today ‘Books of the Year’

Spice
Roger Crowley
The story of the sixteenth-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific.
The Times ‘Best History Books of 2024’
History Today ‘Books of the Year’

Normandy: the Sailors’ Story
Nick Hewitt
The first account of the Allied navies’ vital contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and the Normandy campaign.
Aspects of History ‘Books of the Year’
Britain at War ‘Books of the Year’

Women and the Reformations
Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
A compelling, authoritative history of how women shaped the Reformations and transformed religious life across the globe.
Englesberg Ideas ‘Books of the Year 2024’

The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective
Sara Lodge
A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account—and how they became a cultural sensation.
The Scotsman ‘Best Scottish Books of the Year’

The Monastic World
Andrew Jotischky
A major new history of medieval monasticism, from the fourth to the sixteenth century.
Country Life ‘Unputdownable: the page turners of 2024’

Women in Intelligence
Helen Fry
A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, revealing their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth century.
Britain at War ‘Books of the Year’

Crusader Criminals
Steve Tibble
A vivid new history of the criminal underworld in the medieval Holy Land.
The Medieval Podcast ‘Best Books of 2024’

Churchill’s Citadel
Katherine Carter
A major new history of Churchill in the 1930s, showing how his meetings at Chartwell, his country home, strengthened his fight against the Nazis.
This England ‘Best Books This Winter’
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