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The Invention of Prehistory:  Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins

Stefanos Geroulanos. Liveright, 2024. 512 pages. $21.68.

From One Cell: A Journey into Life’s Origins and the Future of Medicine

Ben Stanger. W.W. Norton, 2023. 368 pages. $30.00.

Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters

Charan Ranganath. Vintage, 2025. 304 pages. $16.51.

Crisis Averted: The Hidden Science of Fighting Outbreaks

Caitlin Rivers. Viking, 2024. 304 pages. $17.96.

Political Disappointment: A Cultural History from Reconstruction to the AIDS Crisis

Sara Marcus. Harvard University Press, 2023. 256 pages. $39.95.

Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic

Emily Monosson. W.W. Norton & Company, 2023. 272 pages. $28.94.

The Age of Guilt: The Super-Ego in the Online World

Mark Edmundson. Yale University Press, 2023. 164 Pages. $26.00.

Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will

Robert M. Sapolsky. Penguin Press, 2023. 528 pages. $35.00.

The Fine Art of Literary Fist-Fighting: How a Bunch of Rabble-Rousers, Outsiders, and Ne’er-do-Wells Concocted Creative Nonfiction

Lee Gutkind. Yale University Press, 2024. 292 pages. $25.00.

Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance

Jeremy Eichler. Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. 386 pages. $30.00.

The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of The Bondwoman’s Narrative

Gregg Hecimovich. Ecco Press / HarperCollins, 2023. 432 pages. $40.00.

Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

Ilyon Woo. Simon & Schuster, 2023. 410 pages. $29.99.