History Books, Recommended in 2010

Selections from the New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year, Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, and starred reviews from Library Journal and Booklist.

Africa | America | Ancient | Asia | Europe | Middle East | World

Africa

Cohen, David and John Battersby, Nelson Mandela.  Nelson Mandela:  A Life in Photographs.  Sterling, c2009. 
Shannon, Lisa and Zainab Salbi. A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman.  Seal Press: Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2010.  

America

Archer, Richard.   As If an Enemy's Country: The British Occupation of Boston and the Origins of Revolution.   Oxford University Press, 2010.  
Berlin, Ira.  The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations.  Viking, 2010.  
Biddle, Daniel R and Murray Dubin.  Tasting Freedom: Octavius Catto and the Battle for Equality in Civil War America.   Temple University Press, 2010.  
Brandt, Anthony.  The Man Who Ate His Boots: The Tragic History of the Search for the Northwest Passage.   Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.  
Bunker, Nick.  Making Haste From Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History.  Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Carrasco, David and Scott Sessions. Daily Life of the Aztecs, 2nd ed. Greenwood,  2011.
Chernow, Ron.  Washington: A Life.  Penguin Press, 2010.  
Collier-Thomas, Bettye.  Jesus, Jobs, and Justice: African American Women and Religion.   Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.  
Corbett, Christopher.  The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the Wild West.  Atlantic Monthly Press, c2010.
Dwyer, Jim and Kevin Flynn. 102 Minutes: the Unforgettable Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers, 2nd ed. Times Books, 2011
Faith Holsaert.  Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC.  University of Illinois Press, c2010.  
Foner, Eric.  The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery.  W.W. Norton, c2010.  
Godbold, E. Stanly.  Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter: The Georgia Years, 1924-1974.  Oxford University Press, 2010.  
Gormley, Ken.  The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr.  Crown Publishers, c2010.  
Grinnell, George James.  Death on the Barrens: A True Story of Courage and Tragedy in the Canadian Arctic.  North Atlantic Books, 2010.  
Gwynne, S. C.  Empire Of The Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History.  Scribner, 2010.  
Harris, J. William. The Hanging of Thomas Jeremiah: A Free Black Man's Encounter with Liberty.  Yale University Press, c2009.  
Hayden, Tom.  The Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama.  Paradigm Publishers, c2009.  
Heidler, David Stephen and Jeanne Heidler.  Henry Clay: The Essential American.  Random House, c2010.  
Hersh, Burton.  Edward Kennedy: An Intimate Biography.  Counterpoint, 2010.  
Hodges, Graham Russell.  David Ruggles: A Radical Black Abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City.  University of North Carolina Press, c2010.
Jordahl Jr, Harold C. and Bonnie L. Booth. Environmental Politics and the Creation of a Dream: Establsihing the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.  Univ of Wisconsin, 2011.
Kuttner, Robert.  A Presidency In Peril: The Inside Story Of Obama's Promise, Wall Street's Power, And The Struggle To Control Our Economic Future.  Chelsea Green Pub., c2010.  
Langguth, A. J.  Driven West: Andrew Jackson and the Trail Of Tears to the Civil War.  Simon & Schuster, 2010.  
Lattin, Don.  The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Four Visionaries Killed The Fifties And Ushered In A New Age For America.  HarperCollins Publishers, c2010.  
Lende, Heather.  Take Good Care Of The Garden And The Dogs: Family, Friendships, & Faith In Small-Town Alaska.  Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010.  
Maier, Pauline.  Ratification: The People Debate The Constitution, 1787-1788.  Simon & Schuster, 2010.  
McLean, Bethany and Joseph Nocera.  All The Devils Are Here: The Hidden History Of The Financial Crisis.  Portfolio Penguin, c2010.  
Moore, Wes.  The Other Wes Moore: One Name and Two Fates.  Spiegel & Grau, 2010.  
Morris, Edmund.  Colonel Roosevelt.  Random House, 2010.  
Oppenheimer, Mark.  Wisenheimer: A Childhood Subject To Debate.  Free Press, 2010.  
Okrent, Daniel.  Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.  Scribner, 2010.  
Pasternak, Judy.  Yellow Dirt: An American Story Of A Poisoned Land And A People Betrayed.  Free Press, c2010.  
Philbrick, Nathaniel. The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, And The Battle Of The Little Bighorn.  Viking, 2010.  
Preib, Martin.  The Wagon And Other Stories From The City.  University of Chicago Press, c2010.  
Rakove, Jack N.  Revolutionaries: A New History Of The Invention Of America.  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.  
Remnick, David.  The Bridge: The Life And Rise Of Barack Obama.  Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.  
Rice, Condoleezza.  Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir Of Family.  Crown/Archetype, c2010.  
Shesol, Jeff.  Supreme Power: Franklin Roosevelt Vs. The Supreme Court.  W.W. Norton, c2010.  
Sides, Hampton.  Hellhound On His Trail: The Stalking Of Martin Luther King, Jr. And The International Hunt For His Assassin.  Doubleday, c2010.  
Skloot, Rebecca.  The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks.  Crown Publishers, c2010.  
Thomas, Evan.  The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst, And The Rush To Empire, 1898.  Little, Brown and Co., 2010.  
Waterman, Jonathan.  Running Dry: A Journey From Source To Sea Down The Colorado River.  National Geographic, c2010.
Wilkerson, Isabel.  The Warmth Of Other Suns: The Epic Story Of America's Great Migration.  Random House, c2010.  
Williams, Glyndwr. Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest For The Northwest Passage.  University of California Press, 2010.
Williams, Susan Millar and Stephen G. Hoffius. Upheaval in Charleston: Eathquake and Murder on the Eve of Jim Crow. Univ. of Georgia, 2011. 

Ancient

Childs, Craig.  Finders Keepers: A Tale Of Archaeological Plunder And Obsession.  Little, Brown and Co., 2010.  
Ryan, Donald P.  Beneath The Sands Of Egypt: Adventures Of An Unconventional Archaeologist.  William Morrow, c2010. 
Schiff, Stacy. Cleopatra: A Life.  Little, Brown and Co., c2010.  
Stephenson, Paul.  Constantine: Roman Emperor, Christian Victor.  Overlook Press, 2010.  
Thomas Harrison.  The Great Empires Of The Ancient World.  J. Paul Getty Museum, c2009.  

Asia

Frazier, Ian.  Travels In Siberia.  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. 
Keneally, Thomas.  Australians / Origins To Eureka.  Allen & Unwin, 2009-  
Peer, Basharat.  Curfewed Night: One Kashmiri Journalist's Frontline Account Of Life, Love, And War In His Homeland.  Scribner, 2010.  
Salmond, Anne.  Aphrodite's Island: The European Discovery Of Tahiti.  University of California Press 2010.  
Weatherford, J. McIver.  The Secret History Of The Mongol Queens: How The Daughters Of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire.  Crown Publishers, c2010.  

Europe

Beckerman, Gal.  When They Come For Us, We'll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle To Save Soviet Jewry.  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.  
Best, S. Payne.  The Venlo Incident: A True Story Of Double-Dealing, Captivity, And A Murderous Nazi Plot.  Frontline Books; Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, 2009.  
Brown, Frederick.  For The Soul Of France: Culture Wars In The Age Of Dreyfus.  Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.  
Carter, Miranda and Miranda Carter.  George, Nicholas And Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins And The Road To World War I.  Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.  
Flavell, Julie.  When London Was Capital Of America.  Yale University Press, c2010.  
Glass, Charles.  Americans In Paris: Life And Death Under Nazi Occupation.  Penguin Press, 2010.  
Hillenbrand, Laura.  Unbroken: A World War II Story Of Survival, Resilience, And Redemption.  Random House, c2010.  
Hitchens, Christopher.  Hitch-22: A Memoir.  Twelve, 2010.  
Holmes, Richard.  Churchill's Bunker: The Cabinet War Rooms And The Culture Of Secrecy In Wartime London.  Yale University Press, 2010.  
Korda, Michael.  Hero: The Life And Legend Of Lawrence Of Arabia.  Harper, c2010.  
Lawday, David.  The Giant Of The French Revolution: Danton, A Life.  Grove Press, c2009.  
Longerich, Peter.  Holocaust: The Nazi Persecution And Murder Of The Jews.  Oxford University Press, 2010.  
Macintyre, Ben.  Operation Mincemeat: How A Dead Man And A Bizarre Plan Fooled The Nazis And Assured An Allied Victory.  Harmony Books, c2010.  
Mortimer, Ian.  The Time Traveler's Guide To Medieval England: A Handbook For Visitors To The Fourteenth Century.  Simon & Schuster, 2010, c2008.  
Pettegree, Andrew.  The Book In The Renaissance.  Yale University Press, c2010.  
Polonsky, Rachel.  Molotov's Magic Lantern: Travels In Russian History.  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.  
Robb, Graham.  Parisians: An Adventure History Of Paris.  W.W. Norton & Co., c2010.  
Rogal, William W.  Guadalcanal, Tarawa And Beyond: A Mud Marine's Memoir Of The Pacific Island War.  McFarland & Co., c2010.  
Rogerson, Barnaby.  The Last Crusaders: The Hundred-Year Battle For The Centre Of The World.  Overlook Press, 2010.  
Smyth, Denis.  Deathly Deception: The Real Story Of Operation Mincemeat.  Oxford University Press, 2010.  
Watson, Peter.  The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, The Second Scientific Revolution, And The Twentieth Century.  Harper, c2010.  

Middle East

Junger, Sebastian.  War.  Twelve, 2010.  
Hennessey, Patrick.  The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time And Fighting Wars.  Riverhead Books, 2010.  
Peterson, Scott.  Let The Swords Encircle Me: Iran-A Journey Behind The Headlines.  Simon & Schuster, 2010.  
Stack, Megan K.  Every Man In This Village Is A Liar: An Education In War.  Doubleday, c2010.  
Williams, Emma.  It's Easier To Reach Heaven Than The End Of The Street: A Jerusalem Memoir.  Olive Branch Press, 2010.  

World

Aaronovitch, David.  Voodoo Histories: The Role Of The Conspiracy Theory In Shaping Modern History.  Riverhead Books, 2010.  
MacCulloch, Diarmaid and Diarmaid MacCulloch.  Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years.  Viking, 2010  
Sandler, Martin W.  Lost To Time: Unforgettable Stories That History Forgot.  Sterling Pub., c2010.  
Wheen, Francis.  Strange Days Indeed: The 1970s: The Golden Age Of Paranoia.  BBS/PublicAffairs, 2010.  
Wolmar, Christian.  Blood, Iron, & Gold: How The Railroads Transformed The World.  BBS/PublicAffairs, c2010.