These 12 books will catch you up on everything you need to know about how the world —particularly western civilization—got to where we are now.

James Loewen's 1995 book explained how history textbooks got the story of America wrong. Now, in a new edition, Loewen champions critical thinking in the age of fake news.

In October, as we marked the Book Review’s 125th anniversary, we invited readers to nominate the best book published during that time. This was a nod to our history: In its first few decades ...

You’ve probably heard that we can all trace our roots back to Africa. It’s a fact that most people learn about briefly in a history class or find out through 23andMe.