Explore Niche Nonfiction With These Recent Microhistories

"The term "microhistory" is a relatively new designation that refers to nonfiction history books that focus in on a single event, person, or other specific unit of research. The idea is to stay away from the broad 101-style overviews and surveys, and the inevitable generalizations that result from that kind of approach.

Think of it as the professional author version of the rabbit-hole phenomenon online, when you get intensely interested in some random thing and suddenly half an afternoon has gone by. The bald eagle, say. Or the history of clocks. Or books bound in human skin. No, really.

The books gathered below are a sampling of popular recent microhistories published since 2019 with average reader ratings of 3.5 stars and above. We've also thrown in a few upcoming titles from the rest of 2022 to look forward to, for those who like to plan their reading well in advance."