12 Favourite Historical Books of 2025

Boudica's Daughter is great. ... I do think the rebellion is ... over quite quickly and I'd say that's probably a little bit rushed, but in a way that's kind of fine.

It's a breathtaking book. ... I would say this is the best prose I've ever read bar The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker.

I loved my time with The Count of Monte Cristo.

this is just brilliant in that it's a great mix of humor mixed with information and then the main kind of source that we want along with some anecdotal stories which are just so interesting of the period.

I love King Sorrow, which was 900 your name was William Gwyn, not Joe King.

It's the best of the trilogy. ... I had a blast as I was reading this. It was so much fun.

this is such a hard-hitting book. ... incredibly turns it into a story of inspiration to show the strength of the human spirit and what it can endure...

I think it's not quite as strong as some of his other books, but that just shows that it's still one of my favorite historical books of the year, even though it's not the best of Conn Iggulden's work.

My personal favorite is The Gates of Athens, but I also think his Conqueror series is brilliant.

It's a great book. It is. Really well written, great characters and fantastic historical fiction.

It is a fantastic book. ... It's amazing.

But let's talk about Vinland Saga, which is one of the most incredible stories I've ever read.

It had me shocked. It had me laughing. It's one of the funniest books I've read.