2025 selection · Poetry

History Matters

History Matters by David McCullough, Dorie McCullough Lawson (contributor), Michael Hill (contributor) appears in NPR’s 2025 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, nonfiction, for history lovers, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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