Publishers REAKTION BOOKS

Cover for Andrew Whitehead · A Devilish Kind of Courage: Anarchists, Aliens and the Siege of Sidney Street (Hardcover Book) (2024)

A Devilish Kind of Courage: Anar... (2024)

Andrew Whitehead

Cover for Peter Ackroyd · The English Soul: Faith of a Nation (Hardcover Book) (2024)

The English Soul: Faith of a Nation (2024)

Cover for A. L. McClanan · Griffinology: The Griffin’s Place in Myth, History and Art (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Griffinology: The Griffin’s Plac... (2024)

Cover for Julie Peakman · Libertine London: Sex in the Eighteenth-Century Metropolis (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Libertine London: Sex in the Eig... (2024)

Cover for Jennifer Nelson · Lucas Cranach: From German Myth to Reformation - Renaissance Lives (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Lucas Cranach: From German Myth ... (2024)

Jennifer Nelson

Cover for G. R. Berridge · Outposts of Diplomacy: A History of the Embassy (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Outposts of Diplomacy: A History... (2024)

Cover for Gail Harland · Snowdrop - Botanical (Paperback Book) (2024)

Snowdrop - Botanical (2024)

Cover for Hans C. Hones · Tangled Paths: A Life of Aby Warburg (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Tangled Paths: A Life of Aby War... (2024)

Cover for Sachiko Kusukawa · Andreas Vesalius: Anatomy and the World of Books - Renaissance Lives (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Andreas Vesalius: Anatomy and th... (2024)

Sachiko Kusukawa

Cover for Lesley Jacobs Solmonson · Liqueur: A Global History - Edible (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Liqueur: A Global History - Edible (2024)

Lesley Jacobs Solmonson

Cover for Drew D. Gray · Nether World: Crime and the Police Courts in Victorian London (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Nether World: Crime and the Poli... (2024)

Cover for Rosina Buckland · The Splendour of Modernity: Japanese Arts of the Meiji Era (Hardcover Book) (2024)

The Splendour of Modernity: Japa... (2024)

Rosina Buckland

Cover for Helen Crisp · Strike Up the Band: New York City in the Roaring Twenties (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Strike Up the Band: New York Cit... (2024)

Cover for Mary Ann Caws · Symbolism, Dada, Surrealisms: Selected Writing of Mary Ann Caws (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Symbolism, Dada, Surrealisms: Se... (2024)

Cover for Stephen Sedley · Who Killed Cock Robin?: British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment (Paperback Book) (2024)

Who Killed Cock Robin?: British ... (2024)

Cover for Matthew Worley · Zerox Machine: Punk, Post-Punk and Fanzines in Britain, 1976–88 (Paperback Book) (2024)

Zerox Machine: Punk, Post-Punk a... (2024)

Cover for Michael Gilson · Behind the Privet Hedge: Richard Sudell, the Suburban Garden and the Beautification of Britain (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Behind the Privet Hedge: Richard... (2024)

Cover for Thomas David DuBois · China in Seven Banquets: A Flavourful History (Hardcover Book) (2024)

China in Seven Banquets: A Flavo... (2024)

Thomas David DuBois

Cover for Peter Stanfield · Dirty Real: Exile on Hollywood and Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Dirty Real: Exile on Hollywood a... (2024)

Peter Stanfield

Cover for Mary Flannery · Geoffrey Chaucer: Unveiling the Merry Bard - Medieval Lives (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Geoffrey Chaucer: Unveiling the ... (2024)

Cover for Frederik Cryns · In the Service of the Shogun: The Real Story of William Adams (Hardcover Book) (2024)

In the Service of the Shogun: Th... (2024)

Cover for Robert Sholl · Olivier Messiaen: A Critical Biography (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Olivier Messiaen: A Critical Bio... (2024)

Cover for Laura Mason · Pine - Botanical (Paperback Book) (2024)

Pine - Botanical (2024)

Cover for Beth McKillop · Precious beyond Measure: A History of Korean Ceramics (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Precious beyond Measure: A Histo... (2024)

Cover for Aleksander Pluskowski · The Teutonic Knights: Rise and Fall of a Religious Corporation - Medieval Lives (Paperback Book) (2024)

The Teutonic Knights: Rise and F... (2024)

Aleksander Pluskowski

Cover for Jas Elsner · Amaravati: Art and Buddhism in Ancient India (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Amaravati: Art and Buddhism in A... (2024)

Cover for Troy Thomas · Caravaggio and the Creation of Modernity - Renaissance Lives (Paperback Book) (2024)

Caravaggio and the Creation of M... (2024)

Cover for Mina Kim · Contemporary Korean Art: New Directions since the 1960s (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Contemporary Korean Art: New Dir... (2024)

Cover for Ruth Antosh · J.-K. Huysmans - Critical Lives (Paperback Book) (2024)

J.-K. Huysmans - Critical Lives (2024)

Cover for Larry Silver · Rembrandt’s Holland - Renaissance Lives (Paperback Book) (2024)

Rembrandt’s Holland - Renaissanc... (2024)

Cover for Brett M. Bennett · Saving the World: How Forests Inspired Global Efforts to Stop Climate Change from 1770 to the Present (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Saving the World: How Forests In... (2024)

Brett M. Bennett

Cover for Donald Rayfield · ‘A Seditious and Sinister Tribe’: The Crimean Tatars and Their Khanate (Hardcover Book) (2024)

‘A Seditious and Sinister Tribe’... (2024)

Donald Rayfield

Cover for Yannis Hadjinicolaou · The Art of Medieval Falconry - Medieval Lives (Hardcover Book) (2024)

The Art of Medieval Falconry - M... (2024)

Yannis Hadjinicolaou

Cover for Professor Neil Vickers · Being Ill: On Sickness, Care and Abandonment (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Being Ill: On Sickness, Care and... (2024)

Professor Neil Vickers

Cover for James Chapman · British Comics: A Cultural History (Paperback Book) (2024)

British Comics: A Cultural History (2024)

Cover for Tahir Kamran · Chequered Past, Uncertain Future: The History of Pakistan (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Chequered Past, Uncertain Future... (2024)

Cover for Jamie Merchant · Endgame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline - Field Notes (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Endgame: Economic Nationalism an... (2024)

Cover for Constance L. Kirker · Mango: A Global History - Edible (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Mango: A Global History - Edible (2024)

Constance L. Kirker

Cover for Sara J. Charles · The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages (Hardcover Book) (2024)

The Medieval Scriptorium: Making... (2024)

Sara J. Charles

Cover for William Furley · Myths, Muses and Mortals: The Way of Life in Ancient Greece (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Myths, Muses and Mortals: The Wa... (2024)

Cover for Alan G. Jamieson · Out of the Depths: A History of Shipwrecks (Paperback Book) (2024)

Out of the Depths: A History of ... (2024)

Alan G. Jamieson

Cover for Linda M. Paterson · The Troubadours - Medieval Lives (Hardcover Book) (2024)

The Troubadours - Medieval Lives (2024)

Linda M. Paterson

Cover for Henry H. Work · Wood, Whiskey and Wine: A History of Barrels (Paperback Book) (2024)

Wood, Whiskey and Wine: A Histor... (2024)

Cover for David Matless · England’s Green: Nature and Culture since the 1960s (Hardcover Book) (2024)

England’s Green: Nature and Cult... (2024)

Cover for Nicholas Nicastro · Archimedes: Fulcrum of Science - Great Lives of the Ancient World (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Archimedes: Fulcrum of Science -... (2024)

Nicholas Nicastro

Cover for Paul Collins · The Assyrians: Lost Civilizations - Lost Civilizations (Hardcover Book) (2024)

The Assyrians: Lost Civilization... (2024)

Cover for Gay Watson · Attention: Beyond Mindfulness (Paperback Book) (2024)

Attention: Beyond Mindfulness (2024)

Cover for Susanne Lucas · Bamboo - Botanical (Paperback Book) (2025)

Bamboo - Botanical (2025)

Cover for Peter Bogucki · The Barbarians: Lost Civilizations - Lost Civilizations (Paperback Book) (2024)

The Barbarians: Lost Civilizatio... (2024)

Cover for Paul Dobraszczyk · Botanical Architecture: Plants, Buildings and Us (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Botanical Architecture: Plants, ... (2024)

Paul Dobraszczyk

Cover for Ana Debenedetti · Botticelli: Artist and Designer - Renaissance Lives (Paperback Book) (2024)

Botticelli: Artist and Designer ... (2024)

Ana Debenedetti

Cover for Vivian Asimos · Cosplay and the Dressing of Identity (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Cosplay and the Dressing of Iden... (2024)

Cover for Christopher Baker · Creator of Nightmares: Henry Fuseli’s Art and Life (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Creator of Nightmares: Henry Fus... (2024)

Christopher Baker

Cover for Cynthia Chris · Cuckoo - Animal (Paperback Book) (2024)

Cuckoo - Animal (2024)

Cover for John Goodby · Dylan Thomas - Critical Lives (Paperback Book) (2024)

Dylan Thomas - Critical Lives (2024)

Cover for Jill Norman · The English Table: Our Food through the Ages (Hardcover Book) (2024)

The English Table: Our Food thro... (2024)

Cover for Bartholomew Ryan · Fernando Pessoa - Critical Lives (Paperback Book) (2024)

Fernando Pessoa - Critical Lives (2024)

Bartholomew Ryan

Cover for John Withington · A History of Fireworks from Their Origins to the Present Day (Hardcover Book) (2024)

A History of Fireworks from Thei... (2024)

John Withington

Cover for Gill Perry · Islands and Contemporary Art (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Islands and Contemporary Art (2024)

Cover for Sharon Kinoshita · Marco Polo and His World - Medieval Lives (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Marco Polo and His World - Medie... (2024)

Sharon Kinoshita

Cover for Vaughn Scribner · Merpeople: A Human History (Paperback Book) (2024)

Merpeople: A Human History (2024)

Vaughn Scribner

Cover for Lawson, Elizabeth, QC · Moss and Lichen - Botanical (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Moss and Lichen - Botanical (2024)

Lawson, Elizabeth, QC

Cover for Mitchel P. Roth · Murder by Mail: A Global History of the Letter Bomb (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Murder by Mail: A Global History... (2024)

Mitchel P. Roth

Cover for Terry Kirby · The Newsmongers: A History of Tabloid Journalism (Hardcover Book) (2024)

The Newsmongers: A History of Ta... (2024)

Cover for JR Moores · Off the Ground: Paul McCartney in the 1990s (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Off the Ground: Paul McCartney i... (2024)

Cover for Lars Svendsen · A Philosophy of Hope (Paperback Book) (2024)

A Philosophy of Hope (2024)

Cover for Vadim S. Jigoulov · The Phoenicians: Lost Civilizations - Lost Civilizations (Paperback Book) (2024)

The Phoenicians: Lost Civilizati... (2024)

Vadim S. Jigoulov

Cover for Rebecca Simon · The Pirates’ Code: Laws and Life Aboard Ship (Paperback Book) (2024)

The Pirates’ Code: Laws and Life... (2024)

Cover for Carol Atack · Plato: A Civic Life - Great Lives of the Ancient World (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Plato: A Civic Life - Great Live... (2024)

Cover for Ben Highmore · Playgrounds: The Experimental Years (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Playgrounds: The Experimental Years (2024)

Cover for Justin M. Jacobs · Plunder?: How Museums Got Their Treasures (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Plunder?: How Museums Got Their ... (2024)

Justin M. Jacobs

Cover for Heta Pyrhoenen-Sander L. Gilman · Readers for Life: How Reading and Listening in Childhood Shapes Us (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Readers for Life: How Reading an... (2024)

Heta Pyrhoenen-Sander L. Gilman

Cover for Carol Mavor · Serendipity: The Afterlife of the Object (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Serendipity: The Afterlife of th... (2024)

Cover for Christina Guillaumier · Sergei Prokofiev - Critical Lives (Paperback Book) (2024)

Sergei Prokofiev - Critical Lives (2024)

Christina Guillaumier

Cover for Maria Golia · A Short History of Tomb-Raiding: The Epic Hunt for Egypt’s Treasures (Paperback Book) (2024)

A Short History of Tomb-Raiding:... (2024)

Cover for Russell Thomas · Tofu: A Culinary History (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Tofu: A Culinary History (2024)

Cover for Felicity Henderson · Robert Hooke’s Experimental Philosophy - Renaissance Lives (Hardcover Book) (2024)

Robert Hooke’s Experimental Phil... (2024)

Felicity Henderson

Cover for Timon Screech · Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun’s City of Edo (Paperback Book) (2024)

Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Ma... (2024)

Cover for Nina Edwards · The Virtues of Underwear: Modesty, Flamboyance and Filth (Hardcover Book) (2024)

The Virtues of Underwear: Modest... (2024)

Cover for Jack Margolin · The Wagner Group: Inside Russia’s Mercenary Army (Hardcover Book) (2024)

The Wagner Group: Inside Russia’... (2024)

Cover for Nina Edwards · Weeds - Botanical (Paperback Book) (2024)

Weeds - Botanical (2024)

Cover for Keith Cooper · Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Amazing Worlds of Science Fictio... (2025)

Cover for Becky Sue Epstein · Champagne: A Global History, Second Edition - Edible (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Champagne: A Global History, Sec... (2025)

Becky Sue Epstein

Cover for DR Stephen Harrison · Alexander the Great: Lives and Legacies - Great Lives of the Ancient World (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Alexander the Great: Lives and L... (2025)

DR Stephen Harrison

Cover for Dr Hilary French · Ballroom: A People’s History of Dancing (Paperback Book) (2024)

Ballroom: A People’s History of ... (2024)

Dr Hilary French

Cover for Andreas Beyer · Benvenuto Cellini and the Embodiment of the Modern Artist - Renaissance Lives (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Benvenuto Cellini and the Embodi... (2025)

Cover for Priscilla Mary Isin · Bountiful Empire: A History of Ottoman Cuisine (Paperback Book) (2025)

Bountiful Empire: A History of O... (2025)

Priscilla Mary Isin

Cover for Philip Carr-Gomm · A Brief History of Nakedness (Paperback Book) (2025)

A Brief History of Nakedness (2025)

Philip Carr-Gomm

Cover for Marvin Trachtenberg · Brunelleschi and the Moment of the Renaissance (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Brunelleschi and the Moment of t... (2025)

Marvin Trachtenberg

Cover for Bradley J. Borougerdi · Cannabis: A Global History - Edible (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Cannabis: A Global History - Edible (2025)

Bradley J. Borougerdi

Cover for Jake Poller · Christopher Isherwood - Critical Lives (Paperback Book) (2025)

Christopher Isherwood - Critical... (2025)

Cover for Mark Csikszentmihalyi · Confucius: A New Tradition - Great Lives of the Ancient World (Hardcover Book) (2026)

Confucius: A New Tradition - Gre... (2026)

Mark Csikszentmihalyi

Release June 15, 2026

Cover for David Ellis · D. H. Lawrence - Critical Lives (Paperback Book) (2025)

D. H. Lawrence - Critical Lives (2025)

Cover for Sander L. Gilman · Doc or Quack: Science and Anti-Science in Modern Medicine (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Doc or Quack: Science and Anti-S... (2025)

Sander L. Gilman

Cover for Robert Lethbridge · Emile Zola: A Determined Life (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Emile Zola: A Determined Life (2025)

Robert Lethbridge

Cover for Delia Cortese · The Fatimids: Portrait of a Dynasty - Dynasties (Hardcover Book) (2025)

The Fatimids: Portrait of a Dyna... (2025)

Cover for Susanna Rabow-Edling · The First Russian Revolution: The Decembrist Revolt of 1825 (Hardcover Book) (2025)

The First Russian Revolution: Th... (2025)

Susanna Rabow-Edling

Cover for G. A. Loud · Frederick Barbarossa - Medieval Lives (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Frederick Barbarossa - Medieval ... (2025)

Cover for Paul Dobraszczyk · Future Cities: Architecture and the Imagination (Paperback Book) (2025)

Future Cities: Architecture and ... (2025)

Paul Dobraszczyk

Cover for Dagrun Osk Jonsdottir · Ghosts, Trolls and the Hidden People: An Anthology of Icelandic Folk Legends (Hardcover Book) (2025)

Ghosts, Trolls and the Hidden Pe... (2025)

Dagrun Osk Jonsdottir