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History You Can't Put Down

Have a look at the most in-demand history titles at Halifax Public Libraries in 2026 (so far). Placed in order by the number of times they have been borrowed, you can see that our readers are eager to learn more about Canadian and local history.

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20 items

  1. 1. An Accidental Villain

    a Soldier's Tale of War, Deceit and Exile

    MacIntyre, Linden
    Book, 2025Toronto : Random House Canada, 2025. — 941.50821 T912m
  2. 3. Service and Sacrifice

    Extraordinary Nova Scotians in the Great War

    Hynes, Ken
    Book, 2025Halifax, N.S. : Nimbus Publishing, 2025. — 940.3716 H997s
  3. 4. Vanished Beyond the Map

    the Mystery of Lost Explorer Hubert Darrell

    Shoalts, Adam, 1986-
    Book, 2025Toronto, Ont. : Allen Lane, 2025. — 917.19204 D225s
  4. 6. Disruptive Women

    the Untold Story of Nova Scotia's Pioneers of Peace and Suffrage

    MacDonald, Sharon, 1948-
    Book, 2025Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 2025. — 324.62309715 M135d
  5. 7. Pirates of the Atlantic

    Robbery, Murder and Mayhem Off the Canadian East Coast

    Book, 2025Halifax, N.S. : Formac Pub., 2025, c2009. — 364.164 C752p
  6. 8. The Gales of November

    the Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

    Bacon, John U., 1964-
    Book, 2025New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2025] — 917.749 B128g
  7. 9. Maple Syrup

    a Short History of Canada's Sweetest Obsession

    Kuitenbrouwer, Peter, 1962-
    Book, 2025Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 2025. — 641.3364 K96m
  8. 10. The War We Won Apart

    the Untold Story of Two Elite Agents Who Became One of the Most Decorated Couples of WWII

    Ayed, Nahlah
    Book, 2024[Toronto] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Canada, 2024. — 940.548641 A976w
  9. 11. Murderland

    Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers

    Fraser, Caroline
    Book, 2025New York : Penguin Press, 2025. — 364.15232 F841m
  10. Book, 2024[New York] : Dutton, c2024. — 355.0217 J17n
  11. 13. The Undesirables

    a History of Rockhead Prison

    Ingram, Katie
    Book, 2025East Lawrencetown, N. S. : Pottersfield Press, c2025. — 971.62250922 I54u
  12. 14. The Zorg

    a Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery

    Kara, Siddharth
    Book, 2025New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025. — 306.36209 K18z
  13. 16. The Traitors Circle

    the True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany--and the Spy Who Betrayed Them

    Freedland, Jonathan, 1967-
    Book, 2025New York : Harper, 2025. — 943.086 F853t
  14. 17. The Notebook

    a History of Thinking on Paper

    Allen, Roly
    Book, 2024Windsor, Ont. : Biblioasis, 2024. — 809.983 A428n
  15. 19. The Wide Wide Sea

    Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

    Sides, Hampton
    Book, 2024New York : Doubleday, [2024]. — 910.92 S568w
  16. 20. Challenger

    a True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

    Higginbotham, Adam
    Book, 2024New York : Avid Reader Press, 2024. — 363.124 H635c