Skipped History Year in Review
Plus my favorite books of 2024
Happy holiday season, everyone!
We have a couple more interviews left this year. Before we get there, I want to share a short, third-annual year-in-review, highlight my favorite books of the year, and thank you for being part of the learning journey. Skipped History couldn’t exist without y’all!
This year, I conducted 40 interviews—which means 40 books covered. Holy smokes! Our conversations were read and listened to over 440,000 times. Teen Vogue continues to republish interviews here and there, reaching who knows how many more people. All in all, pretty freaking cool!
Our most popular interviews of 2024 were:
Borrowing Heather Cox Richardson’s advice, we’ll need to get even more creative to defeat fascism in 2025. I hope you’ll join me in that pursuit! To kick off the holiday season, I’m lowering the price of an annual subscription by $10 (down to $38, more than 20% off). This is the first promotion I’ve ever run, but I figure unprecedented times call for unprecedented discounts:
Thank you for helping me spotlight history in an age when it’s bound to be distorted. Skippies, your support means so much! Just for you, here are my five fave books of 2024, arranged as the world’s nerdiest buying guide: