Gift Guides
The Ten Best Children's Books of 2022
This year’s top titles include a fairy-tale remake, a clever counting book and a survey of architectural wonders the world over
The Ten Best Books About Travel of 2022
After two years of limited travel opportunities, we’re ready to explore the world once more
The Ten Best Science Books of 2022
From a detective story on the origins of Covid-19 to a narrative that imagines a fateful day for dinosaurs, these works affected us the most this year
Smithsonian Scholars Pick Their Favorite Books of 2022
This wide-ranging list offers context for our rapidly changing world
The Best Books of 2022
In our efforts to increase and diffuse knowledge, we highly recommend these 44 titles this year
The Ten Best Photography Books of 2022
Our favorite titles this year invite viewers to worlds outside their own
Engineers Pick the Ten Best STEM Toys to Give as Gifts in 2022
Children can build strategy, critical thinking and resilience during expert-approved play
The Ten Best Books About Food of 2022
From cookbooks to memoirs to food history, these ten titles will fill you up
The Ten Best Books About Food of 2021
From cookbooks to a memoir to a guide to hundreds of food adventures across the globe, these new titles will leave you satisfied
The Ten Best Children's Books of 2021
These top titles deliver amazing facts, fresh rhymes and important life lessons
The Ten Best Photography Books of 2021
In year two of the pandemic, our favorite titles invite us into worlds outside our own
The Best Books of 2021
In our efforts to increase and diffuse knowledge, we highly recommend these 57 titles this year
The Ten Best Science Books of 2021
From captivating memoirs by researchers to illuminating narratives by veteran science journalists, these works affected us the most this year
The Best Board Games of 2021
These new offerings are sure to entertain, as more gatherings of families and friends are happening
Smithsonian Scholars Pick Their Favorite Books of 2021
The writings of many fine authors support the research and ambitious undertakings of an Institution rising to the challenges ahead
Engineers Pick the Ten Best STEM Toys to Give as Gifts This Year
These expert-approved gifts teach robotics, coding and engineering thinking through stories and play
The Ten Best Books About Travel of 2021
With many of our wings still clipped by Covid-19 this year, we needed to travel vicariously through these adventurous reads
The Best Books of 2020
In our efforts to increase and diffuse knowledge, we highly recommend these 80 titles released this year
The Ten Best Books About Food of 2020
From cookbooks to grocery-store exposés, these new books will tempt palates and fuel curiosity
The Best Books of 2019
In our efforts to increase and diffuse knowledge, we highly recommend these 65 titles released this year
