New Books – July 2025 – The UncommonWealth

The Library of Virginia’s first-floor lobby and Exhibition Gallery are open Monday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The second-floor Reading Rooms are open Tuesday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and two Saturdays each month. More information is available here.

Longstreet: The Confederate General who Defied the South

By Elizabeth R. Varon

The Modern Mountain Cookbook: A Plant-Based Celebration of Appalachia

By Jan A. Brandenburg

Edgar Allan Poe: A Life

By Richard Kopley

Charlottesville: An American Story

By Deborah Baker

Making Sense of Slavery: America's Long Reckoning, From the Founding Era to Today

By Scott Spillman<br />

The Second Manassas Campaign

By Kathryn J. Shively and Caroline E. Janney

Metallic Realms: A Novel

By Lincoln Michel<br />

Wisdom Builds Her House

By Carole Duff

Something Like Home

By Andrea Beatriz Arango

Democracy and the Courts: The Rise of Judicial Elections in the Antebellum South / David M. Gold
Debunking the Yule Log Myth: The Disturbing History of a Plantation Legend / Robert E. May
Dangerous Learning: The South’s Long War on Black Literacy / Derek W. Black
There’s No Telling About That Telephone / Richard Sarver
The Humor of William T. Elliott / William T. Elliott
Creating Cultures of Neuroinclusion: A Framework for Peopling and Engaging Neurodiverse Talent / Pasha Marlowe
Bunny: Based on a True Story / Susan D. Guillotte
Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy / Erica Ciallela (Editor)
The Belgian Friendship Building: From the New York’s World Fair to a Virginia HBCU / Kathleen James-Chakraborty
Ancestry Reimagined: Dismantling the Myth of Genetic Ethnicities / Kostas Kampourakis

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