Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer. Atlas Books, 2006.
And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements. Little, Brown and Company, 2010.
The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century. Beacon Press, 2023.
How to Communicate with People You Disagree with and Maybe Change the World. TarcherPerigee, 2018.
Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-Made World. Mariner Books, 2015.
A Global History of the Olympics. W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
The Secret Lives of Color. Penguin Books, 2017.
Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster. Transworld Digital, 2019.
A History of the Vikings. Basic Books, 2020.
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. Inner Traditions, 2006.
Daring to Fight Global Inequality, Reinvent Finance, and Invest in Women. Broadleaf Books, 2023.