Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz. Mertz combines erudition and humor in this lively introduction to ancient Egyptian history, focusing particularly on the 3rd and 2nd millennium BCE. https://amzn.to/3d9ErZb A History of Ancient Egypt by Marc Van De Mieroop. This is currently the best overview of Egyptian history written by a single author and is the standard text for Egyptian history courses. http://amzn.to/2hB2kw7 The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson. It’s very well written with a superb narrative style. It tends to gloss over some of the debates which are still ongoing to maintain a cohesive narrative. http://amzn.to/2ze3KVq The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw. An increasingly dated but still very useful overview of Egyptian history. Each chapter is written by a different expert. http://amzn.to/2wM7SdJ The Twilight of Ancient Egypt: First Millennium BCE by Karol Myśliwiec. Tackling the time period from the end of the New Kingdom to the conquest of Alexander, it covers the cultural interactions between the Libyans, Kushites, Greeks, and Persians in Egypt. http://amzn.to/2xxWIIU Egypt in the Byzantine World: 300-700 by Roger S. Bagnall. this is one of the only comprehensive and easily accessible volumes on Egypt in the Late Roman Period. http://amzn.to/2xvN52y