Audiobook Chart: Top History Audiobooks 2025

1

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA - Tim Weiner Cover Art

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

2

A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn Cover Art

A People's History of the United States

3

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War (Unabridged) - Erik Larson Cover Art

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War (Unabridged)

4

With the Old Breed : At Peleliu and Okinawa - E.B. Sledge Cover Art

With the Old Breed : At Peleliu and Okinawa

5

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War - Malcolm Gladwell Cover Art

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

6

Conquistador : Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs - Buddy Levy Cover Art

Conquistador : Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs

7

The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon (Unabridged) - Laurie Gwen Shapiro Cover Art

The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage that Made an American Icon (Unabridged)

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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Unabridged) - Erik Larson Cover Art

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Unabridged)

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Lone Survivor - Marcus Luttrell Cover Art

Lone Survivor

10

A People's History of the United States (Abridged) - Howard Zinn Cover Art

A People's History of the United States (Abridged)

11

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage - Alfred Lansing Cover Art

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage

12

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers (Unabridged) - Caroline Fraser Cover Art

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers (Unabridged)

13

Nuclear War: A Scenario (Unabridged) - Annie Jacobsen Cover Art

Nuclear War: A Scenario (Unabridged)

14

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz (Unabridged) - Erik Larson Cover Art

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz (Unabridged)

15

The British Are Coming - Rick Atkinson Cover Art

The British Are Coming

16

Sitting Bull : The Life and Times of an American Patriot - Robert M. Utley Cover Art

Sitting Bull : The Life and Times of an American Patriot

17

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (Unabridged) - Candice Millard Cover Art

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (Unabridged)

18

Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America (Unabridged) - Scott Ellsworth Cover Art

Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America (Unabridged)

19

The Nine - Gwen Strauss Cover Art

The Nine

20

Mythos - Stephen Fry Cover Art

Mythos

21

A Wing and a Prayer : The “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II - Harry H. Crosby Cover Art

A Wing and a Prayer : The “Bloody 100th” Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

22

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II - Iris Chang Cover Art

The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II

23

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West - Dee Brown Cover Art

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

24

Rubicon - Tom Holland Cover Art

Rubicon

25

Vietnam - Max Hastings Cover Art

Vietnam

26

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner) (Unabridged) - Nathaniel Philbrick Cover Art

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner) (Unabridged)

27

Confronting the Presidents - Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard Cover Art

Confronting the Presidents

28

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Unabridged) - Hampton Sides Cover Art

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Unabridged)

29

Killing the Mob - Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard Cover Art

Killing the Mob

30

Chariots of the Gods - Erich von Däniken Cover Art

Chariots of the Gods

31

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Unabridged) - Charles C. Mann Cover Art

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Unabridged)

32

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Unabridged) - Yuval Noah Harari Cover Art

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Unabridged)

33

Gettysburg - Stephen W. Sears Cover Art

Gettysburg

34

The Crusades - Thomas Asbridge Cover Art

The Crusades

35

The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn (Unabridged) - Nathaniel Philbrick Cover Art

The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn (Unabridged)

36

1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created (Unabridged) - Charles C. Mann Cover Art

1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created (Unabridged)

37

The Testament of Solomon (Unabridged) - King Solomon Cover Art

The Testament of Solomon (Unabridged)

38

Native American History: An Enthralling Overview of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Tribes along with the Trail of Tears - Billy Wellman Cover Art

Native American History: An Enthralling Overview of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Tribes along with the Trail of Tears

39

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (Unabridged) - Nathaniel Philbrick Cover Art

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (Unabridged)

40

Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal (Unabridged) - Ben Macintyre Cover Art

Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal (Unabridged)

41

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places (Unabridged) - Colin Dickey Cover Art

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places (Unabridged)

42

Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies (Unabridged) - Ben Macintyre Cover Art

Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies (Unabridged)

43

The Final Mission of Extortion 17: Special Ops, Helicopter Support, SEAL Team Six, and the Deadliest Day of the US War in Afghanistan - Ed Darack Cover Art

The Final Mission of Extortion 17: Special Ops, Helicopter Support, SEAL Team Six, and the Deadliest Day of the US War in Afghanistan

44

The Ancient City: A Study on the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Ancient Greece and Rome (Unabridged) - Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges Cover Art

The Ancient City: A Study on the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Ancient Greece and Rome (Unabridged)

45

The Lost Gospel: Decoding the Ancient Text That Reveals Jesus’ Marriage to Mary the Magdalene - Simcha Jacobovici & Barrie Wilson Cover Art

The Lost Gospel: Decoding the Ancient Text That Reveals Jesus’ Marriage to Mary the Magdalene

46

The Siege of Mecca : The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda - Yaroslav Trofimov Cover Art

The Siege of Mecca : The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda

47

Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump (Unabridged) - Molly Worthen Cover Art

Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump (Unabridged)

48

Ben-Gurion : A Political Life - David Landau & Shimon Peres Cover Art

Ben-Gurion : A Political Life

49

Return to Victory - James P. Duffy Cover Art

Return to Victory

50

The Life of Otho - Plutarch & Bernadotte Perrin Cover Art

The Life of Otho

51

American Pie: Has the Music Died? (Unabridged) - Michael J. Gallucci Cover Art

American Pie: Has the Music Died? (Unabridged)

52

The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature (Unabridged) - Charlie English Cover Art

The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature (Unabridged)

53

Killing Lincoln - Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard Cover Art

Killing Lincoln

54

The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 (Unabridged) - Rick Atkinson Cover Art

The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 (Unabridged)

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Vanderbilt - Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe Cover Art

Vanderbilt

56

Speeches by Malcolm X - The Ultimate Collection - Malcolm X Cover Art

Speeches by Malcolm X - The Ultimate Collection

57

Area 51 - Annie Jacobsen Cover Art

Area 51

58

Book and Dagger - Elyse Graham Cover Art

Book and Dagger

59

Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII (Unabridged) - Chester Nez & Judith Schiess Avila Cover Art

Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII (Unabridged)

60

A  Little History of the United States - James West Davidson Cover Art

A Little History of the United States

61

Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West - David Fisher & Bill O'Reilly Cover Art

Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Real West

62

Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears : Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of the Wild West - Matthew P. Mayo Cover Art

Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears : Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of the Wild West

63

The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild (Unabridged) - Bryan Burrough Cover Art

The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild (Unabridged)

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Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me - Wilfred Reilly Cover Art

Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me

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We Were Soldiers Once… and Young : Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam - Joseph L. Galloway & Harold G. Moore Cover Art

We Were Soldiers Once… and Young : Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam

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Killing Jesus - Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard Cover Art

Killing Jesus

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Killing England - Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard Cover Art

Killing England

68

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Unabridged) - David Grann Cover Art

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Unabridged)

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A Terrible Glory - James Donovan Cover Art

A Terrible Glory

70

Tripped - Norman Ohler Cover Art

Tripped

71

The Worst Hard Time - Timothy Egan Cover Art

The Worst Hard Time

72

The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi (Unabridged) - Wright Thompson Cover Art

The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi (Unabridged)

73

Black Hearts : One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death - Jim Frederick Cover Art

Black Hearts : One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death

74

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin (Unabridged) - Erik Larson Cover Art

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin (Unabridged)

75

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (Unabridged) - Erik Larson Cover Art

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (Unabridged)

76

The History of America - History Nerds Cover Art

The History of America

77

On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle (Unabridged) - Hampton Sides Cover Art

On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle (Unabridged)

78

Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor (Unabridged) - Clinton Romesha Cover Art

Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor (Unabridged)

79

Code Over Country - Matthew Cole Cover Art

Code Over Country

80

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Abridged) - Simon Singh Cover Art

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Abridged)

81

Violence of Action : The Untold Stories of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the War on Terror - Leo Jenkins, Marty Skovlund Jr. & Charles Faint Cover Art

Violence of Action : The Untold Stories of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the War on Terror

82

The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War (Unabridged) - A J Baime Cover Art

The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War (Unabridged)

83

Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II (Abridged) - Robert Kurson Cover Art

Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II (Abridged)

84

Hitler: A Biography (Unabridged) - Ian Kershaw Cover Art

Hitler: A Biography (Unabridged)

85

The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss (Unabridged) - David Bentley Hart Cover Art

The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss (Unabridged)

86

Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention (Unabridged) - Ben Wilson Cover Art

Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind's Greatest Invention (Unabridged)

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Surprise, Kill, Vanish - Annie Jacobsen Cover Art

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

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Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Unabridged) - Erik Larson Cover Art

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Unabridged)

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When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion (Unabridged) - Julie Satow Cover Art

When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion (Unabridged)

90

To Sleep with the Angels : The Story of a Fire - John Kuenster & David Cowan Cover Art

To Sleep with the Angels : The Story of a Fire

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Dominion - Tom Holland Cover Art

Dominion

92

Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America (Unabridged) - Michael Luo Cover Art

Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America (Unabridged)

93

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War (Unabridged) - Ben Macintyre Cover Art

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War (Unabridged)

94

Killing the Killers - Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard Cover Art

Killing the Killers

95

The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West (Unabridged) - Shaun Walker Cover Art

The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West (Unabridged)

96

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany - William L. Shirer Cover Art

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

97

Native Nations: A Millennium in North America (Unabridged) - Kathleen DuVal Cover Art

Native Nations: A Millennium in North America (Unabridged)

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Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War - David Fisher Cover Art

Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War