iTunes Top 100 History Audiobooks

The top 100 most popular and best selling history audiobooks on iTunes offer powerful insights into past events and influential figures. These audiobooks, available on iTunes and Audible, cover ancient civilizations, world wars, political movements, U.S. history, and key historical moments. Acclaimed authors such as David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Howard Zinn, Erik Larson, Ron Chernow, and Yuval Noah Harari have written some of the most impactful books in the genre. Best sellers include groundbreaking works that continue to educate and inspire. Listen to top history audiobooks that bring the past to life through expert narration and storytelling and get a deeper understanding of the events that shaped the world.

The current best selling history audiobook on iTunes today is Out of the Shadows by Jay Stratton.

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Audiobook Chart: Top History Audiobooks 2026

1

Out of the Shadows - Jay Stratton Cover Art

Out of the Shadows

2

Uniting the States - Brian Kilmeade Cover Art

Uniting the States

3

The Gales of November : The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald - John U. Bacon Cover Art

The Gales of November : The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

4

Area 51 - Annie Jacobsen Cover Art

Area 51

5

The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East (Unabridged) - Simon Sebag Montefiore Cover Art

The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East (Unabridged)

6

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

7

The Nazi and the Psychiatrist - Jack El-Hai Cover Art

The Nazi and the Psychiatrist

8

Ghosts of Hiroshima - Charles Pellegrino Cover Art

Ghosts of Hiroshima

9

The Lost City of the Monkey God - Douglas Preston Cover Art

The Lost City of the Monkey God

10

The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World (Unabridged) - Nathaniel Philbrick Cover Art

The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World (Unabridged)

11

Born to Be Hanged - Keith Thomson Cover Art

Born to Be Hanged

12

Emperor of Rome : Ruling the Ancient World - Mary Beard Cover Art

Emperor of Rome : Ruling the Ancient World

13

Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy - Karen Abbott Cover Art

Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy

14

American Revolution: The War for Independence and the Birth of the United States - Robert McDonald Cover Art

American Revolution: The War for Independence and the Birth of the United States

15

Beirut Rules - Fred Burton Cover Art

Beirut Rules

16

Ghosts of Sicily - Mark Harmon & Leon Carroll Cover Art

Ghosts of Sicily

17

The Blood Countess : Murder, Betrayal, and the Making of a Monster - Shelley Puhak Cover Art

The Blood Countess : Murder, Betrayal, and the Making of a Monster

18

American Republics : A Continental History of the United States 1783-1850 - Alan Taylor Cover Art

American Republics : A Continental History of the United States 1783-1850

19

Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy (Unabridged) - Ben Macintyre Cover Art

Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy (Unabridged)

20

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

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage

21

Dark Renaissance : The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival - Stephen Greenblatt Cover Art

Dark Renaissance : The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival

22

A New World Begins - Jeremy D. Popkin Cover Art

A New World Begins

23

Weimar Germany: The Death of a Democracy (Unabridged) - Victor Sebestyen Cover Art

Weimar Germany: The Death of a Democracy (Unabridged)

24

The Best Kind of American - Kim Ghattas Cover Art

The Best Kind of American

25

Left for Dead : Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World - Eric Jay Dolin Cover Art

Left for Dead : Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World

26

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)

27

Ghosts of Honolulu - Mark Harmon Cover Art

Ghosts of Honolulu

28

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

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

29

The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville - Shelby Foote Cover Art

The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville

30

Confronting America - Bill O'Reilly & Josh Hammer Cover Art

Confronting America

31

The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front (Unabridged) - Peter Hart Cover Art

The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front (Unabridged)

32

Surprise, Kill, Vanish - Annie Jacobsen Cover Art

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

33

Witches : A History of Witchcraft, Witch-Hunters, and a King's Obsession: 1562-1735 - Steven Veerapen Cover Art

Witches : A History of Witchcraft, Witch-Hunters, and a King's Obsession: 1562-1735

34

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

Nuclear War: A Scenario (Unabridged)

35

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)

36

Mythos - Stephen Fry Cover Art

Mythos

37

Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West - Raymond Ibrahim Cover Art

Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West

38

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)

39

The Mosquito Bowl - Buzz Bissinger Cover Art

The Mosquito Bowl

40

Lone Survivor - Marcus Luttrell Cover Art

Lone Survivor

41

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)

42

Young Queens : Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power - Leah Redmond Chang Cover Art

Young Queens : Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power

43

The Secret History of the World - Mark Booth Cover Art

The Secret History of the World

44

Cat 5: The 2033 War - Bing West Cover Art

Cat 5: The 2033 War

45

A Short History of Nearly Everything (Unabridged) - Bill Bryson Cover Art

A Short History of Nearly Everything (Unabridged)

46

Operation Sparrow - Jason Bell Cover Art

Operation Sparrow

47

The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli Cover Art

The Prince

48

The Midnight Special : The Secret Prison History of American Music - Colin Asher Cover Art

The Midnight Special : The Secret Prison History of American Music

49

The Art of War - Niccolò Machiavelli Cover Art

The Art of War

50

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)

51

Code Girls - Liza Mundy Cover Art

Code Girls

52

The Lessons of History - Will Durant & Ariel Durant Cover Art

The Lessons of History

53

Island of the Lost : Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World - Joan Druett Cover Art

Island of the Lost : Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

54

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - Damien Lewis Cover Art

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

55

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History (Unabridged) - Brian Kilmeade & Don Yaeger Cover Art

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History (Unabridged)

56

Queer City : Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day - Peter Ackroyd Cover Art

Queer City : Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day

57

The Frontiersmen : A Narrative (Winning of America) - Allan W. Eckert Cover Art

The Frontiersmen : A Narrative (Winning of America)

58

Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II (Unabridged) - Alex Kershaw Cover Art

Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II (Unabridged)

59

The Art of War (Unabridged) - Sun Tzu Cover Art

The Art of War (Unabridged)

60

Battle Cry of Freedom : The Civil War Era - James MacPherson Cover Art

Battle Cry of Freedom : The Civil War Era

61

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Unabridged) - Isabel Wilkerson Cover Art

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Unabridged)

62

Live Laugh Love : The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made - Kristin Kobes Du Mez Cover Art

Live Laugh Love : The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made

63

The Book of Five Rings - Miyamoto Musashi Cover Art

The Book of Five Rings

64

The Cherokees - David Narrett Cover Art

The Cherokees

65

Taking Manhattan : The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America - Russell Shorto Cover Art

Taking Manhattan : The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America

66

The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander - Pete Blaber Cover Art

The Mission, the Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

67

SPQR : A History of Ancient Rome - Mary Beard Cover Art

SPQR : A History of Ancient Rome

68

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

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

69

The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny (Unabridged) - William Strauss & Neil Howe Cover Art

The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny (Unabridged)

70

The Nine - Gwen Strauss Cover Art

The Nine

71

The Pentagon's Brain - Annie Jacobsen Cover Art

The Pentagon's Brain

72

Royal Witches - Gemma Hollman Cover Art

Royal Witches

73

How to Hide an Empire : A History of the Greater United States - Daniel Immerwahr Cover Art

How to Hide an Empire : A History of the Greater United States

74

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

75

The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 3: Red River to Appomattox - Shelby Foote Cover Art

The Civil War: A Narrative, Vol. 3: Red River to Appomattox

76

The Origins of Totalitarianism - Hannah Arendt Cover Art

The Origins of Totalitarianism

77

The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors (Unabridged) - Dan Jones Cover Art

The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors (Unabridged)

78

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization (Unabridged) - Ed Conway Cover Art

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization (Unabridged)

79

The Sea-King and the Sorceress - Neil Price Cover Art

The Sea-King and the Sorceress

80

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

A People's History of the United States

81

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)

82

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

Killing the Mob

83

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

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

84

Skunk Works - Ben R. Rich & Leo Janos Cover Art

Skunk Works

85

Kill Bin Laden : A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man - Dalton Fury Cover Art

Kill Bin Laden : A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man

86

Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization Without Political Consequences (Unabridged) - Anton Jäger Cover Art

Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization Without Political Consequences (Unabridged)

87

O Príncipe (Unabridged) - Nicolau Maquiavel Cover Art

O Príncipe (Unabridged)

88

Tunnel 29 - Helena Merriman Cover Art

Tunnel 29

89

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

Native Nations: A Millennium in North America (Unabridged)

90

The Official CIA Interrogation & Manipulation Manual - Central Intelligence Agency & Rick Carlile Cover Art

The Official CIA Interrogation & Manipulation Manual

91

Yakuza - Andrew Rankin Cover Art

Yakuza

92

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens (Unabridged) - David Mitchell Cover Art

Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens (Unabridged)

93

Vanderbilt - Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe Cover Art

Vanderbilt

94

Factfulness : Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think - Hans Rosling Cover Art

Factfulness : Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

95

Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages (Unabridged) - Dan Jones Cover Art

Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages (Unabridged)

96

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West (Unabridged) - Hampton Sides Cover Art

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West (Unabridged)

97

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich - Norman Ohler Cover Art

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich

98

The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England (Unabridged) - Dan Jones Cover Art

The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England (Unabridged)

99

The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II (Unabridged) - Alex Kershaw Cover Art

The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II (Unabridged)

100

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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