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

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1

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)

2

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

Nuclear War: A Scenario (Unabridged)

3

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

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage

4

Surprise, Kill, Vanish - Annie Jacobsen Cover Art

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

5

Operation Paperclip - Annie Jacobsen Cover Art

Operation Paperclip

6

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

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

7

Mythos - Stephen Fry Cover Art

Mythos

8

Ghosts of Sicily - Mark Harmon & Leon Carroll Cover Art

Ghosts of Sicily

9

Divine Might - Natalie Haynes Cover Art

Divine Might

10

The Second World War - Antony Beevor Cover Art

The Second World War

11

A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II - Adam Makos Cover Art

A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

12

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

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

13

Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Unabridged) - Ian W. Toll Cover Art

Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Unabridged)

14

The Nine - Gwen Strauss Cover Art

The Nine

15

One Summer: America, 1927 (Unabridged) - Bill Bryson Cover Art

One Summer: America, 1927 (Unabridged)

16

Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission (Abridged) - Hampton Sides Cover Art

Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission (Abridged)

17

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)

18

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)

19

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)

20

Ortiz's War - Nicholas Reynolds & Katie Sanders Cover Art

Ortiz's War

21

Thunder Below! : The USS *Barb* Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II - Eugene B. Fluckey Cover Art

Thunder Below! : The USS *Barb* Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II

22

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

23

Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World (Unabridged) - Eric Metaxas Cover Art

Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World (Unabridged)

24

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)

25

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

A Short History of Nearly Everything (Unabridged)

26

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

A People's History of the United States

27

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

Killing Jesus

28

Conversations with an Executioner: 255 Days Imprisoned with the Nazi who Destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto (Unabridged) - Kazimierz Moczarski & Sean Gasper Bye Cover Art

Conversations with an Executioner: 255 Days Imprisoned with the Nazi who Destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto (Unabridged)

29

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)

30

El hombre en busca de sentido - Viktor Frankl Cover Art

El hombre en busca de sentido

31

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

Skunk Works

32

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

With the Old Breed : At Peleliu and Okinawa

33

King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation (Unabridged) - Scott Anderson Cover Art

King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation (Unabridged)

34

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)

35

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)

36

Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II (Unabridged) - Adam Makos Cover Art

Spearhead: An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II (Unabridged)

37

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

38

The British Are Coming - Rick Atkinson Cover Art

The British Are Coming

39

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

40

Stalingrad (Abridged) - Antony Beevor Cover Art

Stalingrad (Abridged)

41

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

SPQR : A History of Ancient Rome

42

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

Killing the Witches

43

The Coming Storm - Odd Arne Westad Cover Art

The Coming Storm

44

The Third Reich at War - Richard J. Evans Cover Art

The Third Reich at War

45

A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge - Charles B. MacDonald Cover Art

A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge

46

American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: Social, Political, and Economic Challenges - Philip G. Altbach, Patricia J. Gumport & Michael N. Bastedo Cover Art

American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: Social, Political, and Economic Challenges

47

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

Confronting Evil

48

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa - Walter Rodney Cover Art

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

49

Nothing to Envy : Ordinary Lives in North Korea - Barbara Demick Cover Art

Nothing to Envy : Ordinary Lives in North Korea

50

Area 51 - Annie Jacobsen Cover Art

Area 51

51

Level Zero Heroes - Michael Golembesky & John R. Bruning Cover Art

Level Zero Heroes

52

Israel on Trial: Examining the History, the Evidence, and the Law (Unabridged) - Roy K. Altman Cover Art

Israel on Trial: Examining the History, the Evidence, and the Law (Unabridged)

53

These Truths : A History of the United States - Jill Lepore Cover Art

These Truths : A History of the United States

54

How Africa Works : Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier - Joe Studwell Cover Art

How Africa Works : Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier

55

Cat 5: The 2033 War - Bing West Cover Art

Cat 5: The 2033 War

56

Man-Eaters of Kumaon (Unabridged) - Jim Corbett Cover Art

Man-Eaters of Kumaon (Unabridged)

57

Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations (Unabridged) - Ronen Bergman Cover Art

Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations (Unabridged)

58

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

59

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

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

60

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

61

The Gospel of Thomas (Unabridged) - Joseph B. Lumpkin Cover Art

The Gospel of Thomas (Unabridged)

62

The Boys in the Light: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival, Faith, and Brotherhood (Unabridged) - Nina Willner Cover Art

The Boys in the Light: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival, Faith, and Brotherhood (Unabridged)

63

Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror (Unabridged) - Erik Prince Cover Art

Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror (Unabridged)

64

Blind Man's Bluff - Sherry Sontag & Christopher Drew Cover Art

Blind Man's Bluff

65

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

66

The Longest Winter - Alex Kershaw Cover Art

The Longest Winter

67

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile (Unabridged) - Candice Millard Cover Art

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile (Unabridged)

68

First Family: Abigail and John Adams (Unabridged) - Joseph J. Ellis Cover Art

First Family: Abigail and John Adams (Unabridged)

69

The Immortality Key - Brian C. Muraresku Cover Art

The Immortality Key

70

The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World (Unabridged) - Ben Macintyre Cover Art

The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World (Unabridged)

71

News of a Kidnapping - Gabriel García Márquez Cover Art

News of a Kidnapping

72

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

The Art of War (Unabridged)

73

Outlaw Platoon - Sean Parnell & John Bruning Cover Art

Outlaw Platoon

74

History of Texas (Unabridged) - Captivating History Cover Art

History of Texas (Unabridged)

75

The Great Siege of Malta - Marcus Bull Cover Art

The Great Siege of Malta

76

A Night to Remember: The Classic Account of the Final Hours of the Titanic - Walter Lord Cover Art

A Night to Remember: The Classic Account of the Final Hours of the Titanic

77

The Pacific: Hell Was an Ocean Away (Unabridged) - Hugh Ambrose Cover Art

The Pacific: Hell Was an Ocean Away (Unabridged)

78

The Spy in the Archive : How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB - Gordon Corera Cover Art

The Spy in the Archive : How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB

79

Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution (Unabridged) - Elie Mystal Cover Art

Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution (Unabridged)

80

The Eastern Front : A History of the Great War 1914-1918 - Nick Lloyd Cover Art

The Eastern Front : A History of the Great War 1914-1918

81

Gettysburg - Stephen W. Sears Cover Art

Gettysburg

82

The Saga of the Volsungs: With The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok - Jackson Crawford Cover Art

The Saga of the Volsungs: With The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok

83

The Great War : A Combat History of the First World War - Peter Hart Cover Art

The Great War : A Combat History of the First World War

84

Jungleland - Christopher S. Stewart Cover Art

Jungleland

85

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

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places (Unabridged)

86

A Black Women's History of the United States (Unabridged) - Daina Ramey Berry & Kali Nicole Gross Cover Art

A Black Women's History of the United States (Unabridged)

87

Firehouse (Unabridged) - David Halberstam Cover Art

Firehouse (Unabridged)

88

October 1964 (Unabridged) - David Halberstam Cover Art

October 1964 (Unabridged)

89

The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception - H. Keith Melton & Robert Wallace Cover Art

The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception

90

The Things Our Fathers Saw - Vol. 3, The War in the Air Book Two: The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation from Hometown, USA (Unabridged) - Matthew A. Rozell Cover Art

The Things Our Fathers Saw - Vol. 3, The War in the Air Book Two: The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation from Hometown, USA (Unabridged)

91

The Secret Life of Lobsters (Unabridged) - Trevor Corson Cover Art

The Secret Life of Lobsters (Unabridged)

92

Custer Died for Your Sins : An Indian Manifesto - Vine Deloria Jr. Cover Art

Custer Died for Your Sins : An Indian Manifesto

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17 Carnations - Andrew Morton Cover Art

17 Carnations

94

The Convenient Terrorist: Two Whistleblowers’ Stories of Torture, Terror, Secret Wars, and CIA Lies - John Kiriakou Cover Art

The Convenient Terrorist: Two Whistleblowers’ Stories of Torture, Terror, Secret Wars, and CIA Lies

95

When Titans Clashed : How the Red Army Stopped Hitler - David M. Glantz Cover Art

When Titans Clashed : How the Red Army Stopped Hitler

96

Napoleon: The Art of War & Power (Unabridged) - Napoléon Bonaparte Cover Art

Napoleon: The Art of War & Power (Unabridged)

97

Blood Feud: The Hatfields and the McCoys: The Epic Story of Murder and Vengeance (Unabridged) - Lisa Alther Cover Art

Blood Feud: The Hatfields and the McCoys: The Epic Story of Murder and Vengeance (Unabridged)

98

Touching History : The Untold Story of the Drama that Unfolded in the Skies over America on 9/11 - Lynn Spencer Cover Art

Touching History : The Untold Story of the Drama that Unfolded in the Skies over America on 9/11

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In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950–1953 - John Toland Cover Art

In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950–1953

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