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 Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner.

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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)

8

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)

9

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)

55

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)

64

Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me - Wilfred Reilly Cover Art

Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me

65

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

66

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

Killing Jesus

67

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)

69

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)

87

Surprise, Kill, Vanish - Annie Jacobsen Cover Art

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

88

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

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

89

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

91

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)

98

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

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

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