Top 100 Nonfiction Audiobooks

The top 100 most popular and best selling nonfiction audiobooks on iTunes provide insightful storytelling and expert knowledge. These titles cover history, science, self-improvement, and true stories that inspire and inform. Acclaimed authors such as Malcolm Gladwell, Noam Chomsky, Stephen Hawking, and Brené Brown have written some of the most influential books in the genre. Best sellers include groundbreaking works that continue to shape perspectives and spark conversations. Listen to top nonfiction audiobooks, available on iTunes or Audible, that offer knowledge, inspiration, and powerful storytelling.

The current number one best selling nonfiction audiobook on iTunes today is The American Way of Killing : The Invention of an Epidemic by Malcolm Gladwell.

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1

The American Way of Killing : The Invention of an Epidemic - Malcolm Gladwell Cover Art

The American Way of Killing : The Invention of an Epidemic

2

Protocols (Unabridged) - Andrew D. Huberman Cover Art

Protocols (Unabridged)

3

The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene Cover Art

The 48 Laws of Power

4

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

Biological War: A Scenario (Unabridged)

5

The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery: Connecting Neuroscience and Faith to Radically Transform Your Life - W. Lee Warren, MD Cover Art

The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery: Connecting Neuroscience and Faith to Radically Transform Your Life

6

The AGI Chronicles - Kevin Roose Cover Art

The AGI Chronicles

7

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Unabridged) - Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. Cover Art

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Unabridged)

8

London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth (Unabridged) - Patrick Radden Keefe Cover Art

London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth (Unabridged)

9

Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7th Hostages (Unabridged) - Brett McGurk Cover Art

Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7th Hostages (Unabridged)

10

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--and Keep-- Love (Unabridged) - Amir Levine, M.D. & Rachel Heller Cover Art

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--and Keep-- Love (Unabridged)

11

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Unabridged) - John Berendt Cover Art

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Unabridged)

12

The Way of the Superior Man - David Deida Cover Art

The Way of the Superior Man

13

Regime Change (Unabridged) - Maggie Haberman Cover Art

Regime Change (Unabridged)

14

The Untethered Soul : The Journey Beyond Yourself - Michael A. Singer Cover Art

The Untethered Soul : The Journey Beyond Yourself

15

Meditations - Marcus Aurelius Cover Art

Meditations

16

All About Love - bell hooks Cover Art

All About Love

17

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity (Unabridged) - Peter Attia, MD Cover Art

Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity (Unabridged)

18

Leadership (Unabridged) - Doris Kearns Goodwin Cover Art

Leadership (Unabridged)

19

The Confidence Gap: A Guide to Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt (Unabridged) - Russ Harris & Steven Hayes PhD (foreword) Cover Art

The Confidence Gap: A Guide to Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt (Unabridged)

20

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Unabridged) - David Grann Cover Art

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (Unabridged)

21

Sea Change: America's New Great Game in the Arctic Circle (Unabridged) - Rana Foroohar Cover Art

Sea Change: America's New Great Game in the Arctic Circle (Unabridged)

22

Good Inside - Becky Kennedy Cover Art

Good Inside

23

The Way of the Superior Man (Unabridged) - David Deida Cover Art

The Way of the Superior Man (Unabridged)

24

Eros the Bittersweet : An Essay - Anne Carson Cover Art

Eros the Bittersweet : An Essay

25

How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents - Thom Tillis Cover Art

How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents

26

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Unabridged) - John Green Cover Art

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Unabridged)

27

Not Today, Fascists - Jennifer Welch Cover Art

Not Today, Fascists

28

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work : A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert, Revised and Updated - Nan Silver & John M. Gottman Ph.D. Cover Art

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work : A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert, Revised and Updated

29

The Law of Success (Abridged) - Napoleon Hill Cover Art

The Law of Success (Abridged)

30

The Beauty of the Husband : A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos - Anne Carson Cover Art

The Beauty of the Husband : A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos

31

Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up (Unabridged) - David Byrne Cover Art

Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up (Unabridged)

32

No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind (Unabridged) - Daniel J. Siegel, MD & Tina Payne Bryson Cover Art

No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind (Unabridged)

33

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men (Unabridged) - Lundy Bancroft Cover Art

Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men (Unabridged)

34

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness (Unabridged) - Jonathan Haidt Cover Art

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness (Unabridged)

35

If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood (Unabridged) - Gregg Olsen Cover Art

If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood (Unabridged)

36

Not the End of the World - Hannah Ritchie Cover Art

Not the End of the World

37

The Final Solution to The Jewish Question (Unabridged) - Dara Horn Cover Art

The Final Solution to The Jewish Question (Unabridged)

38

Thinking, Fast and Slow (Unabridged) - Daniel Kahneman Cover Art

Thinking, Fast and Slow (Unabridged)

39

Meditations of Marcus Aurelius - Marcus Aurelius Cover Art

Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

40

Empire of the Summer Moon (Unabridged) - S. C. Gwynne Cover Art

Empire of the Summer Moon (Unabridged)

41

Meditations: A New Translation (Unabridged) - Marcus Aurelius & Gregory Hays Cover Art

Meditations: A New Translation (Unabridged)

42

SOG (Unabridged) - John L. Plaster Cover Art

SOG (Unabridged)

43

No Ordinary Time (Unabridged) - Doris Kearns Goodwin Cover Art

No Ordinary Time (Unabridged)

44

The Gifts of Imperfection: 10th Anniversary Edition: Features a new foreword (Unabridged) - Brené Brown Cover Art

The Gifts of Imperfection: 10th Anniversary Edition: Features a new foreword (Unabridged)

45

The Storyteller: Expanded - Dave Grohl Cover Art

The Storyteller: Expanded

46

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen (Unabridged) - David Brooks Cover Art

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen (Unabridged)

47

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Unabridged) - Jared Diamond Cover Art

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Unabridged)

48

Let's F*cking Date: Become the Prize, Enjoy the Ride, and Never Settle Again (Unabridged) - Serena Kerrigan Cover Art

Let's F*cking Date: Become the Prize, Enjoy the Ride, and Never Settle Again (Unabridged)

49

The 33 Strategies of War - Robert Greene Cover Art

The 33 Strategies of War

50

How to Eat an Elephant - Sarah Longwell Cover Art

How to Eat an Elephant

51

Come Closer (Unabridged) - Galit Atlas Cover Art

Come Closer (Unabridged)

52

Path Between the Seas (Unabridged) - David McCullough Cover Art

Path Between the Seas (Unabridged)

53

Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe (Unabridged) - Laura Lynne Jackson Cover Art

Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe (Unabridged)

54

Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames (Unabridged) - Thích Nhất Hạnh Cover Art

Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames (Unabridged)

55

New You, New Life: Reprogram Your Mind and Body to Create the Future You Want (Unabridged) - Dr. Joe Dispenza Cover Art

New You, New Life: Reprogram Your Mind and Body to Create the Future You Want (Unabridged)

56

Psicología Oscura: El arte de la seducción, manipulación y persuasión en español: Las 1000 técnicas más efectivas y peligrosas - Aprenderás a como conversar con cualquier persona -2 libros en 1 - Dr. Sender Blangh Cover Art

Psicología Oscura: El arte de la seducción, manipulación y persuasión en español: Las 1000 técnicas más efectivas y peligrosas - Aprenderás a como conversar con cualquier persona -2 libros en 1

57

Unleash Your Inner Femme Fatale: Activate Your Dark Feminine Energy and Transform into a Magnetic, Unstoppable Woman - Anna Milton Cover Art

Unleash Your Inner Femme Fatale: Activate Your Dark Feminine Energy and Transform into a Magnetic, Unstoppable Woman

58

The Nerd Reich (Unabridged) - Gil Duran Cover Art

The Nerd Reich (Unabridged)

59

Many Lives, Many Masters (Unabridged) - Brian L. Weiss Cover Art

Many Lives, Many Masters (Unabridged)

60

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Unabridged) - Carol S. Dweck Cover Art

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Unabridged)

61

Indianapolis (Unabridged) - Lynn Vincent & Sara Vladic Cover Art

Indianapolis (Unabridged)

62

Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love (Unabridged) - Jessica Baum, LMHC Cover Art

Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure in Life and Love (Unabridged)

63

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Unabridged) - Patrick Radden Keefe Cover Art

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (Unabridged)

64

Only Love is Real - Brian Weiss MD Cover Art

Only Love is Real

65

The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces (Unabridged) - Seth Harp Cover Art

The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces (Unabridged)

66

Encyclopedia of Counseling - Howard Rosenthal Cover Art

Encyclopedia of Counseling

67

Breakneck : China's Quest to Engineer the Future - Dan Wang Cover Art

Breakneck : China's Quest to Engineer the Future

68

Weightless: A Doctor's Guide to GLP-1 Medications, Sustainable Weight Loss, and the Health You Deserve (Unabridged) - Rocio Salas-Whalen, MD Cover Art

Weightless: A Doctor's Guide to GLP-1 Medications, Sustainable Weight Loss, and the Health You Deserve (Unabridged)

69

Careless People - Sarah Wynn-Williams Cover Art

Careless People

70

I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Third Edition: Understanding the Borderline Personality (Unabridged) - Jerold J. Kreisman & Hal Straus Cover Art

I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Third Edition: Understanding the Borderline Personality (Unabridged)

71

End Times Fascism - Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor Cover Art

End Times Fascism

72

Band of Brothers (Unabridged) - Stephen E. Ambrose Cover Art

Band of Brothers (Unabridged)

73

How to Test Negative for Stupid - John Kennedy Cover Art

How to Test Negative for Stupid

74

2026/2027 US Citizenship Test Study Guide: Required Knowledge to Pass First Time + 100 Official Practice Questions (Unabridged) - Mark Ainsworth Cover Art

2026/2027 US Citizenship Test Study Guide: Required Knowledge to Pass First Time + 100 Official Practice Questions (Unabridged)

75

Summer Island: A Novel (Unabridged) - Kristin Hannah Cover Art

Summer Island: A Novel (Unabridged)

76

The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain (Unabridged) - Alan Gordon & Alon Ziv Cover Art

The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain (Unabridged)

77

Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender (Unabridged) - David R. Hawkins, MD/PHD Cover Art

Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender (Unabridged)

78

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times (Unabridged) - Katherine May Cover Art

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times (Unabridged)

79

Living Fearless : Exchanging the Lies of the World for the Liberating Truth of God - Jamie Winship Cover Art

Living Fearless : Exchanging the Lies of the World for the Liberating Truth of God

80

You Could Be Having Better Sex (Unabridged) - Nicole McNichols Cover Art

You Could Be Having Better Sex (Unabridged)

81

Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away: Real Help for Desperate Hearts in Difficult Marriages - Gary Chapman Cover Art

Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away: Real Help for Desperate Hearts in Difficult Marriages

82

Love and Respect - Dr. Emerson Eggerichs Cover Art

Love and Respect

83

The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men (Unabridged) - Jon Ronson Cover Art

The Castle: Adventures in a World of Unraveling Men (Unabridged)

84

The Operator (Unabridged) - Robert O'Neill Cover Art

The Operator (Unabridged)

85

Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection (Unabridged) - Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD & John Gottman Ph.D. Cover Art

Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection (Unabridged)

86

The Opposite of Happiness - George Loewenstein Cover Art

The Opposite of Happiness

87

Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (Unabridged) - Anna Lembke, MD Cover Art

Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (Unabridged)

88

The Color of Law : A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America - Richard Rothstein Cover Art

The Color of Law : A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

89

Mindhunter (Unabridged) - John E. Douglas & Mark Olshaker Cover Art

Mindhunter (Unabridged)

90

Between Sisters: A Novel (Unabridged) - Kristin Hannah Cover Art

Between Sisters: A Novel (Unabridged)

91

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind (Unabridged) - Daniel J. Siegel, MD & Tina Payne Bryson Cover Art

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind (Unabridged)

92

So Ordered - Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Cover Art

So Ordered

93

The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State - Jill Lepore Cover Art

The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

94

Suicidal Empathy - Gad Saad Cover Art

Suicidal Empathy

95

Narcocracia - Anabel Hernández Cover Art

Narcocracia

96

Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition): A Story of Justice and Redemption (Unabridged) - Bryan Stevenson Cover Art

Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition): A Story of Justice and Redemption (Unabridged)

97

Women Who Run With the Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estés Ph.D. PhD Cover Art

Women Who Run With the Wolves

98

The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman (Abridged) - Timothy Ferriss Cover Art

The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman (Abridged)

99

On Tyranny: Expanded Audio Edition: Updated with Twenty New Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine (Unabridged) - Timothy Snyder Cover Art

On Tyranny: Expanded Audio Edition: Updated with Twenty New Lessons from Russia's War on Ukraine (Unabridged)

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