The best 43 History Audiobooks on Spotify, Napster and Deezer

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Welcome to the current History audiobook bestseller list 2026! Here we present the outstanding audiobooks that you can stream, download, and listen to for free this week. Our list is based on a thorough analysis of the English audiobook market. We determine from tens of thousands of titles those with the best ratings as well as the most fans and listeners. In our ranking, both audiobook series and individual titles are sorted by popularity. The following 43 popular titles are among the currently most beloved audiobooks in the 'History' category:

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48 Laws of Power Audiobook

48 Laws of Power

by Robert Greene

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48 Laws of Power
1776 Audiobook

1776

by David McCullough

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Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind Audiobook

Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind

by Gad Saad

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The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win (Expanded Edition) Audiobook

The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win (Expanded Edition)

by Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

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The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win (Expanded Edition)
1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation Audiobook

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation

by Andrew Ross Sorkin

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1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
The Art of War - By Sun Tzu Audiobook

The Art of War - By Sun Tzu

by Sun Tzu

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The Art of War - By Sun Tzu
Meditations Audiobook

Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

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Meditations
Insights on Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns Audiobook

Insights on Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns

by Swift Reads

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Insights on Isabel Wilkerson's The Warmth of Other Suns
The Wager Audiobook

The Wager

by David Grann

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The Wager
America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries Audiobook

America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries

by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

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America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries
The Art of Seduction Audiobook

The Art of Seduction

by Robert Greene

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The Art of Seduction
Summary of Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City Audiobook

Summary of Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City

by Milkyway Media

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Summary of Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City
Mythos Audiobook

Mythos

by Stephen Fry

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Mythos
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Audiobook

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

by Malcolm Gladwell

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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Summary of Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing Audiobook

Summary of Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing

by Milkyway Media

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Summary of Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing
Odyssey: The Greek Myths Reimagined Audiobook

Odyssey: The Greek Myths Reimagined

by Stephen Fry

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Odyssey: The Greek Myths Reimagined
A Promised Land Audiobook

A Promised Land

by Barack Obama

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A Promised Land
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald Audiobook

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

by John U. Bacon

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The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America - The New York Times Bestselling Retelling of US History Through the Experiences of Black Americans Audiobook

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America - The New York Times Bestselling Retelling of US History Through the Experiences of Black Americans

by Michael Harriot

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Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America - The New York Times Bestselling Retelling of US History Through the Experiences of Black Americans
A People's History of the United States Audiobook

A People's History of the United States

by Howard Zinn

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A People's History of the United States
A Short History of Nearly Everything Audiobook

A Short History of Nearly Everything

by Bill Bryson

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A Short History of Nearly Everything
Summary of Alfred Lansing's Endurance Audiobook

Summary of Alfred Lansing's Endurance

by Milkyway Media

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Summary of Alfred Lansing's Endurance
Autobiography of a Yogi (Unabridged) Audiobook

Autobiography of a Yogi (Unabridged)

by Paramahansa Yogananda

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Autobiography of a Yogi (Unabridged)
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History Audiobook

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

by S. C. Gwynne

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Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark Audiobook

This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark

by Craig Fehrman

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This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark
Washington: A Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner) Audiobook

Washington: A Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

by Ron Chernow

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Washington: A Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Spare Audiobook

Spare

by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex

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Spare
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Audiobook

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

by John Berendt

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written Audiobook

The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

by Walter Isaacson

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The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
The Case for America: An Argument on Behalf of Our Nation Audiobook

The Case for America: An Argument on Behalf of Our Nation

by Bret Baier

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The Case for America: An Argument on Behalf of Our Nation
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck Audiobook

A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck

by Sophie Elmhirst

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A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Summary of Tom O’Neill’s CHAOS Audiobook

Summary of Tom O’Neill’s CHAOS

by Falcon Press

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Summary of Tom O’Neill’s CHAOS
All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches Audiobook

All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches

by Ben Rhodes

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All We Say: The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Audiobook

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Summary of Stephen E. Ambrose's Undaunted Courage Audiobook

Summary of Stephen E. Ambrose's Undaunted Courage

by Milkyway Media

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Summary of Stephen E. Ambrose's Undaunted Courage
The Other Man: John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette, and Me Audiobook

The Other Man: John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette, and Me

by Michael Bergin

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The Other Man: John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette, and Me
Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor Audiobook

Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor

by Christine Kuehn

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Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor
The 33 Strategies of War Audiobook

The 33 Strategies of War

by Robert Greene

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The 33 Strategies of War
When God Was a Woman Audiobook

When God Was a Woman

by Merlin Stone

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When God Was a Woman
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed Audiobook

Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

by Maureen Callahan

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Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli Audiobook

The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli

by Niccolò Machiavelli

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The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli
100 citaten van Anne Frank (Collectie 100 Citaten van) Audiobook

100 citaten van Anne Frank (Collectie 100 Citaten van)

by Anne Frank

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100 citaten van Anne Frank (Collectie 100 Citaten van)
The Mythos Suite Audiobook

The Mythos Suite

by Stephen Fry

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The Mythos Suite
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