The best 43 History Audiobooks on Spotify, Napster and Deezer

Get the best History audio books 2026 by free download or streaming from Spotify, Napster, Deezer, or Audible.

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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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Odyssey: The Greek Myths Reimagined Audiobook free download

Odyssey: The Greek Myths Reimagined

by Stephen Fry

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Biological War: A Scenario Audiobook

Biological War: A Scenario

by Annie Jacobsen

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Biological War: A Scenario
48 Laws of Power Audiobook

48 Laws of Power

by Robert Greene

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48 Laws of Power
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)
Nuclear War: A Scenario Audiobook

Nuclear War: A Scenario

by Annie Jacobsen

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Nuclear War: A Scenario
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
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
Meditations Audiobook

Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius

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Meditations
Salt: A World History Audiobook

Salt: A World History

by Mark Kurlansky

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Salt: A World History
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
The Wager Audiobook

The Wager

by David Grann

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The Wager
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
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
The Art of Seduction Audiobook

The Art of Seduction

by Robert Greene

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The Art of Seduction
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
Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind Audiobook

Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind

by Gad Saad

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Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind
Code Name: Pale Horse: How I Went Undercover to Expose America's Nazis Audiobook

Code Name: Pale Horse: How I Went Undercover to Expose America's Nazis

by Scott Payne

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Code Name: Pale Horse: How I Went Undercover to Expose America's Nazis
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 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
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
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
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
Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West Audiobook

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

by Raymond Ibrahim

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Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West
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
Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America Audiobook

Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America

by Annie Jacobsen

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Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
1776 Audiobook

1776

by David McCullough

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1776
The Frontiersmen: A Narrative Audiobook

The Frontiersmen: A Narrative

by Allan W. Eckert

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The Frontiersmen: A Narrative
Autobiography of a Yogi (Unabridged) Audiobook

Autobiography of a Yogi (Unabridged)

by Paramahansa Yogananda

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Autobiography of a Yogi (Unabridged)
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin Audiobook

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin

by Timothy Snyder

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Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
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)
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
In Cold Blood Audiobook

In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote

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In Cold Blood
1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World Audiobook

1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World

by Liaquat Ahamed

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1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World
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
A Promised Land Audiobook

A Promised Land

by Barack Obama

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A Promised Land
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Audiobook

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

by Erik Larson

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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War Audiobook

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

by Ben Macintyre

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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli Audiobook

The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli

by Niccolò Machiavelli

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The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Audiobook

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

by David Grann

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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
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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Exhumed: Unearthing the History of the American Vampire Audiobook

Exhumed: Unearthing the History of the American Vampire

by Aaron Mahnke

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Exhumed: Unearthing the History of the American Vampire
The 33 Strategies of War Audiobook

The 33 Strategies of War

by Robert Greene

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The 33 Strategies of War
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)
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