The best 50 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 50 popular titles are among the currently most beloved audiobooks in the 'History' category:

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Swan Song: Diana, my sister Audiobook

Swan Song: Diana, my sister

by Charles Spencer

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Swan Song: Diana, my sister
48 Laws of Power Audiobook

48 Laws of Power

by Robert Greene

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The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement Audiobook

The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement

by Victor Davis Hanson

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The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement
Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy Audiobook

Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy

by Viktor E. Frankl

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Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy
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)
American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump Audiobook

American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump

by Kai Bird

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American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump
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
Biological War: A Scenario Audiobook

Biological War: A Scenario

by Annie Jacobsen

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Biological War: A Scenario
Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made Audiobook

Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made

by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

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Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
Confronting America: What Has to Change Audiobook

Confronting America: What Has to Change

by Bill O'Reilly

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Confronting America: What Has to Change
Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era Audiobook

Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era

by Jacob Weisberg

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Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era
All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions Led to the Rise of Trump Audiobook

All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions Led to the Rise of Trump

by Anthony Scaramucci

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All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions Led to the Rise of Trump
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
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
Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy Audiobook

Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy

by Ben Macintyre

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Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny Audiobook

The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny

by William Strauss

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The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
The Steal: Four Right-Wing Hard-Liners, One Republican Presidency, and the Raid on America's Courts Audiobook

The Steal: Four Right-Wing Hard-Liners, One Republican Presidency, and the Raid on America's Courts

by Alex Wagner

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The Steal: Four Right-Wing Hard-Liners, One Republican Presidency, and the Raid on America's Courts
The Only Plane in the Sky (Revised and Expanded Edition for the 25th Anniversary): An Oral History of September 11, 2001 Audiobook

The Only Plane in the Sky (Revised and Expanded Edition for the 25th Anniversary): An Oral History of September 11, 2001

by Garrett M. Graff

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The Only Plane in the Sky (Revised and Expanded Edition for the 25th Anniversary): An Oral History of September 11, 2001
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
The Art of Seduction Audiobook

The Art of Seduction

by Robert Greene

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The Art of Seduction
Grant Audiobook

Grant

by Ron Chernow

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Grant
The Wager Audiobook

The Wager

by David Grann

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The Wager
The Everywhere Millionaire: Who Is Really Rich in America and How They Got There Audiobook

The Everywhere Millionaire: Who Is Really Rich in America and How They Got There

by Owen Zidar

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The Everywhere Millionaire: Who Is Really Rich in America and How They Got There
Mythos Audiobook

Mythos

by Stephen Fry

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Mythos
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
The Final Solution to The Jewish Question: A Love Story for the Living Audiobook

The Final Solution to The Jewish Question: A Love Story for the Living

by Dara Horn

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The Final Solution to The Jewish Question: A Love Story for the Living
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
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 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
As A Man Thinketh Audiobook

As A Man Thinketh

by James Allen

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As A Man Thinketh
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
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Audiobook

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery Audiobook

The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery

by Siddharth Kara

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The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
The Two Swords of Christ: Five Centuries of War between Islam and the Warrior Monks of Christendom Audiobook

The Two Swords of Christ: Five Centuries of War between Islam and the Warrior Monks of Christendom

by Raymond Ibrahim

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The Two Swords of Christ: Five Centuries of War between Islam and the Warrior Monks of Christendom
Spare Audiobook

Spare

by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex

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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey Audiobook

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

by Candice Millard

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The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
Nuclear War: A Scenario Audiobook

Nuclear War: A Scenario

by Annie Jacobsen

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Nuclear War: A Scenario
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
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
Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War Audiobook

Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War

by Ben Macintyre

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Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
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
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest Audiobook

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

by Stephen E. Ambrose

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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
A Promised Land Audiobook

A Promised Land

by Barack Obama

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A Promised Land
Salt: A World History Audiobook

Salt: A World History

by Mark Kurlansky

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Salt: A World History
The Woman in White (Unabridged) Audiobook

The Woman in White (Unabridged)

by Wilkie Collins

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The Woman in White (Unabridged)
Meditations (Unabridged) Audiobook

Meditations (Unabridged)

by Marcus Aurelius

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Meditations (Unabridged)
The 33 Strategies of War Audiobook

The 33 Strategies of War

by Robert Greene

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The 33 Strategies of War
The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli Audiobook

The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli

by Niccolò Machiavelli

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The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli
Eliot: Middlemarch Audiobook

Eliot: Middlemarch

by Hannah Gordon

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Eliot: Middlemarch
The Mythos Suite Audiobook

The Mythos Suite

by Stephen Fry

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The Mythos Suite
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