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Spoiler: a lot of wars.

Top 10 History audiobooks

The most popular history audiobooks right now: shipwrecks, spies, empires and the people who made headlines before headlines. Updated October 21, 2026.

4NYT Best Seller
Swan Song: Diana, My Sister cover
Biographies & Memoirs · History
Swan Song: Diana, My Sister
by Charles Spencer · read by the author

“A royal family story told by family. Much better than squinting at footnotes.”

6NYT Best Seller
History
Biological War: A Scenario
by Annie Jacobsen · read by the author

“Terrifying enough to make you wash your hands. Not terrifying enough to make you read. Progress.”

8NYT Best Seller
Biographies & Memoirs
One Man In
by Christian Craighead · read by the author

“He ran into danger. You won't even run to the bookstore. Fine, just listen.”

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