iTunes Store: Top Paid Books in History
The Demon of Unrest
Erik Larson
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln ...
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
Douglas Brunt
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” ( The New York Times ) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s ...
The Imperial Cruise
James Bradley
A New York Times –bestselling author reveals the true story of America's secret mission that changed the fate of Asia and the history of the world. Fo...
Rome and Persia
Adrian Goldsworthy
The extraordinary history of the epic rivalry between the ancient world’s two great superpowers. "Magnificent." — The Spectator The Roman Empire was l...
Master Slave Husband Wife
Ilyon Woo
Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Biography “A rich narrative of the Crafts, an enslaved couple who escaped from Georgia in 1848, with light-skinne...
The Arms of Krupp
William Manchester
"A colorful, extremely readable account. . . . To be the biographer of Krupp is to write the history of modern Germany." — New York Times Book Review ...
Dreams of El Dorado
H. W. Brands
From a New York Times bestselling author, a masterful history of the American West—from the California Gold Rush to the settling of Oklahoma and beyon...
The Incorruptibles
Dan Slater
This harrowing tale of early twentieth century New York reveals the true stories of an immigrant underworld, a secret vice squad, and the rise of orga...
How to Hide an Empire
Daniel Immerwahr
Named one of the ten best books of the year by the Chicago Tribune A Publishers Weekly best book of 2019 | A 2019 NPR Staff Pick A pathbreaking histor...
Driving the Green Book
Alvin Hall
Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America’s haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide. For countle...
The Nazi Hunters
Andrew Nagorski
More than seven decades after the end of the Second World War, the era of the Nazi Hunters is drawing to a close. Their saga is finally told in this “...
Constitutional Myths
Ray Raphael
Americans on both sides of the aisle love to reference the Constitution as the ultimate source of truth. But which truth? What did the framers really ...
Nuclear War
Annie Jacobsen
The INSTANT New York Times bestseller Instant Los Angeles Times bestseller Finalist, Dayton Literary Peace Prize One of NPR's Books We Love One of New...
The Nazi and the Psychiatrist
Jack El-Hai
In 1945, after his capture at the end of the Second World War, Hermann Göring arrived at an American-run detention center in war-torn Luxembourg, acco...
The Gales of November
John U. Bacon
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Smithsonian • 10 Best History Books of 2025 Bookpage • Best Books of 2025 "A work of spectral beauty destined to be a classi...
First Casualty
Toby Harnden
An award-winning journalist reveals the dramatic true story of the CIA's Team Alpha, the first Americans to be dropped behind enemy lines in Afghanist...
Race Against Time
Jerry Mitchell
An investigative reporter tells the harrowing story of three unsolved civil rights era murders and how he reopened these cold cases, ultimately bringi...
We the Women
Norah O'Donnell & Kate Andersen Brower
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for free...
Warriors
Robert Tonsetic
On the ground, in the air, and behind the lines, grunts made life-and-death decisions every day—and endured the worst stress of their young lives. It ...
American Struggle
Jon Meacham
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates...