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Top Paid Books in History

iTunes Store: Top Paid Books in History

Blood in the Water (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Heather Ann Thompson

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The definitive history of the infamous 1971 Attica Prison uprising, the state's violent response, and the victim's d...

United States $1.99 2016-08-23

This Vast Enterprise

Craig Fehrman

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A major revisionist history of the Lewis and Clark expedition: For the first time in a generation, This Vast Enterprise offers a...

United States $16.99 2026-04-21

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...

History $14.99 2026-02-24

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Heather Dune Macadam

A PEN America Literary Award Finalist A Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee An Amazon Best of the Year Selection The untold story of some of WW2’s most hi...

History $9.99 2019-12-31

All That She Carried

Tiya Miles

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations...

History $2.99 2021-06-08

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 ...

United States $5.99 2024-04-30

Neptune's Inferno

James D. Hornfischer

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the acclaimed author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors comes a “vivid and engaging” ( The Wall Street Journal ...

Military $1.99 2011-01-25

In the Company of Soldiers

Rick Atkinson

From Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author Rick Atkinson (The Liberation Trilogy) comes an eyewitness account of the war against Iraq and a viv...

History $2.99 2007-04-01

The Wide Wide Sea

Hampton Sides

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “thrilling and superbly crafted” ( The Wall Street Journal ) account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Explorat...

History $13.99 2024-04-09

Plagues Upon the Earth

Kyle Harper

A sweeping germ’s-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemics Plagues Upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs....

History $2.99 2021-10-12

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...

United States $16.99 2025-10-07

The Secret War Against Hate

Steven J. Ross

From the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Hitler in Los Angeles, the definitive story of the intrepid activists and spies who fought against a resurg...

United States $16.99 2026-04-28

Normal Women

Philippa Gregory

“An amazing read.” —The Los Angeles Times The #1 New York Times bestselling historical novelist delivers her magnum opus—a landmark work of feminist n...

History $1.99 2024-02-27

Fordlandia

Greg Grandin

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History Finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award “Gra...

United States $1.99 2010-04-27

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

Annie Jacobsen

From Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen, the untold USA Today bestselling story of the CIA's secret paramilitary units. Surprise . . . your target...

Military $12.99 2019-05-14

Israel on Trial

Roy K. Altman

When the slogans are louder than the facts, evidence becomes a moral imperative. In Israel on Trial: Examining the History, the Evidence, and the Law ...

Middle East $9.99 2026-04-28

The Heart of Everything That Is

Bob Drury & Tom Clavin

This acclaimed New York Times bestselling biography of the legendary Sioux warrior Red Cloud, is “ a page-turner with remarkable immediacy…and the nar...

Americas $2.99 2013-11-05

The End of the Myth

Greg Grandin

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE A new and eye-opening interpretation of the meaning of the frontier, from early westward expansion to Trump’s border wall...

United States $1.99 2019-03-05

A Bright Shining Lie

Neil Sheehan

O ne of the most acclaimed books of our time—the definitive Vietnam War exposé and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. When ...

History $1.99 1989-09-19

DOOM 34

Trey Morriss & Thomas A. Bussiere

Before stealth bombers flew from Missouri to Tehran and back, battle-worn B-52s pushed crews and machines to the brink in a history-making, out-and-ba...

History $18.99 2026-03-03

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