iTunes Store: Top Paid Books in History
History Year by Year
DK
The entire course of history is revisited in this unique and unforgettable visual guide. The most memorable moments and significant events of each yea...
This Vast Enterprise
Craig Fehrman
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A major revisionist history of the Lewis and Clark expedition: For the first time in a generation, This Vast Enterprise of...
Firestorm
Jacob Soboroff
New York Times Bestseller and #1 Los Angeles Times Bestseller A "gripping, unshakeable firsthand account" ( San Francisco Chronicle ) of the firestorm...
Rings of Fire
Larry J. Hughes
“An epic story, filled with an unfolding array of evocatively described landscapes and sharply drawn, unforgettable people.” —Dayton Duncan , writer a...
Motherland
Julia Ioffe
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD NAMED ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2025 BY THE WASHINGTON POST NAMED ONE OF THE 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2025 BY THE N...
UFO
Garrett M. Graff
“One of the rare books on the topic that manages to be both entertaining and factually grounded.” — The Wall Street Journal From the bestselling autho...
A World Lit Only by Fire
William Manchester
A "lively and engaging" history of the Middle Ages ( Dallas Morning News ) from the acclaimed historian William Manchester, author of The Last L...
The Rising Sun
John Toland
“[ The Rising Sun ] is quite possibly the most readable, yet informative account of the Pacific war.”— Chicago Sun-Times This Pulitzer Prize–winning h...
The Second World War
Antony Beevor
A masterful and comprehensive chronicle of World War II, by internationally bestselling historian Antony Beevor. Over the past two decades, Antony Bee...
The Lost History of Liberalism
Helena Rosenblatt
The changing face of the liberal creed from the ancient world to today The Lost History of Liberalism challenges our most basic assumptions about a po...
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...
The Best and the Brightest
David Halberstam
David Halberstam’s masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a new Foreword by Senator John McCain. "A rich, entert...
Presidential Misconduct
James M. Banner
Named a best book of the year by The Economist and Foreign Affairs "A whole book devoted exclusively to the misconduct of American presidents and thei...
The Pioneers
David McCullough
The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that’s “ ...
The Fate of the Corps
Larry E. Morris
"Combines adventure, mystery, and tragedy . . . a 'Who's Who' of explorers who opened the pathway for an ocean-to-ocean America." — St. Joseph News-Pr...
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 ...
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...
The Fifties
David Halberstam
This vivid New York Times bestseller about 1950s America from a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist is "an engrossing sail across a pivotal decade" ( Ti...
Shoot for the Moon
James Donovan
Learn why NASA astronaut Mike Collins calls this extraordinary space race story "the best book on Apollo": this inspiring and intimate ode to ingenuit...
Vicksburg
Donald L. Miller
Winner of the Civil War Round Table of New York’s Fletcher Pratt Literary Award , the Austin Civil War Round Table’s Daniel M. & Marilyn W. Laney ...