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iTunes Store: Top Paid Books in History

The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel

Douglas Brunt

From the author of the New York Times bestselling The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel comes the enthralling hidden history of one of the world’s most...

History $16.99 2026-05-19

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...

United States $16.99 2026-04-21

Talking Classics

Mary Beard

The incomparable Mary Beard is back, and she’s talking all things classics. Why the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty, approachab...

History $13.99 2026-05-21

Agent Zigzag

Ben Macintyre

“Ben Macintyre’s rollicking, spellbinding Agent Zigzag blends the spy-versus-spy machinations of John le Carré with the high farce of Evelyn Waugh.”—W...

History $1.99 2007-09-04

Fall and Rise

Mitchell Zuckoff

“Better and more comprehensive than any prior account. . . . Those of us who lived through those days will find the book cathartic; those rising gener...

History $1.99 2019-04-30

The Black Cabinet

Jill Watts

An in-depth history exploring the evolution, impact, and ultimate demise of what was known in the 1930s and '40s as FDR's Black Cabinet. In 1932 in th...

United States $1.99 2020-05-12

Ten Caesars

Barry Strauss

Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers “an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire…much of Ten Caesars reads like a scrip...

Ancient $2.99 2019-03-05

Founding Myths

Ray Raphael

First published ten years ago, award-winning historian Ray Raphael's Founding Myths has since established itself as a landmark of historical myth-bust...

United States $1.99 2014-07-04

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 $7.99 2024-04-30

The Delectable Negro

Vincent Woodard, Dwight McBride, Justin A. Joyce & E. Patrick Johnson

A groundbreaking study of the connections between homoeroticism, cannibalism, and cultures of consumption in American literature and US slave culture....

Americas $2.99 2014-06-27

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...

Europe $1.99 2009-09-26

Sensational

Kim Todd

"A gripping, flawlessly researched, and overdue portrait of America's trailblazing female journalists." — New York Times –bestselling author Abbott Ka...

History $1.99 2021-04-13

Israel on Trial

Roy K. Altman

New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller When the slogans are louder than the facts, evidence becomes a moral imperative. In Israel on Trial: Ex...

Middle East $0.99 2026-04-28

The Impossible Factory

Josh Dean

The extraordinary true story of Lockheed Martin’s “Skunk Works”—the radical innovation hub that designed the greatest airplanes of the twentieth centu...

United States $15.99 2026-05-19

Department of Fate

Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow leads a revelatory, rollicking trip through the history of the Justice Department, finding heroism and treachery in equal measure—and, i...

United States $13.99 2026-11-10

How to Live Japanese

Yutaka Yazawa

A fascinating exploration of all things Japan, including the country's history, culture, customs, and cuisine. Whether it's perfecting the art of fore...

Asia $19.99 2018-10-11

All American Patriotism

Rachel Campos-Duffy

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Campos-Duffy and the Fox News family comes a celebration of the people, the history, and the spirit t...

United States $16.99 2026-05-19

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

Vengeance

Tom Clavin

A dramatic new look at Custer's Last Stand in time for the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, by the #1 New York Time s bestsellin...

United States $16.99 2026-05-12

Last Train to Paradise

Les Standiford

The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest enginee...

United States $1.99 2002-09-24

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