iTunes Store: Top Paid Books in History
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
THE #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER, UPDATED FOR 2025 • A wonder-filled quest to understand everything that has happened in the history of the Earth, from the ...
The Great Fire
Lou Ureneck
The harrowing story of a Methodist Minister and a principled American naval officer who helped rescue more than 250,000 refugees during the genocide o...
Mysteries of the National Parks
Mike Bezemek
Discover the hidden mysteries of America’s national parks! America’s national parks are best known for stunning beauty and outstanding adventure—but t...
The True Story of the Great Escape
Jonathan F. Vance & Simon Pearson
The real history behind the classic war movie and the men who plotted the daring escape from a Nazi POW camp. Between dusk and dawn on the nigh...
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...
Stranger in the Shogun's City
Amy Stanley
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography A...
The Bedford Boys
Alex Kershaw
A gripping account of one Virginia small town's sacrifice on D-Day during World War II—"A powerful reminder of the human cost of war" ( Washington Pos...
Ancient Dynasties
John D. Grainger
A guide to the over 150 families that ruled the Classical world, from the 10th century BC to the 8th century AD, from western Europe to central Asia. ...
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
Toby Wilkinson
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Magisterial . . . [A] rich portrait of ancient Egypt’s complex evolution over the course of three millenniums.”— Los Ange...
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...
America, América
Greg Grandin
A New York Times bestseller • A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, 2025 Kirkus Prize, 2025 Cundill History Prize, and 2026 Andrew Ca...
The Rape of Nanking
Iris Chang
The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal—and forgotten—massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city ...
Bloodlands
Timothy Snyder
The definitive history of Hitler and Stalin's politics of mass killing, explaining why Ukraine has been at the center of Western history for the last ...
Children of Ash and Elm
Neil Price
From a distinguished archaeologist, the definitive history of the Vikings—from arts and culture to politics and cosmology. “A thrilling read.” — Wall ...
The American Revolution
DK
This revised and updated edition of The American Revolution offers an accessible and authoritative account of the war that forged a nation. From the f...
The Castaway's War
Stephen Harding
"A truly extraordinary story from World War II that has all the elements of a Hollywood thriller or adventure movie, and yet is true in every regard."...
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...
The Gunfighters
Bryan Burrough
Named a Best Book of 2025 by Bloomberg “One hell of a good read.” — The New York Times “One of the most important books written on the American West i...
The Housewives Underground
Kaitlyn Tiffany
The untold story of the women who debunked the Warren Report—a “captivating and impressively researched” ( The New Yorker ) history of obsession, hear...
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 ...