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The Splendid and the Vile

By Erik Larson
Narrated by John Lee
Length: 17h 43m

★★★★½ 4.7 (43,422 ratings)

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Alexander Hamilton

By Ron Chernow
Narrated by Scott Brick
Length: 35h 58m

★★★★½ 4.7 (32,301 ratings)

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Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt: An Enthralling Overview of Egyptian Rulers

By Billy Wellman
Narrated by Jason Zenobia
Length: 4h 6m

★★★★½ 4.4 (44 ratings)

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The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

By Rick Atkinson
Narrated by George Newbern
Length: 26h 8m

★★★★½ 4.7 (3,884 ratings)

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Grant

By Ron Chernow
Narrated by Mark Bramhall
Length: 48h 2m

★★★★★ 4.8 (14,281 ratings)

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The Second World War

By Antony Beevor
Narrated by Sean Barrett
Length: 39h 17m

★★★★½ 4.6 (3,978 ratings)

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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

By Mary Beard
Narrated by Phyllida Nash
Length: 18h 30m

★★★★½ 4.4 (11,220 ratings)

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Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution

By Simon Schama
Narrated by Frederick Davidson
Length: 36h 48m

★★★★½ 4.4 (690 ratings)

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The Industrial Revolution: A Captivating Guide to a Period of Major Industrialization and the Introduction of the Spinning Jenny, the Cotton Gin, Electricity, and Other Inventions

By Captivating History
Narrated by Jason Zenobia
Length: 3h 58m

★★★★ 4.2 (155 ratings)

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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation

By Laurence Bergreen
Narrated by Laurence Bergreen
Length: 6h 13m

★★★★½ 4.6 (4,250 ratings)

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🏛️ Political History

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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

By Doris Kearns Goodwin
Narrated by Suzanne Toren
Length: 41h 30m

★★★★★ 4.8 (9,475 ratings)

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New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West

By David E. Sanger, Mary K. Brooks
Narrated by David E. Sanger, Robertson Dean
Length: 18h 6m

★★★★½ 4.6 (527 ratings)

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Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

By Nelson Mandela
Narrated by Danny Glover
Length: 6h

★★★★★ 4.8 (10,611 ratings)

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Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956

By Anne Applebaum
Narrated by Cassandra Campbell
Length: 26h 39m

★★★★½ 4.6 (1,467 ratings)

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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

By William L. Shirer
Narrated by Grover Gardner
Length: 57h 11m

★★★★½ 4.7 (10,378 ratings)

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🎨 Cultural History

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The History of Jazz

By Ted Gioia
Narrated by Bob Souer
Length: 21h 59m

★★★★½ 4.7 (278 ratings)

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Music: A Subversive History

By Ted Gioia
Narrated by Jamie Renell
Length: 17h 55m

★★★★½ 4.6 (308 ratings)

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Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History

By Richard Thompson Ford
Narrated by Bill Andrew Quinn
Length: 13h 48m

★★★★★ 4.5 (326 ratings)

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A People's History of the United States

By Howard Zinn
Narrated by Jeff Zinn
Length: 34h 8m

★★★★½ 4.7 (15,329 ratings)

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Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

By Benjamin M. Friedman
Narrated by Paul Bellantoni
Length: 18h 15m

★★★★½ 4.4 (193 ratings)

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📖 Personal Stories & Memoirs

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Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific: A Young Marine's Stirring Account of Combat in World War II

By Robert Leckie
Narrated by James Badge Dale, Tom Hanks (introduction)
Length: 10h 24m

★★★★★ 4.5 (12,983 ratings)

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A Promised Land

By Barack Obama
Narrated by Barack Obama
Length: 29h 10m

★★★★★ 4.9 (127,640 ratings)

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Einstein: His Life and Universe

By Walter Isaacson
Narrated by Edward Herrmann
Length: 21h 30m

★★★★½ 4.6 (5,817 ratings)

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The Diary of a Young Girl

By Anne Frank
Narrated by Selma Blair
Length: 10h 8m

★★★★½ 4.7 (49,665 ratings)

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Educated: A Memoir

By Tara Westover
Narrated by Julia Whelan
Length: 12h 10m

★★★★½ 4.6 (218,361 ratings)

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🔍 Specific Historical Topics

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The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction

By William Bynum
Narrated by Jonathan Cowley
Length: 5h 8m

★★★★½ 4.5 (290 ratings)

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How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World

By Steven Johnson
Narrated by George Newbern
Length: 6h 11m

★★★★½ 4.4 (2,675 ratings)

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The Baseball 100

By Joe Posnanski
Narrated by Cary Hite
Length: 30h 46m

★★★★★ 4.8 (2,254 ratings)

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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

By Niall Ferguson
Narrated by Simon Prebble
Length: 12h 5m

★★★★½ 4.4 (2,470 ratings)

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The Lost City of the Monkey God

By Douglas Preston
Narrated by Bill Mumy
Length: 10h 29m

★★★★½ 4.3 (17,350 ratings)

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