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History — 2026-08-0150 booksAvg 4.57★672,353 total reviewsUpdated daily ~9am ET
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Salt: A World HistoryMark Kurlansky3 days on chart
4.3
4,421
2–
48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene3 days on chart
4.7
89,769
3–
Man's Search for MeaningViktor E. Frankl3 days on chart
4.7
99,810
43
NightElie Wiesel3 days on chart
4.7
23,612
53
1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a NationAndrew Ross Sorkin3 days on chart · peak #4
4.6
10,961
62
Nuclear War: A ScenarioAnnie Jacobsen3 days on chart · peak #4
4.6
12,439
71
Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the WorldEric Metaxas3 days on chart · peak #6
4.9
538
83
The Frontiersmen: A NarrativeAllan W. Eckert3 days on chart · peak #4
4.8
2,511
92
1776David McCullough3 days on chart
4.6
10,203
101
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and WinJocko Willink3 days on chart · peak #8
4.7
39,328
111
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible VoyageAlfred Lansing3 days on chart
4.8
27,089
121
Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindYuval Noah Harari3 days on chart · peak #11
4.6
133,372
131
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and MurderDavid Grann3 days on chart
4.4
41,961
14New
Berlin: Portrait of a City Through the CenturiesRory MacLeanpeak #13
4.1
96
155
A People's History of the United States: A National Bestselling Book on U.S. History and the Fight for Racial EqualityHoward Zinn2 days on chart
4.7
17,434
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Communion: Finding My Way Back to FaithJ. D. Vance3 days on chart
4.7
873
172
Blizzard of Lies: Karen Read, John O'Keefe, and the Shocking Unsolved Murder in Cop Town, USADave Wedge3 days on chart · peak #7
4.2
14
181
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed AmericaErik Larson3 days on chart · peak #17
4.3
31,306
192
Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to AmericaAnnie Jacobsen3 days on chart
4.6
26
2010
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (Pulitzer Prize Winner)Joseph J. Ellis3 days on chart · peak #6
4.5
2,799
211
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern IrelandPatrick Radden Keefe3 days on chart
4.6
20,145
223
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America―The New York Times Bestselling Retelling of US History Through the Experiences of Black AmericansMichael Harriot2 days on chart
4.8
5,499
234
MythosStephen Fry3 days on chart · peak #18
4.6
15,108
24New
Provincetown Seafood CookbookHoward Mitchampeak #20
4.8
232
251
Art of Seduction: An Indispensible Primer on the Ultimate Form of PowerRobert Greene3 days on chart · peak #21
4.7
11,907
269
Benjamin Franklin: An American LifeWalter Isaacson3 days on chart
4.6
5,967
27New
A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and ShipwreckSophie Elmhirst2 days on chart · peak #26
4.3
10,695
2821
This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & ClarkCraig Fehrman3 days on chart
4.5
322
2910
Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the WestRaymond Ibrahim3 days on chart
4.8
1,769
301
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got WrongJames W. Loewen3 days on chart · peak #24
4.6
4,933
311
Into the WildJon Krakauer3 days on chart
4.4
25,789
329
Russia: Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1921Antony Beevor2 days on chart · peak #22
4.5
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33New
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great MigrationIsabel Wilkerson3 days on chart
4.8
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344
The Renoir Girls: A Hidden History of Art, War & BetrayalCatherine Ostler3 days on chart
4
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356
Confessions (Penguin Classics)Saint Augustine3 days on chart · peak #29
4.7
1,478
366
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund FitzgeraldJohn U. Bacon3 days on chart
4.7
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371
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't KnowMalcolm Gladwell3 days on chart · peak #30
4.4
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38New
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Pantheon Graphic Library)Marjane Satrapi
4.6
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39New
Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing FraudsJohn Fugelsang
4.8
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4010
1491 (Second Edition): New Revelations of the Americas Before ColumbusCharles C. Mann3 days on chart · peak #25
4.6
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4115
The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made EnglandDan Jones3 days on chart · peak #22
4.6
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421
The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi GermanyGwen Strauss2 days on chart · peak #40
4.4
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43New
This Land: America, Lost and FoundDan Barry
4.3
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4426
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick WintersDick Winters3 days on chart · peak #12
4.8
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45New
D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War IIStephen E. Ambrose
4.7
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46New
Data Empire: The Power of Information to Organize, Control, and DominateRoopika Risampeak #42
4
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47New
KJV Holy Bible: Gift and Award, Black Leather-Look, Red Letter, Comfort Print: King James VersionThomas Nelson
4.6
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48New
This Land is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. HistoryBeverly Gage
4.3
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494
The Hiding PlaceCorrie Ten Boom3 days on chart · peak #43
4.9
19,947
5023
This Is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save DemocracyBen Wikler3 days on chart · peak #17
4.8
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