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The Most-Rated Military History Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 1,952 unabridged Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog carry store ratings. These are the 25 with the most ratings.

The Military (History) shelf sits under History on the store.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1The Art of WarSun Tzu1.4 hrs
2Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and RedemptionLaura Hillenbrand14 hrs
3American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military HistoryScott McEwen10.3 hrs
4The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi GermanyWilliam L. Shirer57.2 hrs
5The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team WarriorRobert O'Neill9.7 hrs
6The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the BlitzErik Larson17.8 hrs
7Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II JapanMartin Dugard9.4 hrs
8Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in HistoryMartin Dugard7.4 hrs
9Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10Marcus Luttrell14 hrs
10The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War IIGregory A. Freeman11 hrs
11Red Badge of CourageStephen Crane4.7 hrs
12The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World WarMalcolm Gladwell5.8 hrs
13The Art Of War - Audio BookSun Tzu2.1 hrs
1481 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen WildernessToula Vlahou8.7 hrs
15First Man In: Leading from the FrontAnt Middleton7 hrs
16No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin LadenMark Owen6.8 hrs
17Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the LusitaniaErik Larson13.1 hrs
18Life in a TankRichard Haigh2.2 hrs
19Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in AfghanistanSean Parnell10.3 hrs
20Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against TerroristsMartin Dugard9.3 hrs
2113 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In BenghaziMitchell Zuckoff8 hrs
22Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent ManSara Vladic18.7 hrs
23Baa Baa Black Sheep: The True Story of the 'Bad Boy' Hero of the Pacific Theatre and His Famous Black Sheep SquadronGregory 'pappy' Boyington13.6 hrs
24The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops SnipersNicholas Irving7.7 hrs
25Churchill's Band of Brothers: WWII's Most Daring D-Day Mission and the Hunt to Take Down Hitler's Fugitive War CriminalsDamien Lewis11.9 hrs

Ordered by the number of store ratings, most first; the counts are used only for ordering and never shown. A rating count measures popularity, never quality. Computed from unabridged English-language audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026); children's titles are not ranked. Methodology.

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