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The Most-Rated World Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 2,636 unabridged World audiobooks in our catalog carry store ratings. These are the 25 with the most ratings.

The World shelf sits under History on the store.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindYuval Noah Harari15.3 hrs
2Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't KnowMalcolm Gladwell9 hrs
3Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestsellerYuval Noah Harari15.3 hrs
4Caste (Oprah's Book Club): The Origins of Our DiscontentsIsabel Wilkerson15.2 hrs
5Homo Deus: A Brief History of TomorrowYuval Noah Harari14.9 hrs
6A People's History of the United StatesHoward Zinn34.2 hrs
7Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human SocietiesJared Diamond16.4 hrs
8Night: New translation by Marion WieselElie Wiesel3.5 hrs
9The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi GermanyWilliam L. Shirer57.2 hrs
10Homo Deus: The million-copy bestseller from the author of NexusYuval Noah Harari14.9 hrs
11Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in HistoryMartin Dugard7.4 hrs
1221 Lessons for the 21st Century: 'Truly mind-expanding... Ultra-topical' GuardianYuval Noah Harari11.7 hrs
13The Way I Heard ItMike Rowe7.9 hrs
14The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and MurderDavid Grann8.5 hrs
15A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0Bill Bryson18.2 hrs
16The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining WomenKate Moore15.9 hrs
17A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War IISonia Purnell13.9 hrs
18Midnight in Chernobyl: The Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear DisasterAdam Higginbotham14 hrs
19Oath and HonorLiz Cheney12.2 hrs
20Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive EditionAnne Frank9.9 hrs
2121 Lessons for the 21st CenturyYuval Noah Harari11.9 hrs
22Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the WorldTim Marshall8.9 hrs
23The Library BookSusan Orlean12.2 hrs
24Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the LusitaniaErik Larson13.1 hrs
25The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better AngelsJon Meacham10.9 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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