History

New York Burning

Jill Lepore; read by Beth McDonald

The untold story of the little-known Manhattan slave rebellion of 1741 and the white hysteria that resulted. Learn More

The Next Better Place explores the thin line between wanderlust and compulsion, between running away and arriving, and leaves us with the understanding that the journey is often more powerful than the destination. Learn More

The Nine Lives of Pakistan

by Declan Walsh; read by Roger Clark

The former New York Times Pakistan bureau chief paints an arresting, up-close portrait of a fractured country. Learn More

No Democracy Lasts Forever

by Erwin Chemerinsky; read by Daniel Thomas May

No Democracy Lasts Forever argues that the Constitution has become a threat to American democracy and must be dramatically changed or replaced if secession is to be avoided. Learn More

No One Man Should Have All That Power

By Amos Barshad; read by Johnny Heller

An exploration of infamous, controversial figures and how they exert control. Learn More

No Shadow of a Doubt

by Daniel Kennefick; read by LJ Ganser

On their 100th anniversary, the story of the extraordinary scientific expeditions that ushered in the era of relativity. Learn More

No Turning Back

by Rania Abouzeid; read by Susan Nezami

Rania Abouzeid brings listeners deep inside Assad's prisons, to covert meetings where foreign states and organizations manipulated the rebels, and to the highest levels of Islamic militancy and the formation of ISIS. Learn More

Nobody's Child

by Susan Nordin Vinocour; read by Laural Merlington

A powerful and humane exploration of the history of the "insanity defense," through the story of one poignant case. Learn More

Nobody's Girl Friday

by J. E. Smyth; read by Karen White

Looking back on her career in 1977, Bette Davis remembered with pride, "Women owned Hollywood for twenty years." She had a point. Between 1930 and 1950, over forty percent of film industry employees were women, twenty five percent of all screenwriters were female, one woman ran MGM behind the scenes, over a dozen women worked as producers, a woman headed the Screen Writers Guild three times, and press claimed Hollywood was a generation or two ahead of the rest of the country in terms of gender equality and employment. Learn More

Nomads

by Anthony Sattin; read by Anthony Sattin

The remarkable story of how nomads have fostered and refreshed civilization throughout our history. Learn More

Norco '80

by Peter Houlahan; read by Joe Barrett

One of NPR's Best Books of the Year
Hammett Prize Finalist

In the spirit of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Onion Field, Norco '80 is a gripping true crime account of one of the most violent bank heists in U.S. history. Learn More

North Korea

by Patrick McEachern; read by Paul Heitsch

In this book, former North Korea lead foreign service officer at the U.S. embassy in Seoul, Patrick McEachern, unpacks the contentious and tangled relationship between the Koreas in an approachable question-and-answer format. Learn More

North to Boston

by Blake Gumprecht; read by Terrence Kidd

Between World War II and 1980, tens of thousands of Black people moved to Boston from the South as part of the Great Migration, one of the most consequential mass movements of people in American history. Black migration from the South transformed the city, as it did urban areas across the country. North to Boston is the first book to examine that important subject. Learn More

Northern Armageddon

D. Peter MacLeod; read by Tom Perkins

A vivid re-telling of Canada's most important battle, based on decades of research and many dramatic eyewitness accounts. Learn More

The Not-Quite States of America

by Doug Mack; read by Jonathan Yen

An entertaining and eye-opening journey to the most overlooked parts of America. Learn More

Nothing to Lose

by Pastor Darrell Scott; read by Bill Andrew Quinn

Pastor Darrell Scott recounts how and why he boarded "the Trump Train," revealing the considerable difficulties he experienced along the way. Scott also provides a surprising portrait of President Donald Trump himself—his candor; his support for policies, issues, and initiatives important to the African-American community; and his little-understood relationship with Christianity. Learn More

NPR American Chronicles: Civil Rights

NPR; hosted by Michele Norris

A Booklist Editors' Choice Selection

For the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Riders, NPR looks back at defining moments in the Civil Rights movement and ordinary people who worked for change. Learn More

NPR American Chronicles: The Civil War

NPR; hosted by Neal Conan

An Audie® Award Finalist
An AudioFile Best Audiobooks of the Year Selection

A new series from NPR launches with a collection of stories on the Civil War. Learn More

NPR American Chronicles: The Military History Collection

Hosted by Neal Conan, Rachel Martin, and Audie Cornish

The NPR® American Chronicles series explores the historical events that continue to resonate in our lives. Expert commentary and unforgettable stories create vivid sound portraits of history’s greatest people and events, examined in multi-faceted and moving detail. Hosted by Neal Conan, Rachel Martin, and Audie Cornish. Learn More

NPR American Chronicles: The Vietnam War

NPR; hosted by Audie Cornish

The first-ever collection of stories from NPR explores the Vietnam War from the perspective of both ordinary people affected by the conflict and high-ranking policy makers and military officials. Learn More

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