Historical Fiction audiobooks


James
By: Percival Everett
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER ⢠A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST ā¢Ā ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ⢠SHORTLISTED FOR THE... Read more


The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
By: V. E. Schwab
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 17 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
"[Narrator Julia] Whelan's performance is unforgettable in this darkly romantic fantasy about one young woman cursed always to be forgotten...Her depiction of the darkness is smooth with a low cadence, capturing listeners' attention and their heart strings." āBooklist
In the vein of The Time Travelerās Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life... Read more


The Poppy War
By: R. F. Kuang
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
Length: 19 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
An AudioFile Magazine Best Audiobook of 2018!A Library Journal,Ā Paste Magazine, and ENTROPYĀ Best Books of 2018 pick!Washington Post ""5 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel of 2018"" pick!A Bustle ""30 Best Fiction Books of 2018"" pick!āI have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year [...] I have absolutely no doubt... Read more
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Babel
By: R. F. Kuang
Narrated by: Chris Lew Kum Hoi & Billie Fulford-Brown
Length: 21 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comesĀ Babel, a thematic response toĀ The Secret HistoryĀ and a tonal retort toĀ Jonathan Strange & Mr. NorrellĀ that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is... Read more
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The Song of Achilles
By: Madeline Miller
Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
Length: 11 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
āAt once a scholarās homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelistā¦.A book I could not put down.ā
āAnn PatchettāMary Renault lives again!ā declares Emma Donoghue, author of Room, referring to The Song of Achilles, Madeline Millerās thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the... Read more


The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick
By: Ariel Lawhon
Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer & Ariel Lawhon
Length: 15 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠GMA BOOK CLUB PICK ⢠AN NPR BOOK OF THE YEAR ⢠From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American... Read more
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Black Sun
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
Narrated by: Cara Gee, Nicole Lewis, Kaipo Schwab & Shaun Ta...
Length: 12 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the āengrossing and vibrantā (Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Riot Baby) first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic.
A... Read more


The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
By: Stephen Graham Jones
Narrated by: Shane Ghostkeeper, Marin Ireland & Owen Teale
Length: 15 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
An instant New York Times bestseller, a chilling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice.
A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran Pastor is discovered within a wall. What it unveils is a slow massacre, a chain of events that go back to 217 Blackfeet dead in the... Read more


The Sirens
By: Emilia Hart
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
Length: 10 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK ⢠#1 LibraryReads Pick ⢠Indie Next Pick
A spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea, from the author of the runaway New York Times bestseller Weyward.
āNarrator Barrie Kreinik offers a first-rate performance, embodying the characters with distinctive voices and... Read more


North Woods
By: Daniel Mason
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, Michael Crouch, Jason Culp, Mark...
Length: 11 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
A WASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR ā¢Ā FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD AND THE MARK TWAIN AMERICAN VOICE IN LITERATURE AWARD
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across... Read more


Circe
By: Madeline Miller
Narrated by: Perdita Weeks
Length: 12 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
This #1 New York Times bestseller is a "bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story" that brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey (Alexandra Alter, TheNew York Times).
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not... Read more


The Crescent Moon Tearoom
By: Stacy Sivinski
Narrated by: Nikki Massoud
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
An āimpossibly endearingā (Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author) debut novel about three clairvoyant sisters who face an unexpected twist of Fate at the bottom of their own delicate porcelain cups.
Ever since the untimely death of their parents, Anne, Beatrix, and Violet Quigley have made a business of threading... Read more


The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK ⢠A NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
WINNER OF THE 2024 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRIZE FOR AMERICAN FICTION
FROM ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2024
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR/FRESH AIR, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, AND... Read more


Mexican Gothic
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢Ā āItās Lovecraft meets the BrontĆ«s in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird.āāThe Guardian
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ONE OF TIMEāS 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME ⢠WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD ⢠NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Vanity... Read more


The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
By: Shannon Chakraborty
Narrated by: Lameece Issaq & Amin El Gamal
Length: 16 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one womanās determined quest to seize a final chance at gloryāand write her own legend.Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied... Read more
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His Majesty's Dragon
By: Naomi Novik
Narrated by: Simon Vance
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britainās defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs of fighting dragons.
When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes its precious cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, fate sweeps Capt. Will Laurence from... Read more


Isola: Reese's Book Club
By: Allegra Goodman
Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham & Allegra Goodman
Length: 12 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
REESEāS BOOK CLUB PICK ⢠āA shocking story, made all the more stunning by the fact that it has its roots in true history.āāJodi Picoult, author of By Any Other Name
āA new generation of survival story . . . an extraordinary book that reads like a thriller, written with the care of the most delicate psychological and historical fiction.āāVogue... Read more


The Briar Club
By: Kate Quinn
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 15 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times bestselling author ofĀ The Diamond Eye and The Rose CodeĀ returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the... Read more
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The Nightingale
By: Kristin Hannah
Narrated by: Polly Stone
Length: 17 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
A #1 New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation.
With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War... Read more


The Antidote
By: Karen Russell
Narrated by: Elena Rey, Sophie Amoss, Mark Bramhall, Shayna ...
Length: 16 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICEĀ ā¢Ā FromĀ Pulitzer finalist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and bestsellingĀ author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove Karen Russell: a gripping dust bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town
A Most... Read more


Good Dirt
By: Charmaine Wilkerson
Narrated by: January LaVoy
Length: 11 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved heirloom in this moving novel from the bestselling author of Black Cake, a Read with Jenna Book Club Pick
āEngrossing . . . Wilkerson masterfully weaves these threads of love, loss and legacy [into] a thoroughly... Read more


The Bright Sword
By: Lev Grossman
Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith & Lev Grossman
Length: 23 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠A New York Times Editorsā Choice ⢠The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians Trilogy and āmaster storytellerā (New York Times) returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, NPR,... Read more


Weyward
By: Emilia Hart
Narrated by: Aysha Kala, Helen Keeley & Nell Barlow
Length: 10 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
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"A spellbinding story about what may transpire when the natural world collides with a legacy of witchcraft."
āSarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary
"Narrators Aysha Kala, Helen Keeley, and Nell Barlow are a magical, moving trio. Their emotional and expressive performance of the parallel... Read more


Happy Land
By: Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Narrated by: Bahni Turpin & Ashley J. Hobbs
Length: 10 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
A woman learns the incredible story of a real-life American Kingdomāand her familyās ties to itāin this enthralling novel from the New York Times bestselling, NAACP Image Award-winning author of Take My Hand.
As featured in The Washington Post ā People ā Harper's Bazaar ā NPR ā TODAY ā PopSugar ā Reader's Digest ā SheReads ā Womanās World ā Real... Read more