Historical Fiction audiobooks

A spider changed this man’s life

By: Gayatri kumari

Narrated by: Gayatri kumari

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

A Spider Changed This Man’s Life
When an ordinary man encounters an extraordinary spider, his life is transformed in ways he never imagined. 
John Davis, a mundane office worker with a routine life, discovers a rare species of spider in his backyard one evening. Fascinated by its unique characteristics, he decides to keep it as a pet. Little does... Read more

Benang

By: Kim Scott

Narrated by: Gregory Fryer

Length: 14 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, Winner of the Western Australian Premier's Book Award, Winner of the Kate Challis RAKA Award.

Harley, a man of Nyoongar ancestry, finds himself at a difficult point in the history of his country, family and self. As the apparently successful outcome of his white grandfather's enthusiastic attempts to... Read more

An Agent for Alexina

By: Laura Beers

Narrated by: Chris Kenworthy

Length: 4 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Alexina Kimball is an experienced Pinkerton Agent, and arguably one of the best agents at the Chicago office. She works alone and always catches the bad guys. However, everything changes when she's transferred to the Denver office and is assigned a partner.
Finally, Dawson Wayne’s dream of becoming a Pinkerton Agent is becoming a reality. The... Read more

Emma: an Unpublished Fragment

By: Charlotte Bronte

Narrated by: Elizabeth Thompson

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

BRONTË, CHARLOTTE (1816–1855), afterwards Nicholls, novelist, was the daughter of Patrick Brontë (1777-1861), and sister of Patrick Branwell Brontë (1817-1848), Emily Jane Brontë (1818-1848), and Anne Brontë (1820-1849). Patrick Brontë, born on 17 March 1777 at Ahaderg, co. Down, was one of the ten children of Hugh Prunty or Brontë. He changed... Read more

Lady Sybil's Choice (Unabridged)

By: Emily Sarah Holt

Narrated by: Kristen Lopez, Judy Christensen & Rafael Proctor

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

In the opulent ballrooms of Regency England, Lady Sybil Danvers finds herself torn between two suitors: the charming and wealthy Lord Ashford and the enigmatic and brooding Captain Sinclair. As she navigates the treacherous waters of society, Sybil must unravel the secrets that surround Sinclair and decide whether to follow her heart or succumb... Read more

The Sword Maker (Unabridged)

By: Robert Barr

Narrated by: Vicky Mccoy, Tammy Cantrell & Kathy Dunn

Length: 11 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In the heart of medieval Scotland, amidst the clash of swords and the roar of battle, a young blacksmith named Ian MacAllister embarks on a perilous quest to forge the finest blade the realm has ever seen. Driven by a thirst for perfection and a desire to protect his people, Ian faces treacherous trials and formidable foes. As he wields the... Read more

The Fair Maid of Perth (Unabridged)

By: Walter Scott

Narrated by: William Siciliano, Lucille Bradley & Peter Deleon

Length: 19 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tumultuous streets of 14th-century Perth, a tale of love, loyalty, and betrayal unfolds. Amidst the clash of swords and the roar of the crowd, a young woman named Catherine Glover finds herself torn between her heart and her duty. As the Fair Maid of Perth, she becomes a symbol of hope and unity, but her beauty and spirit attract both... Read more

A White Wind Blew

By: J. H. Markert & James Markert

Narrated by: Nick Mondelli

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Dr. Wolfgang Pike would love nothing more than to finish the requiem he’s composing for his late wife, but the ending seems as hopeless as the patients dying a hundred yards away at the Waverly Hills Tuberculosis sanatorium. If he can’t ease his own pain with music, he tries to ease theirs—but his boss thinks music is a waste, and in 1920s... Read more

Leavin' Trunk Blues

By: Ace Atkins

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In the 1950s, Ruby Walker boarded the Illinois Central from Mississippi to the Promised Land—Chicago. She became one of the greatest blues singers the city has ever known, only to lose everything when she was convicted of murdering her lover and producer, Billy Lyons, in 1959. She's been locked in a prison cell ever since.Now, a flickering hope... Read more

Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 1

By: Kafka Asagiri & Sango Harukawa

Narrated by: Patrick Seitz

Length: 5 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Doppo Kunikida is an idealist and a straitlaced detective at the Armed Detective Agency, an organization that takes on dangerous jobs even the police won’t handle. Everything in his life is going just as he’s planned…until one day, he’s paired up with the agency’s newest hire: a suspicious, eccentric, suicide-obsessed man named Osamu Dazai.... Read more

Truth Be Told

By: Patricia Raybon

Narrated by: Zakiya Young

Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

DENVER'S NEWEST DETECTIVE. A GARDEN'S DEADLY SECRETS.On a lovely June night in 1924, amateur detective Annalee Spain is mingling bravely at a high-class political fundraiser in the lush backyard garden of famed political fixer Cooper Coates, one of the wealthiest men in Denver’s Black neighborhood of Five Points. When Coates’s young daughter... Read more

Make Mine a Marquess

By: Tina Gabrielle

Narrated by: Heather Wilds

Length: 8 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

A marquess thought to be lost at sea seeks revenge by setting his sights on his enemy's fiery betrothed in this sweeping regency romance.



Contains mature themes. Read more

The Great Library of Burke

By: Katie Cross

Narrated by: Katie Cross

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

"If I handed you the key to your eternal freedom, would you take it?"Rae Burke is a brigand assassin, and he's good at what he does. But when the winds of change whistle by, he throws himself into the chance for freedom and safety for his family. Wren Burke knows that she trusts her husband, so she accepts the grimoire he shoves into her arms,... Read more

Dig Deep for Murder

By: Kate Kingsbury

Narrated by: Mary Sarah

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Enthralling mystery, lots of laughter, and a little bit of romance—that's village life in wartime England . . .



Having donated a parcel of her land for a village Victory Garden, Lady Elizabeth feels obliged to send her assistant, Polly, to tend to a plot now that its owner has passed away. Polly is happily digging in the dirt when she discovers... Read more

The Forgotten Names

By: Mario Escobar

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of The Book of Lost Names and The Way We Hide!In August 1942, French parents were faced with a horrible choice: watch their children die, or abandon them forever. Fifty years later, it becomes one woman's mission to match the abandoned names with the people they belong to.Five years after the highly publicized trial of Klaus Barbie, the... Read more

Passion Favors the Bold

By: Theresa Romain

Narrated by: Gabrielle Baker

Length: 10 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Lord Hugo Starling is having the worst day. Not only have funders rejected his ambitious medical plans—again—but his friend's younger sister has disguised herself as a boy to hunt for gold sovereigns stolen from the Royal Mint.



No. Absolutely not. Ridiculous.



Or . . . is it? Due to the terms of her parents' will, Georgette Frost is about to lose... Read more

Lady Beauchamp's Proposal

By: Amy Rose Bennett

Narrated by: Hannah Martin

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A runaway countess finds love when she least expects it . . . but she can't hide from her past forever.



Elizabeth, Lady Beauchamp, fears for her life. When she discovers her dissolute and long-estranged husband has syphilis—and he wants to beget an heir no matter the cost—she flees to a remote part of Scotland to begin a new life as the widowed... Read more

Cheyenne Sunset

By: Duane Boehm

Narrated by: Eric G. Dove

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of the Gideon Johann Western Series, the Wild Horse Westerns Series, and the Hand Of Western Series comes Cheyenne Sunset! When Deacon Bader reaches the point where he realizes that there has to be more to life than the one he’s living, he convinces his business partner, Forrest Russo, to set out on a journey. Upon... Read more

The Zone of Interest

By: Martin Amis

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE



AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR



From one the most virtuosic authors in the English language: a powerful novel, written with urgency and moral force, that explores life—and love—among the Nazi bureaucrats of Auschwitz.



"A masterpiece . . . Profound, powerful, and morally urgent . . . A benchmark for what serious literature... Read more

Absolute Force (A Jake Mercer Political Thriller—Book 3)

By: Jack Mars

Narrated by: Hades (synthesized voice)

Length: 4 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This recording has been digitally produced by Jack Mars, using a synthesized version of an audiobook narrator’s voice under license. “Thriller writing at its best.” --Midwest Book Review (Any Means Necessary) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ From the #1 bestselling and USA Today bestselling author Jack Mars (with over 10,000 five-star reviews) comes a groundbreaking new... Read more

Children of the Shadows

By: Erica Vetsch

Narrated by: Kim Bretton

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Detective Daniel Swann and debutante Juliette Thorndike once again team up to solve a dangerous mystery—while trying to keep their growing romance secret.



Someone is preying upon the street children of Regency London. They seem to think no one will notice when urchins go missing—and even if they are noticed, who will care? Daniel needs to do... Read more

Red Star Falling

By: Steve Berry & Grant Blackwood

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 13 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling authors Steve Berry and Grant Blackwood comes an action-packed adventure: in the waning days of the Cold War, Luke Daniels embarks on a quest in search of the legendary library of Ivan the Terrible—the unlikely key to ending a looming threat orbiting two hundred miles above the earth. 

Wrapping up his latest... Read more

Hearts of Fire and Snow

By: David Bowles & Guadalupe García McCall

Narrated by: Ana Osorio & Johnny Rey Diaz

Length: 10 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Hearts of Fire and Snow by Michael Paul Kennedy, Pete Winner and Andy McNab, read by Ana Osorio and Johnny Rey Diaz.

Award-winning authors David Bowles and Guadalupe García McCall reimagine a beloved Aztec tale of star-crossed lovers with one last chance to reunite.

Blanca Montes wants to make a difference in the world, to do... Read more

Mr. Darcy’s Matchmaker

By: Summer Hanford

Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

When the woman he loves refuses him, Darcy will get help winning her back . . . whether he wants it or not.



Fitzwilliam Darcy is a great many things. Wealthy. Handsome. Respectable. But what he is not, is skilled at charming Elizabeth Bennet. When she refuses his offer of marriage and breaks his heart, an organ she doesn't believe he possesses,... Read more