Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Abominable

By: Dan Simmons

Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins

Length: 29 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A thrilling tale of high-altitude death and survival set on the snowy summits of Mount Everest, from the bestselling author of The Terror.

It's 1924 and the race to summit the world's highest mountain has been brought to a terrified pause by the shocking disappearance of George Mallory and Sandy Irvine high on the shoulder of Mt. Everest. By the... Read more

Absolution

By: Alice McDermott

Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky & Rachel Kenney

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

"A breath of fresh air."—BookPage

"Both narrators bring deep emotional tonality...this exceptional listen will foster deep book club discussions." —Booklist

"Alternately gripping, moving, and thought-provoking...this is an audiobook to savor." - AudioFile

A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned... Read more

The House with the Golden Door

By: Elodie Harper

Narrated by: Antonia Beamish

Length: 14 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

From prize-winning and international bestselling author Elodie Harper, the second book in the Wolf Den Trilogy follows Amara as she escapes her life as a slave in the city’s most notorious brothel, the Wolf Den. Her survival depends on the affections of a man she might not know as well as she once thought . . .

The life of a courtesan in Pompeii... Read more

Like No Other Lover

By: Julie Anne Long

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: 10 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Now or Never . . .



It's the last chance for Cynthia Brightly, the town's most bewitching belle. Driven out of London by a secret scandal, she must find a grand husband at the Redmonds' house party before word of her downfall spreads all over England. Unfortunately, someone at Pennyroyal Green is already privy to the whispers of broken engagements... Read more

He Who Drowned the World

By: Shelley Parker-Chan

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 18 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

"Narrator Natalie Naudus is an admirable guide through a complicated plot with multiple points of view...She illuminates the few tender moments amid the overall violence and sets a quick, smooth pace that never lags." —AudioFile

The sequel and series conclusion to She Who Became the Sun, the accomplished, poetic debut of war and destiny, sweeping... Read more

The Princes of Ireland

By: Edward Rutherfurd

Narrated by: Richard Matthews

Length: 26 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of London and Sarum, a magnificent epic about love and battle, family life and political intrigue in Ireland over the course of eleven centuries.  The Princes of Ireland brilliantly weaves impeccable historical research and mesmerizing storytelling in capturing the essence of a place and its people.
 
Edward Rutherfurd... Read more

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

By: J. R. R. Tolkien

Narrated by: Derek Jacobi

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Tolkien’s acclaimed modern classic ‘fairie’ tale, read by Derek Jacobi. ‘Here is something that no devotee of the Hobbit epic can afford to miss, while awaiting a further instalment of the history of these fascinating people – a selection [of verses] offered as an ‘interim report’ to those interested in Hobbit-lore, and to... Read more

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

By: Dai Sijie

Narrated by: B.D. Wong

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

An enchanting literary debut—already an international best-seller.

At the height of Mao’s infamous Cultural Revolution, two boys are among hundreds of thousands exiled to the countryside for “re-education.” The narrator and his best friend, Luo, guilty of being the sons of doctors, find themselves in a remote village where, among the peasants of... Read more

The Uninvited Guests

By: Sadie Jones

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A grand old manor house deep in the English countryside will open its doors to reveal the story of an unexpectedly dramatic day in the life of one eccentric, rather dysfunctional, and entirely unforgettable family. Set in the early years of the twentieth century, award-winning author Sadie Jones’s The Uninvited Guests is, in the words of... Read more

Les Miserables

By: Victor Hugo

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 62 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Considered to be French novelist Victor Hugo's masterpiece, Les Miserables, which was published in 1862, is a sprawling historical and philosophical epic that covers from 1815 through the Paris Uprising in 1832. Notable for its many subplots and digressions from the main storyline, the novel's stated aim is a progress from evil to good, from... Read more

The Book of Magic

By: Alice Hoffman

Narrated by: Jennifer Ehle

Length: 12 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“Hoffman certainly knows how to enchant” (The New York Times Book Review) in this breathtaking conclusion to the Practical Magic series—a spellbinding and bewitching novel that asks how far will you go to change your fate?

For over three-hundred years a curse has kept the Owens family from love—but all of that is about to change. The novel begins... Read more

The Sweetness of Water (Oprah’s Book Club)

By: Nathan Harris

Narrated by: William DeMeritt

Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

An Instant New York Times bestseller / An Oprah’s Book Club Pick

In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad, an award-winning “miraculous debut” (Washington Post) about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever

In the waning days of the... Read more

Nicked

By: M. T. Anderson

Narrated by: Euan Morton

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

"[An] uproarious saga . . . drawing on contemporary accounts, fantastical folk tales, and [Anderson's] own knack for high jinks."—New York Times Book Review

"[A] rollicking comic novel."—NPR

"M. T. Anderson is one of our greatest and most precious voices."—Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians Trilogy

From the award-winning and bestselling author... Read more

When the Day Comes

By: Gabrielle Meyer

Narrated by: Rachel Botchan

Length: 12 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

How will she choose, knowing all she must sacrifice?Libby has been given a powerful gift: to live one life in 1774 Colonial Williamsburg and the other in 1914 Gilded Age New York City. When she falls asleep in one life, she wakes up in the other. While she’s the same person at her core in both times, she’s leading two vastly different lives.In... Read more

Cluny Brown

By: Margery Sharp

Narrated by: Anna Parker-Naples

Length: 7 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Cluny Brown refuses to know her place in society. Last week, she took herself to tea at the Ritz. Then she spent almost an entire day in bed eating oranges. So, to teach her discipline, her uncle, a plumber who has raised the orphaned girl since she was a baby, sends her into service as a parlor maid at one of England’s stately manor houses.

At... Read more

Nefertiti

By: Michelle Moran

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 15 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “compulsively readable” (Diana Gabaldon) novel teeming with love, betrayal, and religious conflict that brings ancient Egypt to vivid life, from the author of Cleopatra’s Daughter and Maria

“Meticulously researched and richly detailed . . . an engrossing tribute to one of the most powerful and alluring women in... Read more

Bluebird

By: Sharon Cameron

Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan

Length: 15 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Sharon Cameron delivers another immersive, heartbreaking, uplifting historical novel, set in postwar New York City.In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berlin for the streets of New York City, stepping from the fiery aftermath of one war into another, far colder one, where power is more important than principles, and lies are more plentiful... Read more

A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Murder

By: Dianne Freeman

Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In Agatha and Lefty Award–winning author Dianne Freeman's third Countess of Harleigh Mystery set in Victorian England, the widowed, American-born aristocrat Frances Wynn finds her sister's wedding threatened by a vow of vengeance …London is known for its bustle and intrigues, but the sedate English countryside can host—or hide—any number of... Read more

The Perils of Pleasure

By: Julie Anne Long

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A rescued rogue . . .



Scandal has rocked the city of London. Colin Eversea, a handsome, reckless unapologetic rogue is sentenced to hang for murder and, inconveniently for him, the only witness to the crime disappears. Then again, throughout history, the Everseas have always managed to cheat fate in style: Colin is snatched from the gallows by a... Read more

Midnight Rooms

By: Donyae Coles

Narrated by: Georgina Campbell

Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

“An immersive horror fairy tale marrying Crimson Peak to Pan’s Labyrinth upon strange foundations. You’re never really safe here, with Midnight Rooms wondrously defying expectation and refusing obedience. Donyae Coles leads us into a house of sinister magic, full of corners for peeking around, but careful—these walls have claws. A feverish,... Read more

The Scarlet Papers

By: Matthew Richardson

Narrated by: Leighton Pugh & Lucy Scott

Length: 14 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

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VIENNA, 1946
A brilliant German scientist spirited out of the ruins Nazi Europe in search of a new life

MOSCOW, 1964
A rising star of the British diplomatic service whose job is not what it seems

LONDON, THE PRESENT DAY
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Alchemy of a Blackbird

By: Claire McMillan

Narrated by: Aida Reluzco, Zac Aleman, Raquel Beattie, Carlo...

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a Best Book of 2023 by Book Riot

For fans of The Age of Light and Z comes a “beguiling novel of artistic ambition, perseverance, and friendship” (Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling author) based on the true story of the 20th-century painters and tarot devotees Remedios Varo and Leonora Carrington.

In this “unforgettable adventure, and... Read more

The Revolution of Marina M.

By: Janet Fitch

Narrated by: Yelena Shmulenson

Length: 30 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

From the mega-bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black, a sweeping historical saga of the Russian Revolution, as seen through the eyes of one young woman.

St. Petersburg, New Year's Eve, 1916. Marina Makarova is a young woman of privilege who aches to break free of the constraints of her genteel life, a life about to be violently... Read more

The Cross-Country Quilters

By: Jennifer Chiaverini

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Length: 11 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In this entry from the popular series, five women meet at quilt camp and embark upon a project together. Over the next year, each woman must tackle a personal difficulty before adding her segment to their shared quilt. Despite the challenges they face, the women draw strength from their newfound sisterhood. ". as charming and cozy as a favorite... Read more