Historical Fiction audiobooks

Death at Morning House

By: Maureen Johnson

Narrated by: Katherine Littrell

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant New York Times and Indie bestseller!From the bestselling author of the Truly Devious books, Maureen Johnson, comes a new stand-alone YA about a teen who uncovers a mystery while working as a tour guide on an island and must solve it before history repeats itself.The fire wasn’t Marlowe Wexler’s fault. Dates should be hot, but not hot... Read more

The Kingdom of Copper

By: S. A. Chakraborty

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 23 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

S. A. Chakraborty continues the sweeping adventure begun in The City of Brass—""the best adult fantasy I’ve read since The Name of the Wind"" (#1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir)—conjuring a world where djinn summon flames with the snap of a finger and waters run deep with old magic; where blood can be dangerous as any spell, and a... Read more

Victory of Eagles

By: Naomi Novik

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 10 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Naomi Novik’s triumphant debut, His Majesty’s Dragon, introduced a dynamic new pair of heroes to the annals of fantasy fiction: the noble fighting dragon Temeraire and his master and commander, Capt. Will Laurence. Now in the latest novel, they soar to new heights of breathtaking action and brilliant imagination.

It is a grim time for the dragon... Read more

The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

By: Carson McCullers

Narrated by: Cherry Jones

Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The beloved classic that turned Carson McCullers into an overnight literary sensation and one of the Modern Library's top 20 novels of the 20th century.“A remarkable book…From the opening page, brilliant in its establishment of mood, character, and suspense, the book takes hold of the reader.”In a Georgia Mill town during the 1930s, an enigmatic... Read more

Murder on Cold Street

By: Sherry Thomas

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 13 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, investigates a puzzling new murder case that implicates Scotland Yard inspector Robert Treadles in the USA Today bestselling series set in Victorian England. 
 
Inspector Treadles, Charlotte Holmes’s friend and collaborator, has been found locked in a room with two dead men, both of whom worked with his wife at... Read more

Empire of Ivory

By: Naomi Novik

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Temeraire * Book 4

Tragedy has struck His Majesty’s Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defend England’s shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the noble dragons’ ranks–forcing the hopelessly stricken into... Read more

Spice and Wolf, Vol. 9

By: Isuna Hasekura

Narrated by: Brina Palencia & J. Michael Tatum

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The capture of a narwhal and the ensuing power struggle between the northern and southern districts of Kerube has Lawrence caught in the middle! Backed into a corner by his own trade guild, can the merchant find a way to extricate himself from this delicate situation? And what of the wolf bone from Holo's pack? Can the Wisewolf of Yoitsu manage... Read more

The Clan of the Cave Bear

By: Jean M. Auel

Narrated by: Sandra Burr

Length: 22 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love.Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadThrough Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and... Read more

A Knight in Shining Armor

By: Jude Deveraux

Narrated by: Steve West

Length: 16 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux will capture your heart with this miraculous time slip romance between a modern woman and a literal knight.

Dougless Montgomery has tried everything to achieve the perfect balance between self-sufficient and sexy, independent and agreeable—exactly the kind of girl she thinks a man would want. Still,... Read more

Spice and Wolf, Vol. 11

By: Isuna Hasekura

Narrated by: J. Michael Tatum & Brina Palencia

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

As with the first Side Colors volume, Side Colors II departs once more from Lawrence and Holo's travels north, taking the reader off the beaten path to explore three exquisite side stories. Remember, it's not so much about the destination, as it is the journey... Read more

Miss Moriarty, I Presume?

By: Sherry Thomas

Narrated by: Kate Reading

Length: 13 hours

Abridged: No

Charlotte Holmes comes face to face with her enemy when Moriarty turns to her in his hour of need, in the USA Today bestselling series set in Victorian England.

A most unexpected client shows up at Charlotte Holmes's doorstep: Moriarty himself. Moriarty fears that tragedy has befallen his daughter and wants Charlotte to find out the truth. 

... Read more

The Magician's Daughter

By: H. G. Parry

Narrated by: Rose McPhilemy

Length: 15 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A young woman raised on an isolated island by a magician discovers things aren’t as they seem and must venture into early 1900s England to return magic to the world in this "brilliantly imagined" historical fantasy (Lucy Holland). Off the coast of Ireland sits a legendary island hidden by magic. A place of ruins and ancient trees, sea-salt air... Read more

Trespasses

By: Louise Kennedy

Narrated by: Bríd Brennan

Length: 8 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION

“Brilliant, beautiful, heartbreaking.”—J.Courtney Sullivan, New York Times Book Review
 
“TRESPASSES vaults Kennedy into the ranks of such contemporary masters as McCann, Claire Keegan, Colin Barrett, and fellow Sligo resident, Kevin Barry.” —Oprah... Read more

All the Painted Stars

By: Emma Denny

Narrated by: Farrah Cave & Kristin Atherton

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

'Tender and gallant…Beautiful and romantic.' Ashley Herring Blake To win her heart, she'll have to fight… Oxfordshire 1362 When Lily Barden discovers her best friend Johanna’s hand in marriage is being awarded as the main prize at a tournament, she is determined to stop it.... Read more

Tongues of Serpents

By: Naomi Novik

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A dazzling blend of military history, high-flying fantasy, and edge-of-your-seat adventure, Naomi Novik's Temeraire novels, set in an alternate Napoleonic era in which intelligent dragons have been harnessed as weapons of war, are more than just perennial bestsellers—they are a worldwide phenomenon. Now, in Tongues of Serpents, Naomi Novik is... Read more

A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem

By: Manda Collins

Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

An intrepid female reporter matches wits with a serious, sexy detective in an award-winning author's fun and flirty historical rom-com, perfect for readers of Evie Dunmore, Julia Quinn, and Tessa Dare!
England, 1865: Newspaper columnist Lady Katherine Bascomb finds herself the subject of speculation when her latest article leads to an arrest in... Read more

The History of Bees

By: Maja Lunde

Narrated by: Joy Osmanski, Steve West & Gibson Frazier

Length: 12 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

“Imagine The Leftovers, but with honey” (Elle), and in the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this “spectacular and deeply moving” (Lisa See, New York Times bestselling author) novel follows three generations of beekeepers from the past, present, and future, weaving a spellbinding story of their relationship to the bees—and to their... Read more

The Magnolia Palace

By: Fiona Davis

Narrated by: Karissa Vacker

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantalizing novel about the secrets, betrayal, and murder within one of New York City's most impressive Gilded Age mansions.

Eight months since losing her mother in the Spanish flu outbreak of 1919, twenty-one-year-old... Read more

Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms

By: Sarah Wallace & S.O. Callahan

Narrated by: Matt Simpson

Length: 14 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Roger not only had to prove himself to the Council, he also had to prove himself to Wyndham Wrenwhistle.
Fae and humans alike are returning to London for the Season, but the excitement is marred by the growing poverty rate among humans with low magical scores.
Tenacious Roger Barnes proposes a new rubric for testing magic to the Council, hoping to... Read more

One Night in Hartswood

By: Emma Denny

Narrated by: Tom Alexander & Sebastian Humphreys

Length: 9 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

‘A thrilling, heart-stealing historic romp and achingly romantic.’ M.A. Kuzniar, bestselling author of Midnight in Everwood ‘A heartwarming tale of forbidden love that captured my heart from its opening page… Unputdownable.’ Sunday Times bestselling author Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York ... Read more

An Education in Malice

By: S. T. Gibson

Narrated by: Stephanie Cannon

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insatiable hungers from S.T. Gibson, author of the cult hit A Dowry of Blood.  Deep in the forgotten hills of Massachusetts stands Saint Perpetua’s College. Isolated and ancient, it is not a place for timid girls. Here, secrets are currency, ambition is... Read more

A Place of Greater Safety

By: Hilary Mantel

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 33 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

It is 1789, and three young provincials have come to Paris to make their way. Georges-Jacques Danton, an ambitious young lawyer, is energetic, pragmatic, debt-ridden--and hugely but erotically ugly. Maximilien Robespierre, also a lawyer, is slight, diligent, and terrified of violence. His dearest friend, Camille Desmoulins, is a conspirator and... Read more

Crucible of Gold

By: Naomi Novik

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 9 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Naomi Novik's beloved series returns, with Captain Will Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire once again taking to the air against the broadsides of Napoleon's forces and the friendly-and sometimes not-so-friendly-fire of British soldiers and politicians who continue to suspect them of divided loyalties, if not outright treason. For... Read more

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London

By: Garth Nix

Narrated by: Marisa Calin

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

A girl's quest to find her father leads her to an extended family of magical fighting booksellers who police the mythical Old World of England when it intrudes on the modern world. From the bestselling master of teen fantasy, Garth Nix.

In a slightly alternate London in 1983, Susan Arkshaw is looking for her father, a man she has never met. Crime... Read more