Historical Fiction audiobooks

An Unlikely Proposition

By: Rosalyn Eves

Narrated by: Hannah Curtis

Length: 9 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

A standalone companion to An Improbable Season, this Regency romance⁠―perfect for fans of Bridgerton―is about following your heart, pursuing your dreams, and falling head over heels in love.Eleanor did not come to London to be proper and boring. After the death of her husband and a year of mourning, the seventeen year old wants nothing more than... Read more

Lady Charlotte Always Gets Her Man

By: Violet Marsh

Narrated by: Katy Sobey

Length: 11 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Family secrets, a brother's best friend's romance, and scandalous mystery combine in this delightfully witty historical rom-com—perfect for fans of Evie Dunmore, Enola Holmes, and Netflix's Bridgerton!

Lady Charlotte Lovett should have never run away upon discovering her betrothal. But when one has been promised to a man who, rumor has it,... Read more

Can't We Be Friends

By: Eliza Knight & Denny S. Bryce

Narrated by: Karen Chilton & Caroline Hewitt

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a brilliant novel that uncovers the boundary-breaking, genuine friendship between Ella Fitzgerald, the Queen of Jazz, and iconic movie star Marilyn Monroe. One woman was recognized as the premiere singer of her era with perfect pitch and tireless... Read more

In The Moonlight

By: Rachel Lawson & Suno Ai

Narrated by: Rachel Lawson & Suno Ai

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Adventures and misadventures on the highways of old England.Good quotes from Stand and Deliver: In The Moonlight- story "Stand and deliver, your money or your life!" shouted the highwayman. "I hear that you met a real highwayman the other day I wish I had been with you. They are so thrilling and romantic!" "Hand over your loot! Either give it to... Read more

The Black Crescent

By: Jane Johnson

Narrated by: Walles Hamonde

Length: 13 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A captivating historical novel set in postwar Casablanca about a young man marked by djinns who must decide where his loyalties lie as the fight for Moroccan independence erupts.Hamou Badi is born in a village in the Anti-Atlas Mountains with the markings of the zouhry on his hands. In Morocco, the zouhry is a figure of legend, a child of both... Read more

In the Realm of Ash and Sorrow

By: Kenneth W. Harmon

Narrated by: Christopher Douyard

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

When the spirit of an American airman befriends a Japanese woman and her daughter in the days before the Hiroshima bomb, he races against time to save the ones he loves the most.



When American WWII bombardier Micah Lund dies on a mission over Japan, his spirit remains trapped as a yurei ghost. Dazed, he follows Kiyomi Oshiro, a war widow... Read more

A Deadly Endeavor

By: Jenny Adams

Narrated by: Nancy Peterson

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A serial killer is on the loose in Jazz Age Philadelphia in Jenny Adams's debut historical mystery, perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn and Rhys Bowen.



Philadelphia, 1921. When Edie Shippen returns home after spending years in California recovering from Influenza, she's shocked to discover that her childhood sweetheart is engaged to her twin... Read more

Threshing of Straw

By: Kim Catron

Narrated by: Erynn Reimer

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE GREAT NOVEL CONTEST. MORE THAN 25,000 COPIES SOLD!A grandmother who only ever wanted to protect her two little girls. A mother who did the unthinkable years before. A father lost in his memories of the Korean War, and a daughter caught in the middle of it all. Georgia. Thanksgiving week. 1962.MACEY MAY JOHNSON knows something isn’t... Read more

Hidden Yellow Stars

By: Rebecca Connolly

Narrated by: Caroline Hewitt

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on the true story of two World War II heroines who risked everything to save Jewish children from the Gestapo by hiding them throughout Belgium.Belgium, 1942.Young schoolteacher Andrée Geulen secretly defies the Nazis in Belgium, who are forcing Jews to wear a yellow Star of David. Andrée is not Jewish, but she feels a maternal connection... Read more

Murder Under the Mistletoe

By: Erica Ruth Neubauer

Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Recently engaged Jane Wunderly is celebrating Christmas with her fiancé at his ancestral home at the quaint English market town of Barnard Castle—where murder is the new family tradition …Northern England, 1926: Surprised by her eager acceptance of Redvers’ proposal, Jane is ready to spend the festive season deciphering the mysterious man she... Read more

The Highlander's Secret Avenger

By: Heather McCollum

Narrated by: Timothy Campbell

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Drostan Macquarie, the fierce battle-hardened Highlander, was still a young lad when his father first warned him of the ancient curse on the Macquarie clan. Should any of our kin sire a bastard, the entire clan will be cursed to die out. Drostan vowed then to live his life alone, far from the reach of the curse. But on the eve of Beltane, a... Read more

Of Rose and Cruelty

By: Nicole Zoltack

Narrated by: Lucy Rayner

Length: 4 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A terrifying monster of a beast has captured Gervais's lady love, and he will stop at nothing to save his beauty.

Posing as a gardener, the brave and strong Gervais attempts to study the beast that he longs to kill. Isabelle Mercier is the only woman he has ever cared for. When he sneaks his way inside the castle, Isabelle refuses to come with... Read more

The Gimlet Slip

By: Fiona Davis & Greg Wands

Narrated by: Carolina Hoyos, Patty Mattson & Marco Pelaez

Length: 2 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

A headstrong, fast-driving young woman gets pulled into a dangerous bootlegging scheme in this thrilling novella set in glamorous and gritty Prohibition-era New York City, written in an exciting collaboration between bestselling and critically acclaimed authors Fiona Davis and Greg Wands.

New York, 1933: America is in its second decade of... Read more

The Silver Bone

By: Andrey Kurkov

Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEA Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2024""Very intriguing and atmospheric ... a fascinating read in the light of contemporary events.” –Alexander McCall Smith, Bestselling Author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency""With its earthy prose and stunning attention to detail, this stands apart.""... Read more

Persuasion - Abridged

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Catherine Bilson, Sarah Jane Rose, Graham Scott...

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Persuasion was the last novel completed by Jane Austen and was first published posthumously in December, 1817.The story represents an interesting configuration of Austen’s characteristic narrative patterns. The heroine, Anne Eliot, is something of an old maid—she is twenty-seven years old, still single and is considered by family and friends to... Read more

Īnangahua Gold

By: Kathleen Gallagher

Narrated by: Kathleen Gallagher & Stephanie Frewen

Length: 4 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This historical novel, told in two stories 20 twenty years apart, explores the relationships that unfold on the West Coast of Te Wai Pounamu New Zealand, in the mid-19th century, as isolated, difficult to access parts of the country are entered by European explorers guided by local Maori.Set in the 19th Century, it plaits together as a flax-root... Read more

Eve Of Ides

By: David Blixt

Narrated by: Edward Gero, Robert Kauzlaric, David Blixt, Joh...

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Step into the gripping world of intrigue and betrayal with "Eve Of Ides," an immersive audio drama that delves into the untold story behind the night preceding Julius Caesar's fateful assassination. Join Caesar, Brutus, and Antony at a feast where secrets are unveiled, and destinies are sealed.March 14, 44 BC. Elected Dictator of Rome, Caesar is... Read more

Fortune Favors the Viscount

By: Caroline Linden

Narrated by: Beverley A. Crick

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

There’s no such thing as luck…
Once a lady, reduced to a governess, Emilia Greene is desperate. The child in her care has been left orphaned and penniless, and Emilia will do anything to protect her—even track down the girl’s only relation. That man would be the next Viscount Sydenham, and surely he’ll be gentleman enough to take care of his... Read more

Ibid

By: H.P. Lovecraft

Narrated by: Josh Greenwood

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A humorous tale of a fictional scholar from the 4th century, and his skull. The inspiration for the story stemmed from the mistaken belief of Maurice W. Moego's students that "ibid." (an abbreviation for the Latin "ibidem," meaning "in the same place") was the author's surname. The piece, in the process, serves as a satire on academic erudition... Read more

King of the Titans

By: J.K. Jones

Narrated by: DeeDee Ash

Length: 7 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Revenge is a dish best-served cold, or so they say... For Julian White, revenge is a burning obsession that consumes him day and night. He's spent years honing his skills as an assassin, waiting for the perfect moment to strike back at the man who took everything from him.Now, he's finally found a way to get close to the King of Titans, the man... Read more

A Sanguine Gem

By: Dawn Brower

Narrated by: Beatrice Pendergast

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Lady Gemma Kemsley is in dire straits. Her cousin Alfie inherited her father's estate upon his death. He quickly bled it dry of funds and is turning his lecherous intentions toward her. Alfie wants to have complete control over her inheritance. Without Alfie's approval she can't marry. She has one option-run away and live with her best friend in... Read more

The Esmeralda Goodbye

By: Corey Lynn Fayman

Narrated by: Maria McCann

Length: 9 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

1. In the sleepy seaside town of La Jolla, CA, rookie cop Jake Stirling saves the life of infamous crime writer Raymond Chandler, earning the respect of his hard-nosed captain, Wade Lennox, who served with Jake’s father, a police detective whose suicide two years earlier shocked the town and shattered Jake's family. Jake gets called to the Hotel... Read more

The Stranger in the Asylum

By: Alys Clare

Narrated by: Lucy Scott

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

London, April 1882. When cool-headed Phyllida visits the World's End Investigation Bureau to offer a curious case concerning her fiancé, proprietor Lily Raynor is intrigued - and privately excited. Phyllida's fiancé, Wilberforce, is currently in an asylum in Brittany, after a tragic incident which resulted in the death of his father. Did he kill... Read more

A Daughter's Hope

By: Lynne Francis

Narrated by: Victoria Brazier

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The truth is, Ella is hiding from a scandal. A scandal that drove her family out of their beloved Lane End Cottage in the tiny Yorkshire village they had lived in all their lives. A scandal that her sister Alice was blamed for. But Alice is no longer here. So it's up to Ella to pick up the pieces and do the best she can for the family she loves... Read more