Historical Fiction audiobooks

Spice and Wolf, Vol. 12 (light novel)

By: Isuna Hasekura

Narrated by: J. Michael Tatum & Brina Palencia

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

To obtain a map of the northlands, Lawrence and company leave the Kingdom of Winfiel and return to Kerube. Seeking out a silversmith of notorious reputation, they are introduced to the beautiful Fran Vonely who offers to provide what they seek. However, Fran's map comes with a price-in exchange, the party must travel with her to a village where... Read more

The Keeper of Hidden Books

By: Madeline Martin

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 10 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER—for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz!

A BookBub Pick for Best Historical Fiction of Summer 2023

A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of the underground library in WWII Warsaw, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Last... Read more

The Rules of Magic

By: Alice Hoffman

Narrated by: Marin Ireland

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick from beloved author Alice Hoffman—the spellbinding prequel to Practical Magic.

Find your magic.

For the Owens family, love is a curse that began in 1620, when Maria Owens was charged with witchery for loving the wrong man.

Hundreds of years later, in New York City at the... Read more

Music from Another World

By: Robin Talley

Narrated by: Jayme Mattler & Emily Lawrence

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A master of award-winning queer historical fiction, New York Times bestselling author Robin Talley brings to life an emotionally captivating story about the lives of two teen girls living in an age when just being yourself was an incredible act of bravery.

It’s summer 1977 and closeted lesbian Tammy Larson can’t be herself anywhere. Not at her... Read more

The Valley of Horses

By: Jean M. Auel

Narrated by: Sandra Burr

Length: 24 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

This odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of The Clan of the Cave Bear, and to Ayla, now grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman.Cruelly cast out by the new leader of the ancient Clan that adopted her as a child, Ayla leaves those she loves behind and travels alone through... Read more

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

By: John Boyne

Narrated by: Michael Maloney

Length: 4 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

BONUS FEATURE: Conversation between the author and the editor, David Fickling.

Berlin 1942

When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing... Read more

Frederica

By: Georgette Heyer

Narrated by: Joe Jameson

Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Vernon Alverstoke sees no reason to put himself out for anyone.

But when a distant connection asks for help, he is quickly plunged into one drama after another by the disorderly Merriville family.

Surprisingly, he finds himself far from bored - especially when he encounters their strong-minded daughter,... Read more

The Filling Station

By: Vanessa Miller

Narrated by: Angel Pean

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A USA TODAY bestseller!"The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is, shockingly, little more than a footnote in history . . . Miller's book, thankfully, reverses that egregious oversight . . . we viscerally learn how this vibrant Black community fought devastation with resilience, faith, and grit." --Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling authorTwo... Read more

The Jane Austen Society

By: Natalie Jenner

Narrated by: Richard Armitage

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

"Richard Armitage is an excellent choice of narrator for this celebration of the famed British author's work. His deep, resonant voice meanders through the stories of seven different people in the small English town of Chawton...a great casual listen, especially for those familiar with Austen's work." -- AudioFile Magazine

This program includes... Read more

The Women Could Fly

By: Megan Giddings

Narrated by: Angel Pean

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Shirley Jackson, and Octavia Butler, a biting social commentary from the acclaimed author of Lakewood that speaks to our times—a piercing dystopian novel about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her mysterious mother, set in a world in which witches are real and single women are closely... Read more

The Bell in the Lake

By: Lars Mytting

Narrated by: Roger May

Length: 15 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Norway, 1880. In the secluded village of Butangen at the end of the valley, headstrong Astrid dreams of a life beyond marriage, hard work and children. And then Pastor Kai Schweigaard comes into her life, taking over the 700-year-old stave church with its carvings of pagan deities. The two church bells were forged by her forefather in the 16th... Read more

The Secret River

By: Kate Grenville

Narrated by: Paul Blackwell

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1806 William Thornhill, a man of quick temper and deep feelings, is transported from the slums of London to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife Sal and their children he arrives in a harsh land he cannot understand. But the colony can turn a convict into a free man. Eight years later Thornhill sails up the... Read more

The Last Garden in England

By: Julia Kelly

Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio, Marisa Calin, Danielle Cohen, ...

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the international bestsellers The Light Over London and The Whispers of War comes “a compelling read, filled with lovable characters and an alluring twist of fates” (Ellen Keith, author of The Dutch Wife) about five women living across three different times whose lives are all connected by one very special garden.

Present day:... Read more

A Monstrous Regiment of Women

By: Laurie R. King

Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin

Length: 11 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Nero Wolfe Award

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes return in a series the Chicago Tribune calls "as audacious as it is entertaining and moving."

It is 1921 and Mary Russell--Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology--is on the verge of acquiring a sizable inheritance. Independent at last,... Read more

Don't Forget to Write

By: Sara Goodman Confino

Narrated by: Helen Laser

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1960, a young woman discovers a freedom she never knew existed in this exhilarating, funny, and emotional novel by the bestselling author of She’s Up to No Good.When Marilyn Kleinman is caught making out with the rabbi’s son in front of the whole congregation, her parents ship her off to her great-aunt Ada for the summer. If anyone can save... Read more

The Fall of Babel

By: Josiah Bancroft

Narrated by: John Banks

Length: 24 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The incredible final book in the phenomenon fantasy series described as “future classics" follows one man's dangerous journey through a labyrinthine world and the mysteries he uncovers along the way. (Los Angeles Times).

"Josiah Bancroft is a magician. His books are that rare alchemy: gracefully written, deliriously imaginative, action packed,... Read more

How to Stop Time

By: Matt Haig

Narrated by: Mark Meadows

Length: 10 hours

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library.

“A quirky romcom dusted with philosophical observations….A delightfully witty…poignant novel.” —The Washington Post
  
“She smiled a soft, troubled smile and I felt the whole world slipping away, and I wanted to slip with it, to go wherever she was going… I had existed whole... Read more

When the Tides Held the Moon

By: Venessa Vida Kelley

Narrated by: Joel de la Fuente & Lee Osorio

Length: 12 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

The Shape of Water meets The Greatest Showman in this queer historical cozy fantasy, as a young Puerto Rican immigrant goes through a journey of love and self-discovery after capturing a merman for a Coney Island sideshow act in turn-of-the-20th-century New York.  “Venessa gives life to the most unexpected things. I have a strong, strong feeling... Read more

The Lake House

By: Kate Morton

Narrated by: Daisy Head

Length: 18 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A missing child … June 1933, and the Edevane family’s country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. Alice Edevane, sixteen years old and a budding writer, is especially excited. Not only has she worked out the perfect twist for her novel, she’s also fallen helplessly in love with someone... Read more

Eye of the Needle

By: Ken Follett

Narrated by: Samuel West

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

The worldwide phenomenon from the bestselling author of The Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, A Column of Fire, and The Evening and the Morning

His code name was “The Needle.” He was a German aristocrat of extraordinary intelligence—a master spy with a legacy of violence in his blood, and the object of the most desperate manhunt 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 Deep

By: Alma Katsu

Narrated by: Jane Collingwood

Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

From the acclaimed and award-winning author of The Hunger comes an eerie, psychological twist on one of the world's most renowned tragedies, the sinking of the Titanic and the ill-fated sail of its sister ship, the Britannic.

Someone, or something, is haunting the ship. Between mysterious disappearances and sudden deaths, the guests of the... Read more

The Women of the Copper Country

By: Mary Doria Russell

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling and award-winning author of The Sparrow comes “historical fiction that feels uncomfortably relevant today” (Kirkus Reviews) about “America’s Joan of Arc”—the courageous woman who started a rebellion by leading a strike against the largest copper mining company in the world.

In July 1913, twenty-five-year-old Annie Clements... Read more

Hello Stranger

By: Lisa Kleypas

Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas delivers a scintillating tale of an unconventional beauty who finds passion with the spy who can’t resist her.A woman who defies her timeDr. Garrett Gibson, the only female physician in England, is as daring and independent as any man—why not take her pleasures like one? Yet she has never been... Read more