Historical Fiction audiobooks
The Story of the Forest
By: Linda Grant
Narrated by: Anna Cordell
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
A Paste Most Anticipated Historical Fiction for Fall An “epic and marvelously entertaining” family saga by award-winning author Linda Grant about the European Jewish experience from WWI to the present day, that “constantly moves forward even as it looks sorrowfully back” (Financial Times). It’s 1913 when Mina, the young and carefree daughter of... Read more
View audiobookThe Viscount Who Loved Me
By: Julia Quinn
Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
Length: 12 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
1814 promises to be another eventful season, but not, This Author believes, for Anthony Bridgerton, London’s most elusive bachelor, who has shown no indication that he plans to marry. And in all truth, why should he? When it comes to playing the consummate rake, nobody does it better … —Lady Whistledown’s Society Papers, April 1814But this time... Read more
View audiobookConcrete Rose
By: Angie Thomas
Narrated by: Dion Graham
Length: 8 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. A Printz Honor Book!If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang... Read more
View audiobookTheft of Swords
By: Michael J. Sullivan
Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
Length: 22 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Royce Melborn, a skilled thief, and his mercenary partner, Hadrian Blackwater, make a profitable living carrying out dangerous assignments for conspiring nobles—until they are hired to pilfer a famed sword. What appears to be just a simple job finds them framed for the murder of the king and trapped in a conspiracy that uncovers a plot far... Read more
View audiobookThe Duke at Hazard
By: KJ Charles
Narrated by: Cornell Collins
Length: 9 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
"The Duke at Hazard is my dream historical romance: emotional and intimate, but also full of wit, humor, and a lovable cast of supporting characters. The setting feels so vivid and alive, and every single interaction between the two heroes is pitch perfect. I loved every word of this book' Martha Waters
The Duke of Severn is one of the greatest... Read more
These Violent Delights
By: Chloe Gong
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
Length: 14 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery.
A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the proud heir of the Scarlet Gang—a network of criminals far above... Read more
The Secrets We Kept: Reese's Book Club
By: Lara Prescott
Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan, Cynthia Farrell, Mozhan Marnò...
Length: 10 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
A HELLO SUNSHINE x REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK
A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice--inspired by the true story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda, but with the greatest love story of the twentieth century: Doctor Zhivago.
At the height of the... Read more
The Murder at the Vicarage
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Richard E. Grant
Length: 8 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
The Murder at the Vicarage is Agatha Christie’s first mystery to feature the beloved investigator Miss Marple—as a dead body in a clergyman’s study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise, is a sanctuary from homicide.Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, where... Read more
View audiobookKingdom of the Cursed
By: Kerri Maniscalco
Narrated by: Marisa Calin
Length: 14 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
From a #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a sizzling, sweepingly romantic story filled with dangerous secrets, evil twins, and powerful magic.
One sister.
Two sinful princes.
Infinite deception with a side of revenge . . . Welcome to Hell.
After selling her soul to become Queen of the Wicked, Emilia travels to the Seven Circles with the... Read more
A Christmas Carol
By: Charles Dickens
Narrated by: Jim Dale
Length: 2 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
"Bah Humbug!" That's how Ebeneezer Scrooge feels about Christmas--until the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future decide to show the crotchety old miser the error of his ways. Together they travel through time, revisiting all the people who have played an important role in Scrooge's life. And as their journey concludes, Scrooge is... Read more
View audiobookThud!
By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Jon Culshaw, Peter Serafinowicz & Bill Nighy
Length: 12 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
“Start with Douglas Adams’s comic science fiction (A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) and J.R.R. Tolkien’s alternative worlds, mix in James Ellroy’s gritty realism and Jonathan Swift’s unflinching satire and, if you’re lucky, you’ll get something like Terry Pratchett’s Thud!” —Wall Street JournalCity Watch Commander Sam Vimes must solve the... Read more
View audiobookLady in the Lake
By: Laura Lippman
Narrated by: Susan Bennett
Length: 10 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
SOON TO BE A SERIES FROM APPLE TV!A New York Times Bestseller2020 Audie Awards® Finalist - Thriller/SuspenseThe revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the... Read more
View audiobookViscount in Love
By: Eloisa James
Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
Length: 9 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Two eccentric orphans bring together a grumpy viscount and the free-spirited heroine who steals his heart in the first novel in Eloisa James’s new Accidental Brides series, in which haughty aristocrats find themselves married to the wrong women. He wants a nanny, not a bride…Suddenly guardian to twins, Viscount Dominic Kelbourne is luckily... Read more
View audiobookThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
By: Alan Bradley
Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950—and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion... Read more
View audiobookKingdom of the Wicked
By: Kerri Maniscalco
Narrated by: Marisa Calin
Length: 12 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
A James Patterson Presents Novel
From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series comes a new blockbuster series...
Two sisters.One brutal murder.A quest for vengeance that will unleash Hell itself...And an intoxicating romance.Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe - witches who live... Read more
Manhattan Beach
By: Jennifer Egan
Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz, Heather Lind & Vincent Piazza
Length: 15 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A New York Times Notable Book
Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
The daring and magnificent novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author.
Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, Esquire, Vogue, The Washington Post, The Guardian, USA TODAY, and Time
Anna Kerrigan, nearly twelve years... Read more
The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home
By: Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor
Narrated by: Mara Wilson
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Times bestselling authors of Welcome to Night Vale and It Devours! and the creators of the hit podcast, comes a new novel set in the world of Night Vale and beyond. In the town of Night Vale, there’s a faceless old woman who secretly lives in everyone’s home, but no one knows how she got there or where she came from...until now.... Read more
View audiobookShōgun, Part One
By: James Clavell
Narrated by: Ralph Lister
Length: 24 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
By the #1 New York Times bestselling author and unparalleled master of historical fiction, James Clavell’s Shōgun is soon to be a major FX/Hulu TV series!Shōgun, the classic epic novel of feudal Japan that captured the heart of a culture and the imagination of the world, is now available for the first time in serial format. Part One contains... Read more
View audiobookThe Murder at the Vicarage
By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Joan Hickson
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
The Murder at the Vicarage is Agatha Christie’s first mystery to feature the beloved investigator Miss Marple—as a dead body in a clergyman’s study proves to the indomitable sleuth that no place, holy or otherwise, is a sanctuary from homicide.Miss Marple encounters a compelling murder mystery in the sleepy little village of St. Mary Mead, where... Read more
View audiobookMarple: Twelve New Mysteries
By: Agatha Christie, Naomi Alderman, Leigh Bardugo,...
Narrated by: Alex Kingston, Adjoa Andoh, Miriam Margolyes, C...
Length: 11 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER""Each author captures Christie—and Marple—perfectly, while also displaying just a bit of her own unique touch. . . . This new and entertaining collection by some of our favorite writers will hook a new group of readers to the formidable Miss Marple."" — Rhys Bowen, Washington Post“Marple is the best loved [detective]. Also... Read more
View audiobookThe Kite Runner
By: Khaled Hosseini
Narrated by: Khaled Hosseini
Length: 12 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
A Stunning Novel of Hope and Redemption
Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan grow up in different worlds: Amir... Read more
The Wicked Bargain
By: Gabe Cole Novoa
Narrated by: Vico Ortiz
Length: 10 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
El Diablo is in the details in this Latinx pirate fantasy starring a transmasculine nonbinary teen with a mission of revenge, redemption, and revolution. From the New York Times bestselling author of Most Ardently.
On Mar León de la Rosa's sixteenth birthday, el Diablo comes calling. Mar is a transmasculine nonbinary teen pirate hiding a magical... Read more
The Mirror & the Light
By: Hilary Mantel
Narrated by: Ben Miles
Length: 38 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
"The many listeners enthralled by the earlier two volumes in Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy will find all their expectations met in this final installment... Here is a narrative achievement of the highest order." — AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
This program is read by Ben Miles, who played Thomas Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare... Read more
The Hunger
By: Alma Katsu
Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
Length: 10 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
"Supernatural suspense at its finest...The best thing about The Hunger is that it will scare the pants off you."--The New York Times Book Review
"Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark."--Stephen King
A tense and gripping reimagining of one of America's most fascinating historical moments: the Donner Party... Read more