Historical Fiction audiobooks

They Went Left

By: Monica Hesse

Narrated by: Caitlin Davies

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A tour de force historical mystery from Monica Hesse, the bestselling and award-winning author of Girl in the Blue Coat. Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over, but nothing feels over to eighteen-year-old Zofia Lederman. Her body has barely begun to heal, her mind feels broken. And her... Read more

Pandora

By: Susan Stokes-Chapman

Narrated by: Olivia Vinall

Length: 11 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 Sunday Times BestsellerA Library Journal Best Book of 2023“Lush, evocative and utterly irresistible.”—Jennifer Saint, author of AriadnePrepare to lift the lid on a lush reimagination of the mythological Pandora….Susan Stokes-Chapman’s atmospheric debut, PANDORA, immerses the reader in the dangerous, mysterious world of ancient antiquities... Read more

The Good Liars

By: Anita Frank

Narrated by: Kristin Atherton

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The Sunday Times bestselling new historical fiction novel: an atmospheric tale of crime, deceit, and murder, set in the early 1920s… ‘Ingenious’ Sunday Times ‘The Good Liars is not only a superb book, it’s a clever book… claustrophobic, addictive and utterly compelling; I... Read more

The Age of Light

By: Whitney Scharer

Narrated by: Therese Plummer

Length: 11 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the Best Books of the Year: Parade, Glamour, Real Simple, Refinery29, Yahoo! Lifestyle. "A startlingly modern love story and a mesmerizing portrait of a woman's self-transformation from muse to artist." --Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere

"I'd rather take a photograph than be one," Lee Miller declares after she arrives in Paris... Read more

A Most Agreeable Murder

By: Julia Seales

Narrated by: Fiona Hampton

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A delightful cocktail that mixes elements of the Bridgerton series, Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice and Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple mysteries . . . The payoff is a wealth of wit, hilarity and suspense.”—People (Book of the Week)

When a wealthy bachelor drops dead at a ball, a young lady takes on the decidedly improper... Read more

Educating Caroline

By: Meg Cabot

Narrated by: Billie Fulford-Brown

Length: 12 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

With The Princess Diaries author Meg Cabot’s sparkling wit, this Victorian romance follows a young woman looking for lessons in love—now with a stunning new cover.

Lady Caroline Linford is horrified to discover her fiancé, the Marquis of Winchilsea, in the arms of another woman. Unfortunately, the rest of Victorian society doesn’t seem to... Read more

My Salty Mary

By: Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows

Narrated by: Nneka Okoye

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

My Lady Jane fixed Jane Grey’s tragic past—and now My Salty Mary will do the same for the infamous pirate Mary Read!Perfect for fans of The Princess Bride and A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, New York Times bestselling authors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows are back with a fantastical, romantical, and piratical historical... Read more

Masquerade

By: O.O. Sangoyomi

Narrated by: Ariel Blake

Length: 13 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the true cost of one woman’s fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths she’ll go to secure her future.

“[Ariel] Blake is adept at describing romantic moments, sumptuous palace finery, and bloody battles. Her characters have depth... Read more

Atalanta

By: Jennifer Saint

Narrated by: Beth Eyre

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"Eyre's British accent gives the production the feeling of a literary classic..."- AudioFile

From the beloved, bestselling author of Elektra and Ariadne, a reimagining of the myth of Atalanta, a fierce huntress raised by bears and the only woman in the world’s most famous band of heroes, the Argonauts

Princess, Warrior, Lover, Hero

When Princess... Read more

The God of Endings

By: Jacqueline Holland

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 16 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

"Maarleveld's narration takes the exquisite prose of this story and elevates it to a lyrical listening experience. Her consistently skilled delivery moves through a variety of accents and time periods. This audiobook is a fascinating story told by a masterful performer."- AudioFile

By turns suspenseful and enchanting, this breathtaking first... Read more

Tread of Angels

By: Rebecca Roanhorse

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Celeste, a card sharp with a need for justice, takes on the role of advocatus diaboli, to defend her sister Mariel, accused of murdering a Virtue, a member of the ruling class of this mining town, in an “intricate…engrossing” (The Washington Post) new world of dark fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of Black Sun, Rebecca... Read more

Rust in the Root

By: Justina Ireland

Narrated by: Jordan Cobb

Length: 12 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The author of the visionary New York Times bestseller Dread Nation returns with another spellbinding historical fantasy set at the crossroads of race and power in America.It is 1937, and Laura Ann Langston lives in an America divided—between those who work the mystical arts and those who do not. Ever since the Great Rust, a catastrophic event... Read more

The Book of Gothel

By: Mary McMyne

Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson

Length: 13 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

This dark, lush, and beautiful reimagining of the story of Rapunzel presents the witch’s perspective in this tale of motherhood, magic, and the stories we pass down to our children."Smart, swift, sure-footed and fleet-winged, The Book of Gothel launches its magic from a most reliable source: the troubled heart. Mary McMyne is a... Read more

The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle

By: Matt Cain

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In a wonderfully life-affirming and surprising story of human connection and second chances, a shy sixty-something postman opens his heart to love again, transforming the lives of those around him.Every day, Albert Entwistle makes his way through the streets of his small English town, delivering letters and parcels and returning greetings with a... Read more

Love & Saffron

By: Kim Fay

Narrated by: Kimberly Farr, Cassandra Campbell, Mark Bramhal...

Length: 3 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The Instant National Bestseller and #1 Indie Next Pick

In the vein of the classic 84, Charing Cross Road, this witty and tender novel follows two women in 1960s America as they discover that food really does connect us all, and that friendship and laughter are the best medicine.

When twenty-seven-year-old Joan Bergstrom sends a fan letter--as... Read more

The Yellow Wife

By: Sadeqa Johnson

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of House of Eve—a 2023 Reese’s Book Club Pick!

*A Best Book of the Year by NPR and Christian Science Monitor*

Called “wholly engrossing” by New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Grissom, this “fully immersive” (Lisa Wingate, #1 bestselling author of Before We Were Yours) story follows an enslaved... Read more

Sin Eater

By: Megan Campisi

Narrated by: Shiromi Arserio

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

“For fans of The Handmaid’s Tale...a debut novel with a dark setting and an unforgettable heroine...is a riveting depiction of hard-won female empowerment” (The Washington Post).

The Sin Eater walks among us, unseen, unheard
Sins of our flesh become sins of Hers
Following Her to the grave, unseen, unheard
The Sin Eater Walks Among Us.

For the... Read more

The Other Bennet Sister

By: Janice Hadlow

Narrated by: Carla Mendonça

Length: 18 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

"Jane fans rejoice! . . . Exceptional storytelling and a true delight." —Helen Simonson, author of the New York Times bestselling novels Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and The Summer Before the War

Mary, the bookish ugly duckling of Pride and Prejudice’s five Bennet sisters, emerges from the shadows and transforms into a desired woman with choices... Read more

Pride and Prejudice

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Carolyn Seymour

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The provincial Bennet family, home to five unmarried daughters, is turned upside down when a wealthy bachelor takes up a house nearby.Mr. Bingley enhances his instant popularity by hosting a ball and taking an interest in the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane. Meanwhile, Mr. Darcy, Bingley's even wealthier friend, makes himself equally unpopular by... Read more

Trouble

By: Lex Croucher

Narrated by: Ell Potter

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A Regency-era romantic comedy with a deliciously feminist and queer twist, from the New York Times bestselling author of Gwen & Art Are Not in Love.

There's a new governess at Fairmont House, and she's going to be nothing but trouble.

Emily Laurence is a liar. She is not polite, she's not polished, and she has never taught a child in her life.... Read more

The First Bright Thing

By: J.R. Dawson

Narrated by: Petrea Burchard & Tim Campbell

Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

If you knew how dark tomorrow would be, what would you do with today?

"This is the magic circus book that I have been looking for all my life."―Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart A Doorway

"With earnestness that matches the author's poignant story, narrator Petrea Burchard introduces listeners to the Circus of the... Read more

The Antiquity Affair

By: Lee Kelly & Jennifer Thorne

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley & Holly Linneman

Length: 11 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

An archaeologist’s estranged daughters.1907: The dawn of Egyptology is a time of imperialism and plunder, opulence and unrest, and Dr. Warren Ford, esteemed archaeologist, is the man of the hour. His daughters—intellectual Lila, on the eve of her debut as a Manhattan socialite, and nonconformist Tess, who dreams of following in his... Read more

The House Is on Fire

By: Rachel Beanland

Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Andi Arndt, Michael Crouc...

Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

A “wildly entertaining” (NPR), “gripping” (The Washington Post) work of historical fiction about an incendiary tragedy that shocked a young nation and tore apart a community in a single night, from the author of Florence Adler Swims Forever.

Richmond, Virginia 1811. It’s the height of the winter social season, the General Assembly is in session,... Read more

Lavender House

By: Lev AC Rosen

Narrated by: Vikas Adam

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

"This is a beautiful, satisfying listen."- AudioFile

"Most audiobook readers are familiar with Vikas Adam’s work. He’s a prolific narrator in the YA and romance space and the perfect choice for Lavender House....The narration kept my attention all the way through!"- Bookcrushin'

A delicious story from a new voice in suspense, Lev AC Rosen's... Read more