Historical Fiction audiobooks

Underground Airlines

By: Ben H. Winters

Narrated by: William DeMeritt

Length: 9 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The bestselling book that asks the question: what would present-day America look like if the Civil War never happened?

A New York Times bestseller; a Goodreads Choice finalist; named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, Slate, Publishers Weekly, Hudson Bookseller, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kirkus Reviews, AudioFile Magazine, and Amazon

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The Gilded Years

By: Karin Tanabe

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Passing meets The House of Mirth in this “utterly captivating” (Kathleen Grissom, New York Times bestselling author of The Kitchen House) historical novel based on the true story of Anita Hemmings, the first black student to attend Vassar, who successfully passed as white—until she let herself grow too attached to the wrong person.

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Smoke

By: Dan Vyleta

Narrated by: Allan Corduner

Length: 18 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Readers of the Harry Potter series and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell are sure to be mesmerized by Dan Vyleta’s thrilling blend of historical fiction and fantasy, as three young friends scratch the surface of the grown-up world to discover startling wonders—and dangerous secrets.
 
 
 
“Dan Vyleta writes with intricacy and imagination and... Read more

Everyone Brave is Forgiven

By: Chris Cleave

Narrated by: Luke Thompson

Length: 12 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The instant New York Times bestseller from Chris Cleave—the unforgettable novel about three lives entangled during World War II, told “with dazzling prose, sharp English wit, and compassion…a powerful portrait of war’s effects on those who fight and those left behind” (People, Book of the Week).

London, 1939. The day war is declared, Mary North... Read more

The Book of Night Women

By: Marlon James

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 15 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf and the WINNER of the 2015 Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings

"An undeniable success.” — The New York Times Book Review

The Book of Night Women is a sweeping, startling novel, a true tour de force of both voice and storytelling. It is the story of... Read more

One Thousand White Women

By: Jim Fergus

Narrated by: Laura Hicks

Length: 14 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on an actual historical event, this is the story of May Dodd—a remarkable woman who, in 1875, travels through the American West to marry the chief of the Cheyenne Nation.One Thousand White Women begins with May Dodd’s journey into an unknown world. Having been committed to an insane asylum by her blue-blood family for the crime of loving a... Read more

This Cursed House

By: Del Sandeen

Narrated by: Chanté McCormick

Length: 11 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

One of Esquire's Best Horror Books of 2024
One of Crime Reads' Best Gothic Novels of 2024

In this Southern gothic horror debut, a young Black woman abandons her life in 1960s Chicago for a position with a mysterious family in New Orleans, only to discover the dark truth: They’re under a curse, and they think she can break it.

In the fall of 1962,... Read more

Catan

By: Klaus Teuber

Narrated by: Evan Sibley

Length: 19 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Written by the award-winning creator of the global board game sensation, Catan is a new adventure perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike.Norway, 860.Half-brothers Thorolf, Yngvi, and Digur have conspired to help Asla—daughter of Halldor, a powerful Viking chieftain—to escape her father’s oppressive rule. However, when they are... Read more

Bringer of Dust

By: J. M. Miro

Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe

Length: 24 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

"Ben Onwukwe deeply engages the listening audience with this electrifying dark fantasy. The novel's impeccable attention to detail vividly comes alive through Onwukwe's tone and resonant timbre" —AudioFile on Ordinary Monsters

"A sprawling romp on audio." —Buzzfeed on Ordinary Monsters

In this highly anticipated second book in the Talents Trilogy,... Read more

The Fallen Fruit

By: Shawntelle Madison

Narrated by: Robin Miles & Adenrele Ojo

Length: 14 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Combining history and fantasy, a sweeping multi-generational epic in the vein of Kindred and The Time Traveler's Wife about a woman who travels through time to end a family curse that has plagued her ancestors for generations.On a rainy day in May 1964, history professor Cecily Bridge-Davis begins to search for the sixty-five acres of land she... Read more

The Forgotten Boy

By: Laura Andersen

Narrated by: Kim Bretton

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

1460: Ismay Deacon, caught between sides in the War of the Roses, tries to hide away in her ancestral home, Havencross. But when word gets out that she has a child, and speculation on who the father might be, Ismay has to make a terrible choice to protect her son. The Deacon family disappears, but there are rumors of a fair-haired, unsmiling... Read more

A Shore Thing

By: Joanna Lowell

Narrated by: Ros Watt

Length: 13 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

"Glorious.... Every scene in this book is a treasure."--The New York Times

Named a Best Romance of the Year by The New York Times and Parade

A delightfully queer Victorian love story, featuring a boldly brash trans hero, the beguiling botanist who captures his heart, and a buoyant bicycle race by the British seaside — from the author of The Duke... Read more

Isabel and The Rogue

By: Liana De la Rosa

Narrated by: Ruby Hunt

Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

When a Mexican heiress defies Victorian society to protect her country a British war hero makes it his new mission to protect her…

Isabel Luna Valdés has long since resigned herself to being the “forgotten” Luna sister. But thanks to familial connections to the Mexican ambassador in London, wallflower Isabel is poised to unearth any British... Read more

Earls Trip

By: Jenny Holiday

Narrated by: Harry Frost

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Ted Lasso meets Bridgerton for a nineteenth century spin on The Hangover in USA Today bestselling author Jenny Holiday's laugh-out-loud Earls Trip

Even an earl needs his ride-or-dies, and Archibald Fielding-Burton, the Earl of Harcourt, counts himself lucky to have two. The annual trip that Archie takes with his BFFs Simon and Effie holds a... Read more

The Stolen Child

By: Ann Hood

Narrated by: Jefferson Mays

Length: 10 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

An unlikely duo ventures through France and Italy to solve the mystery of a child’s fate in this moving, page-turning novel from “a gifted storyteller” (PEOPLE).For decades, Nick Burns has been haunted by a decision he made as a young soldier in World War I, when a French artist he’d befriended thrust both her paintings and her baby into his... Read more

Miss Morgan's Book Brigade

By: Janet Skeslien Charles

Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Sarah Gadon, Jackie Sanders & Ca...

Length: 9 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author Janet Skeslien Charles and based on the true story of Jessie Carson—the American librarian who changed the literary landscape of France—this is “a moving tale of sacrifice, heroism, and inspired storytelling immersed in the power of books to change our lives” (Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times... Read more

Your Presence Is Mandatory

By: Sasha Vasilyuk

Narrated by: Sam Rushton

Length: 11 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Your Presence Is Mandatory by Sasha Vasilyuk, read by Sam Rushton.

A riveting debut novel, based on real events, about a World War II veteran with a secret that could land him in the Gulag, and his family who are forced to live in the shadow of all he has not told them.

Ukraine, 2007. Yefim Shulman, husband, grandfather and war... Read more

The Flower Sisters

By: Michelle Collins Anderson

Narrated by: Laura Knight Keating, Graham Winton, Jim Frangi...

Length: 14 hours

Abridged: No

Drawing on the little-known true story of one tragic night at an Ozarks dance hall in 1928, this beautifully written novel, told through interwoven narratives generations apart, is a page-turning tale of love, loss, and reinvention …At birth, Violet and Rose Flowers were identical, save for a tiny bluish-purple mark gracing Violet’s slender... Read more

The Murder of Mr. Ma

By: John Shen Yen Nee & S.J. Rozan

Narrated by: Daniel York Loh

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

London, 1924. When shy academic Lao She meets larger-than-life Judge Dee Ren Jie, his quiet life abruptly turns from books and lectures to daring chases and narrow escapes. Dee has come to London to investigate the murder of a man he’d known during World War I when serving with the Chinese Labour Corps. No sooner has Dee interviewed the grieving... Read more

All We Were Promised

By: Ashton Lattimore

Narrated by: Shayna Small & Ashton Lattimore

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A housemaid with a dangerous family secret conspires with a wealthy young abolitionist to help an enslaved girl escape, in volatile pre-Civil War Philadelphia—“a gripping novel about standing up to impossible odds” (People, Best New Books)

The rebel . . . the socialite . . . and the fugitive. Together, they will risk everything for one another in... Read more

A Governess's Guide to Passion and Peril

By: Manda Collins

Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Two friends reunite and discover hidden feelings while investigating a murder in this sensual, witty historical romance—perfect for fans of Evie Dunmore and Netflix's Bridgerton!

Jane Halliwell once dreamed of a home of her own—but those dreams (and her dowry) died with her father. Now, she works as a governess, preparing her charge for a... Read more

The Woman with No Name

By: Audrey Blake

Narrated by: Amy Scanlon

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on a true storyShe'll light the fire of resistance—but she may get burned …1942. Though she survived the bomb that destroyed her home, Yvonne Rudellat’s life is over. She’s estranged from her husband, her daughter is busy with war work, and Yvonne—older, diminutive, overlooked—has lost all purpose. Until she’s offered a chance to remake... Read more

The Hedgewitch of Foxhall

By: Anna Bright

Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham, Alister Austin & James Meunier

Length: 11 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In this gorgeous stand-alone cozy fantasy romance perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Allison Saft, a rebellious witch undertakes a last-ditch quest to restore magic to medieval Wales—as two princes vie for her heart.Magic is fading from Wales—choked off by King Offa’s Dyke, the enemy earthworks that spans the entire border. Even the... Read more

The Berlin Letters

By: Katherine Reay

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld, Ann Marie Gideon & P. J. Ochlan

Length: 11 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

"Fans of codebreakers, spies, and Cold War dramas will be entrapped by Reay's tale of courage, love, and honor set against the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall." - Booklist Starred ReviewBestselling author Katherine Reay returns with an unforgettable tale of the Cold War and a CIA code breaker who risks everything to free her father from an East... Read more