Historical Fiction audiobooks

The Girl from the Channel Islands

By: Jenny Lecoat

Narrated by: Deryn Edwards

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times and Globe and Mail bestseller—for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz!

“Unforgettable” —Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author

Inspired by true events, the riveting story of a young Jewish woman trapped on the occupied island of Jersey during World War II.

Summer 1940: Hedy Bercu fled... Read more

Maplecroft

By: Cherie Priest

Narrated by: Johanna Parker & Roger Wayne

Length: 12 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The people of Fall River, Massachusetts, fear me. Perhaps rightfully so. I remain a suspect in the brutal deaths of my father and his second wife despite the verdict of innocence at my trial. With our inheritance, my sister, Emma, and I have taken up residence in Maplecroft, a mansion near the sea and far from gossip and scrutiny.




But it is not... Read more

Down a Dark River

By: Karen Odden

Narrated by: Joshua Manning

Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

London, 1878. One April morning, a small boat bearing a young woman’s corpse floats down the murky waters of the Thames. When the victim is identified as Rose Albert, daughter of a prominent judge, the Scotland Yard director gives the case to Michael Corravan, one of the only Senior Inspectors remaining after a corruption scandal the previous... Read more

The Houseboat

By: Dane Bahr

Narrated by: William DeMeritt, Anna Caputo, Stacy Carolan & ...

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

James Sallis meets Mindhunter in this stylish and atmospheric noir set in small town Iowa in the 1960s, a midcentury heartland gothic with abounding twists and a feverish conclusion.

Local outcast Rigby Sellers lives in squalor on a dilapidated houseboat moored on the Mississippi River. With only stolen mannequins and the river to keep him... Read more

The Engineer's Wife

By: Tracey Enerson Wood

Narrated by: Libby McKnight

Length: 14 hours

Abridged: No

She built a monument for all time.

Then she was lost in its shadow.

Emily Warren Roebling refuses to live conventionally—she knows who she is and what she wants, and she’s determined
to make change. But then her husband, Wash, asks the unthinkable: give up her dreams to make his possible.

Emily’s fight for women’s suffrage is put on hold and her... Read more

Marilla of Green Gables

By: Sarah McCoy

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables . . . before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and moving historical novel, set in rural Prince Edward Island in the nineteenth century, that imagines the young life of spinster Marilla Cuthbert, and the choices that will open her life to the possibility of heartbreak—and unimaginable... Read more

Love and Other Consolation Prizes

By: Jamie Ford

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller & Jamie Ford

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet comes a powerful novel, inspired by a true story, about a boy whose life is transformed at Seattle’s epic 1909 World’s Fair.

“An evocative, heartfelt, beautifully crafted story that shines a light on a fascinating, tragic bit of forgotten history.”—Kristin Hannah, author... Read more

All the Bees in the Hollows

By: Lauren Keegan

Narrated by: Candida Gubbins & Sofia Engstrand

Length: 9 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Bees choose their masters. Bees don't sting good people.


Marytè is a devoted beekeeper. She lives by the old rules: work with fellow beekeepers, be a good Christian and a good harvest will follow. These rules help her cope with her grief when she inherits her husband's tree hollows. But as harsh conditions and tax increases threaten the harvest,... Read more

Lilac Girls

By: Martha Hall Kelly

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Kathleen Gati, Kathrin Kana...

Length: 17 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by the life of a real World War II heroine, this powerful debut novel reveals an incredible story of love, redemption, and terrible secrets that were hidden for decades.
 
New York socialite Caroline Ferriday has her hands full with her post at the French consulate and a new love on the horizon. But Caroline’s world is forever changed... Read more

The Great When

By: Alan Moore

Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

Length: 13 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents The Great When by Alan Moore, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith.

This audiobook features an exclusive essay, The True History of What Didn’t Happen, written and read by Alan Moore.

From the New York Times bestselling author and legendary storyteller Alan Moore, the first book in an enthralling new fantasy series about murder,... Read more

Murder at the Mena House

By: Erica Ruth Neubauer

Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Egypt, 1926. Fiercely independent American Jane Wunderly has made up her mind: she won't be swept off her feet on a trip abroad. Despite her Aunt Millie's best efforts at meddling with her love life, the young widow would rather gaze at the Great Pyramids of Giza than into the eyes of a dashing stranger. Yet Jane's plans to remain cool and... Read more

The Risen

By: Ron Rash

Narrated by: Richard Ferrone

Length: 5 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times bestselling author Ron Rash demonstrates his superb narrative skills in this suspenseful and evocative tale of two brothers whose lives are altered irrevocably by the events of one long-ago summer—and one bewitching young woman—and the secrets that could destroy their lives.While swimming in a secluded creek on a hot Sunday in... Read more

Summer Darlings

By: Brooke Lea Foster

Narrated by: Rebekkah Ross

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

“Filled with 1960s nostalgia and a host of deftly drawn characters” (Renée Rosen, author of Park Avenue Summer), Summer Darlings pulls back the curtain on one mysterious and wealthy family as seen through the eyes of their nanny—a college student who, while falling in love on Martha’s Vineyard, is also forced to reckon with the dark side of... Read more

The Zone of Interest

By: Martin Amis

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE



AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR



From one the most virtuosic authors in the English language: a powerful novel, written with urgency and moral force, that explores life—and love—among the Nazi bureaucrats of Auschwitz.



"A masterpiece . . . Profound, powerful, and morally urgent . . . A benchmark for what serious literature... Read more

Concrete 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

Golden Hill

By: Francis Spufford

Narrated by: Sarah Borges

Length: 10 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

A Wall Street Journal Top Ten Fiction Book of 2017 * A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of the Year * A Seattle Times Favorite Book of 2017 * An NPR Best Book of 2017 * A Kirkus Reviews Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year * A Library Journal Top Historical Fiction Book of the Year * Winner of the Costa First Novel Award, the RSL... Read more

The Alchemy of Moonlight

By: David Ferraro

Narrated by: Will Watt

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

When Emile’s aunt declares he must marry or be disowned for being gay, he runs away to hide as a servant in Count Montoni’s mansion. In their service, Emile tends to the family who all suffer a strange affliction on the full moon. And after overhearing suspicious family arguments, he finds a body on the estate, drawing the attention of a... Read more

Marley

By: Jon Clinch

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The acclaimed author of Finn “digs down to the bones of a classic and creates must-read modern literature” (Charles Frazier, New York Times bestselling author) with this “clever riff” (The Washington Post) on Dickens’s classic A Christmas Carol that explores of the relationship between Ebenezer Scrooge and Jacob Marley.

“Marley was dead, to begin... Read more

Epitaph

By: Mary Doria Russell

Narrated by: Hillary Huber

Length: 19 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Mary Doria Russell, the bestselling, award-winning author of The Sparrow, returns with Epitaph. An American Iliad, this richly detailed and meticulously researched historical novel continues the story she began in Doc, following Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday to Tombstone, Arizona, and to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.A deeply divided nation.... Read more

Senlin Ascends

By: Josiah Bancroft

Narrated by: John Banks

Length: 14 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The first book in the word-of-mouth phenomenon debut fantasy series about one man's dangerous journey through a labyrinthine world.

"One of my favorite books of all time" -- Mark Lawrence

The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel in the world. Immense as a mountain, the ancient Tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and peaceful, stacked one on... 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

Untethered

By: Angela Jackson-Brown

Narrated by: Karen Murray

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Sometimes family is found in the most unlikely of places . . .In the small college town of Troy, Alabama, amidst the backdrop of 1967, Katia Daniels lives a life steeped in responsibility. At the Pike County Group Home for Negro Boys, she pours her heart into nurturing the young lives under her care, harboring a longing for children of her own.... Read more

Atomic Anna

By: Rachel Barenbaum

Narrated by: Traci Odom, Natalie Naudus, Emily Lawrence & Za...

Length: 15 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

“Atomic Anna is a dazzling work of ingenuity and imagination.”―Téa Obreht,National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Inland

From the author of A Bend in the Stars, an epic adventure as three generations of women work together and travel through time to prevent the Chernobyl disaster and right the wrongs of their... Read more

Dream Town

By: David Baldacci

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & Brittany Pressley

Length: 10 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Private investigator and World War II veteran Aloysius Archer heads to Los Angeles, the city where dreams are made and shattered, and is ensnared in a lethal case in this latest thriller in #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci’s Nero Award-winning series.  

It’s the eve of 1953, and Aloysius Archer is in Los Angeles to ring in the... Read more