Historical Fiction audiobooks

Best Served Cold

By: Joe Abercrombie

Narrated by: Steven Pacey

Length: 26 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Springtime in Styria. And that means war.

There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, and behind the scenes bankers, priests and older, darker powers play a... Read more

A Gathering of Shadows

By: V. E. Schwab

Narrated by: Michael Kramer & Kate Reading

Length: 16 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Four months have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Rhy was wounded and the Dane twins fell, and the stone was cast with Holland's dying body through the rift, and into Black London.

In many ways, things have almost returned to normal, though Rhy... Read more

Wild Seed

By: Octavia E. Butler

Narrated by: Robin Miles

Length: 11 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

DDoro knows no higher authority than himself. An ancient spirit with boundless powers, he possesses humans, killing without remorse as he jumps from body to body to sustain his own life. With a lonely eternity ahead of him, Doro breeds supernaturally gifted humans into empires that obey his every desire. He fears no one—until he meets Anyanwu. ... Read more

Kaikeyi

By: Vaishnavi Patel

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 17 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

“With a graceful, measured elegance” (The New York Times), this lyrical novel reimagines the life of the infamous queen from the ancient epic the Ramayana, giving voice to an extraordinary woman determined to leave her mark in a world where gods and men dictate the shape of things to come.I was born on the full moon under an auspicious... Read more

What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust

By: Alan Bradley

Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce, along with her pestilent younger cousin, investigates the murder of a former public hangman and uncovers a secret that brings the greatest shock of her life.

“I love the Flavia de Luce novels! Flavia is the best female detective I’ve ever read, full of realism, self-confidence, and emotion (in... Read more

The Heroes

By: Joe Abercrombie

Narrated by: Steven Pacey

Length: 23 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbor, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on... Read more

Three Hours in Paris

By: Cara Black

Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers

Length: 10 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

In June of 1940, when Paris fell to the Nazis, Hitler spent a total of three hours in the City of Light—abruptly leaving, never to return. To this day, no one knows why.

Kate Rees, a young American markswoman, has been recruited by British intelligence to drop into Paris with a dangerous assignment: assassinate the Führer. Wrecked by grief after... Read more

Dragonfly in Amber

By: Diana Gabaldon

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 38 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

The second part of the series from Diana Gabaldon that explores the power of a love which transcends space and time. A magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland...For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland's... Read more

Let Us Descend

By: Jesmyn Ward

Narrated by: Jesmyn Ward

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • Instant New York Times Bestseller • Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more.

“Nothing short of epic, magical, and intensely moving.” —Vogue • “A novel of triumph.” —The Washington Post • “Harrowing, immersive, and other-worldly.” —People
... Read more

The Librarian Spy

By: Madeline Martin

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 10 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

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

“Readers will be on the edge of their seats….  A brilliant tale of resistance, courage and ultimately hope.”  –Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London... Read more

In Want of a Suspect

By: Tirzah Price

Narrated by: Morag Sims & Sam Devereaux

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

The first book in a thrilling mystery duology that follows Lizzie Bennet and Mr. Darcy from the acclaimed Jane Austen Murder Mystery series!It is a truth universally acknowledged, that London’s first female solicitor in possession of the details of a deadly crime, must be in want of a suspect.The tenacious Lizzie Bennet has earned her place at... Read more

Voyager

By: Diana Gabaldon

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 43 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Diana Gabaldon’s magnificent historical saga, begun with Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber, continues with this New York Times bestseller. Set in the intriguing Scotland of 200 years ago, the third installment in the romantic adventures of Jamie and Claire is as compelling as the first.Now that Claire knows Jamie survived the slaughter at... Read more

The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love

By: India Holton

Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

"So riotously clever it almost defies description...an alchemy of romantic elements held in perfect harmony."—NPR

Rival ornithologists hunt through England for a rare magical bird in this historical-fantasy rom-com reminiscent of Indiana Jones but with manners, tea, and helicopter parasols.

Beth Pickering is on the... Read more

Band Sinister

By: KJ Charles

Narrated by: Cornell Collins

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Sir Philip Rookwood is the disgrace of the county. He's a rake and an atheist, and the rumours about his hellfire club, the Murder, can only be spoken in whispers. (Orgies. It's orgies.)



Guy Frisby and his sister Amanda live in rural seclusion after a family scandal. But when Amanda breaks her leg in a riding accident, she's forced to recuperate... Read more

Eleanore of Avignon

By: Elizabeth DeLozier

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 9 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A Library Reads Pick! 

An Amazon Best Book of the Month!

An Aardvark Book Club Pick! 

Rich with unforgettable characters, gorgeously drawn, and full of captivating historical drama, Eleanore of Avignon is the story of a healer who risks her life, her freedom, and everything she holds dear to protect her beloved city from the encroaching Black Death

... Read more

The Wind Knows My Name

By: Isabel Allende

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & Maria Liatis

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “The lives of a Jewish boy escaping Nazi-occupied Europe and a mother and daughter fleeing twenty-first-century El Salvador intersect in this ambitious, intricate novel about war and immigration” (People), from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea and Violeta

“Timely, provocative . . . emotionally satisfying . . . [a... Read more

Beneath a Scarlet Sky

By: Mark Sullivan

Narrated by: Will Damron

Length: 17 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours.Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager—obsessed with music,... Read more

The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

By: Helen Simonson

Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham & Helen Simonson

Length: 15 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Historical fiction of the highest order . . . an absolute joy of a book, warm and romantic, and with so much to say about the lives of women in the years following World War I.”—Ann Napolitano, bestselling author of Hello Beautiful

A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British... Read more

A Gentleman Never Keeps Score

By: Cat Sebastian

Narrated by: Joel Leslie

Length: 9 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

If you haven’t read Cat Sebastian, what are you waiting for?”—Lorraine Heath, New York Times bestselling authorOnce beloved by London's fashionable elite, Hartley Sedgwick has become a recluse after a spate of salacious gossip exposed his most-private secrets. Rarely venturing from the house whose inheritance is a daily reminder of his downfall,... Read more

The Labyrinth of the Spirits

By: Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Narrated by: Daniel Weyman

Length: 27 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Bestseller""Packed with suspense. . . a gripping edge-of-your-seat thriller.” — Washington Book Review
The internationally acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author returns to the magnificent universe he constructed in his bestselling novels The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel’s Game, and The Prisoner of Heaven in this riveting... 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

Saevus Corax Deals With the Dead

By: K. J. Parker

Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe

Length: 13 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of the most original voices in fantasy comes a twisted tale of murder, betrayal, and battlefield salvage. 

There’s no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along. Swords, armour, arrows – and the bodies, of course.
 
Over the years, Saevus Corax has picked up a lot of things. Some of them... Read more

Cards on the Table

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

In Agatha Christie’s classic mystery, Cards on the Table, the wily Hercule Poirot is on the case when a bridge night turns deadlyMr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he is a man of whom everybody is a little afraid. So when he boasts to Hercule Poirot that he considers murder an art form, the detective has some... Read more

A Master of Djinn

By: P. Djèlí Clark

Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar

Length: 15 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

"[Narrator Suehyla] El-Attar expertly creates a vibrant version of Cairo that captures a heady blend of the cosmopolitan and the supernatural that will win many new fans." -- AudioFile Magazine

Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns to his popular alternate Cairo universe for his fantasy novel debut, A Master of Djinn

Cairo,... Read more