Historical Fiction audiobooks

Five Little Pigs

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 6 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In Agatha Christie’s classic, Five Little Pigs, beloved detective Hercule Poirot races to solve a case from out of the past.Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other “little pigs” who could have done it: Philip Blake (the stockbroker), who went to market; Meredith... Read more

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

By: Jamie Ford

Narrated by: Jennifer Lim, Cindy Kay, Mirai, Natalie Naudus,...

Length: 13 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick

The New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet returns with a powerful exploration of the love that binds a family across the generations in “one of the most beautiful books of motherhood and what we pass on to those that come... Read more

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Hercule Poirot solves his first case in the Agatha Christie novel that started it all, now in a fully restored edition that features a “missing chapter” along with commentary from Christie expert John Curran.Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorp and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects abound in the... Read more

Polostan

By: Neal Stephenson

Narrated by: January LaVoy

Length: 11 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new series—an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.The first installment in Neal Stephenson’s Bomb Light cycle, Polostan follows the early life of the... Read more

The Mapping of Love and Death

By: Jacqueline Winspear

Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy

Length: 9 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

From New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline Winspear, now available in paperback—the newest installment in the New York Times bestselling series, Maisie Dobbs is hired to unravel a case of wartime love and death, an investigation that leads her to a doomed affair between a young cartographer and a mysterious nurse.August 1914. As Michael... Read more

Between Two Fires

By: Christopher Buehlman

Narrated by: Steve West

Length: 14 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

His extraordinary debut, Those across the River, was hailed as "genre-bending Southern horror" (California Literary Review) and "graceful [and] horrific" (Patricia Briggs). Now Christopher Buehlman invites readers into an even darker age—one of temptation and corruption, of war in heaven and of hell on earth.And Lucifer said, "Let us rise... Read more

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The meticulous detective Hercule Poirot suspects the worst of the death of a dentist in this classic mystery by Queen of Whodunits, Agatha Christie.Even the great detective Hercule Poirot harbored a deep and abiding fear of the dentist, so it was with some trepidation that he arrived at the celebrated Dr. Morley’s surgery for a dental... 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

Once Upon a Wardrobe

By: Patti Callahan

Length: 7 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Book of Flora Lea and Becoming Mrs. Lewis comes a fascinating look into the bond between siblings and the life-changing magic of stories.1950: Margaret Devonshire (Megs) is a seventeen-year-old student of mathematics and physics at Oxford University. When her beloved eight-year-old brother... Read more

Gone With the Wind

By: Margaret Mitchell

Narrated by: Linda Stephens

Length: 49 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Margaret Mitchell's great novel of the South is one of the most popular books ever written. Within six months of its publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind had sold a million copies. To date, it has been translated into 25 languages, and more than 28 million copies have been sold. Here are the... Read more

The Snow Child

By: Eowyn Ivey

Narrated by: Therese Plummer

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

In this magical debut, a couple's lives are changed forever by the arrival of a little girl, wild and secretive, on their snowy doorstep.

Alaska, 1920: a brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart -- he breaking under the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling... Read more

Spice and Wolf, Vol. 9

By: Isuna Hasekura

Narrated by: Brina Palencia & J. Michael Tatum

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The capture of a narwhal and the ensuing power struggle between the northern and southern districts of Kerube has Lawrence caught in the middle! Backed into a corner by his own trade guild, can the merchant find a way to extricate himself from this delicate situation? And what of the wolf bone from Holo's pack? Can the Wisewolf of Yoitsu manage... Read more

All the Painted Stars

By: Emma Denny

Narrated by: Farrah Cave & Kristin Atherton

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

'Tender and gallant…Beautiful and romantic.' Ashley Herring Blake To win her heart, she'll have to fight… Oxfordshire 1362 When Lily Barden discovers her best friend Johanna’s hand in marriage is being awarded as the main prize at a tournament, she is determined to stop it.... Read more

Crow Mary

By: Kathleen Grissom

Narrated by: Carolina Hoyos

Length: 11 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of the book club classics The Kitchen House and Glory Over Everything returns with a sweeping and “richly detailed story of a woman caught between two cultures” (Sandra Dallas, New York Times bestselling author) inspired by the real life of Crow Mary—an Indigenous woman in 19th-century North America.

In 1872,... Read more

The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris

By: Evie Woods

Narrated by: Breffni Holahan

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

From the million-copy bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop 'A delicious book that I couldn’t resist devouring in one sitting. It was a delight to lose myself in the world of Edie and the mysterious baker. I would recommend to pastry lovers and book lovers alike!' Sally Page, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Keeper... 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

Murder at Mallowan Hall

By: Colleen Cambridge

Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon

Length: 9 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Tucked away among Devon's rolling green hills, Mallowan Hall combines the best of English tradition with the modern conveniences of 1930. Housekeeper Phyllida Bright, as efficient as she is personable, manages the large household with an iron fist in her very elegant glove. In one respect, however, Mallowan Hall stands far apart from other... Read more

The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

By: Allison Pataki

Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik

Length: 14 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Marvelous . . . I just had to be there with the Post cereal heiress through every twist and turn.”—Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls

“New-money heiress Marjorie Post isn’t content to remain a society bride as she remakes herself into a savvy entrepreneur, a visionary philanthropist, a... Read more

Mutual Interest

By: Olivia Wolfgang-Smith

Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow

Length: 13 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Mutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith, read by Laurel Lefkow.

"A timeless queer love story and a meditation on power, capitalism, and the flow of history . . . This novel is a revelation and a joy.” —Anna North, New York Times bestselling author of Outlawed

A classic in the making: a mesmerizing novel about marriage and... Read more

The Fragile Threads of Power

By: V. E. Schwab

Narrated by: Kate Reading, Marisa Calin & Michael Kramer

Length: 21 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Veteran narrators Michael Kramer and Kate Reading return to this fantastical world, along with a new POV portrayed by Marisa Calin.

"As the threads converge, all three narrators strive to remain as consistent as possible to each other's stylistic choices, creating a nearly flawless whole."- AudioFile

V. E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling... Read more

A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets

By: Kate Khavari

Narrated by: Jodie Harris

Length: 12 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

London, 1923. Returning from Paris, botanical researcher Saffron Everleigh finds that her former love interest Alexander Ashton’s brother, Adrian, is being investigated for murder. A Russian scientist working for the English government has been poisoned and expired in Adrian’s train compartment. Alexander asks Saffron to put in a good word for... Read more

The Postcard

By: Anne Berest

Narrated by: Barrie Kealoha

Length: 13 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
TIME Magazine・NPR・Library Journal・The Globe and Mail・Lilith・Forward Magazine・Toronto Star・The New Yorker
Winner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, Anne Berest’s The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life, an enthralling investigation into family secrets, and poignant tale of a... Read more

Who Will Remember

By: C. S. Harris

Narrated by: Tom Kiteley

Length: 11 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

The macabre murder of a prominent nobleman throws an already unsettled London into chaos in this electrifying new historical mystery by the USA Today bestselling author of What Cannot Be Said. August 1816. England is in the grip of what will become known as the Year Without a Summer. Facing the twin crises of a harvest-destroying volcanic winter... Read more

Code Name Hélène

By: Ariel Lawhon

Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik & Peter Ganim

Length: 17 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on the thrilling real-life story of a socialite spy and astonishing woman who killed a Nazi with her bare hands and went on to become one of the most decorated women in WWII—from the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and The Frozen River.

"Will fascinate readers of World War II history and thrill fans of fierce, brash,... Read more