Historical Fiction audiobooks

Children of the Catastrophe

By: Sarah Shoemaker

Narrated by: Olivia Dowd

Length: 9 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Set amid the backdrop of the massacre of Greeks and Armenians after World War I, a deeply affecting family story of love and survival infused with the rich historical detail and emotional power of Sisters of the Resistance and The Women in the Castle.It is 1908 and Smyrna is the most cosmopolitan city on the Mediterranean Sea. Though long a part... Read more

Destination Unknown

By: Bill Konigsberg

Narrated by: Pete Cross

Length: 8 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

From Stonewall Award winner Bill Konigsberg, a remarkable, funny, sexy, heartbreaking story of two teen boys finding each other in New York City at the height of the AIDS epidemic.The first thing I noticed about C.J. Gorman was his plexiglass bra.So begins Destination Unknown -- it's 1987 in New York City, and Micah is at a dance club, trying to... Read more

The Madness of Miss Grey

By: Julia Bennet

Narrated by: Emeline Forde

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

All of society believes former actress Helen Grey to be mad, but after a decade imprisoned in a crumbling Yorkshire asylum, she's managed to cling to sanity. When a new doctor arrives, she finally sees an opportunity for freedom and she'll do anything to not let it slip between her fingers.



Dr. William Carter knows Miss Grey is using him, but he... Read more

The Last Book Smuggler

By: Birute Putrius

Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir

Length: 12 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1902 Lithuania, a group of rebels armed with books triumphs against the mighty Russian Empire.Part folktale, part thriller, The Last Book Smuggler tells the story of Ada and her grandfather Viktoras, an old book smuggler tired of his forty-year battle to keep his language alive despite the attempts of the Russian Empire to destroy it. Into... Read more

A Bend of Light

By: Joy Jordan-Lake

Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans

Length: 11 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A quiet coastal village in post–World War II America is shaken when the secrets of the past and present collide in a riveting novel by the bestselling author of Under a Gilded Moon.Five years after the war, Amie Stilwell, a photo interpreter for an Allied unit in England, returns to her hometown in Maine. Jobless and discouraged but stubbornly... Read more

The Enigma Affair

By: Charlie Lovett

Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

In this propulsive historical thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Escaping Dreamland, a librarian and a professional assassin team up to solve a seventy-five-year-old Nazi mystery and stop a nefarious opponent from wreaking havoc on the world.When small-town librarian Patton Harcourt comes under fire one morning while making... Read more

Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

Narrated by: Avi Roque & Kyla Garcia

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

"Avi Roque's careful pacing and emotional connection enhance the audiobook's lyrical prose, enchanting listeners throughout this slow-burn romance."-AudioFile Magazine on Self-Made Boys

Stonewall Honor recipient and two-time National Book Award Longlist selectee Anna-Marie McLemore weaves an intoxicating tale of glamor and heartache in Self-Made... Read more

White Shadow

By: Roy Jacobsen

Narrated by: Ann Richardson

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

The highly anticipated sequel to International Booker and Dublin Impac Award-shortlisted The Unseen



No-one can be alone on an island . . . But Ingrid is alone on Barrøy, the island that bears her name, and the war of her childhood has been replaced by a new, more terrible present: the Nazi occupation of Norway. When the bodies from a bombed... Read more

The Lost Notebook

By: Louise Douglas

Narrated by: Antonia Beamish

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER.A notebook full of secrets, two untimely deaths – something sinister is stirring in the perfect seaside town of Morannez…It’s summer and holidaymakers are flocking to the idyllic Brittany coast. But when first an old traveller woman dies in suspicious circumstances, and then a campaign of hate seemingly drives another... Read more

A Most Efficient Murder

By: Anthony Slayton

Narrated by: Rafe Beckley

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

“I do not wish to disturb you, your lordship, but there is a body in the garden…”
England, 1929. When a strange young woman is found murdered on the grounds of Unsworth Castle, the Earl and his family are astounded at first, but quickly become enraged when the police begin asking all sorts of impertinent questions.And when suspicions dare to fall... Read more

Je les ai vus mourir

By: Sven Hassel

Narrated by: Hugues Louagie

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

« UNE DESCRIPTION BRILLANTE DE LA GUERRE » « HASSEL DÉCRIT LE SOULÈVEMENT DE L'ARMÉE POLONAISE COMME UN DRAME RÉEL ÉBLOUISSANT » MIROIR DE L'HISTOIRE, France Porta lutte pour que le colossal char blindé reste entre la colonne des soldats. Un moment d'inattention et il aurait pu écraser la compagnie au complet. Une énorme boule de feu tombe juste... Read more

Pilar Himmler - Abridged

By: Javier García & Miguel Vigil

Narrated by: Vintalis síntesis del habla

Length: 4 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Novela de ficción ambientada en un periodo histórico de infausto recuerdo: la Segunda Guerra Mundial con sus diversos campos de concentración. Su protagonista, Pilar, es española por parte de madre y alemana por parte de padre, un militar destinado a la escolta del cónsul germano en Sevilla. Por razones de seguridad, cuando estalla la guerra... Read more

Too Soon A Man

By: Larry D. Kendrick

Narrated by: Dallas Britt

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A young boy plunged too soon into manhood when the death of his parents left him alone to fend for himself in a world where it's dog eat dog. Only fourteen years old in 1954, he meets a hobo who educates him about "riding the rails," and he catches a freight train in Fort Worth, Texas, headed for California. The trip is long, cold, and... Read more

A Pyrrhic Victory

By: Ian Crouch

Narrated by: Mason Jackson

Length: 13 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A Pyrrhic Victory Volume III: Fate follows the first two award-winning volumes in the historic trilogy A Pyrrhic Victory by Ian Crouch. In 279 BC, Pyrrhus has just won the bloody battle of Asculum against the Romans in the battle that gave rise to the expression – “A Pyrrhic Victory” – one that comes at such a great cost that the victory may not... Read more

Chronicles of Avonlea

By: Lucy Maud Montgomery

Narrated by: Sibella Denton

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

On Prince Edward Island, where Anne Shirley grew up in the sea-sprayed town of Avonlea, there was no shortage of wonderful stories. There was the case of Ludovic Speed, who wouldn't propose to the woman he had courted for fifteen years until Anne devised a plan to "speed" him up . . . if it didn't backfire and break his heart. But no one could... Read more

Oubliés de Dieu

By: Sven Hassel

Narrated by: Claude Roberval

Length: 14 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

« CE ROMAN CONTIENT UNE BEAUTÉ DRAMATIQUE DANS TOUTE SA BRUTALITÉ » LA NOTTE, Italie Les luttes sanglantes des partisans se font entendre dans les Balkans. Une pluie de grenades à main tombe sur la rue. Des feux de mitraille tombent, depuis les toits, sur le bataillon de chasseurs. Les soldats gémissants se traînent à la recherche d'un refuge.... Read more

Anne of Avonlea

By: Lucy Maud Montgomery

Narrated by: Karen Savage

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

When twelve-year-old Anne Shirley came to Avonlea, she quickly won everyone's heart. Now, she's five years older, almost a woman, and about to embark on a new adventure: becoming the teacher in her old Avonlea school. It's an exciting year as Anne struggles to win over all her students, welcomes two new members to her family, and feels the first... Read more

Wir sind für die Ewigkeit - Hoffnung:

By: Astrid Töpfner

Narrated by: Nadine Orians

Length: 12 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

-- SIEGERTITEL DES SKOUTZ-AWARDS 2021 IN DER KATEGORIE HISTORISCH! -- Eine mutige junge Frau auf der Suche nach einem Stück Heimat. Eine Liebe, die nicht sein kann. Eine Hoffnung, die niemals stirbt. 1939: Die junge Mercedes muss mit ihrer Familie vor den Kämpfen des Spanischen Bürgerkriegs aus Barcelona fliehen, doch nur sie kommt im... Read more

நித்திலவல்லி - Nithilavalli Vol 1

By: Na Parthasarathy

Narrated by: Nancy Mervin

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

தமிழக வரலாற்றில் பாண்டிய நாட்டைக் களப்பிரர்கள் கைப்பற்றி ஆட்சி புரிந்த காலம் இருண்ட காலம் என்று வரலாற்று ஆசிரியர்களால் கருதப்படுகிறது. சிறப்பான ஒரு வரலாற்று நாவல் புனைவதற்கு மகோந்நதமான பொற்காலம் மட்டும்தான் பயன்படும் என்ற நம்பிக்கை இங்கு ஒரு சம்பிரதாயமாகியிருக்கிறது. பார்க்கப் போனால் பாண்டியர்களின் இருண்ட காலம் களப்பிரர்களுக்குப்... Read more

Upprorsmakarna

By: Vivian Stuart

Narrated by: Magnus Schmitz

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Den femte boken i den spännande och dramatiska berättelsen om Australiens kolonisation - ett land av blod, passion och drömmar. Problemen i den brittiska kolonin Australien är många och svåra. Den nye guvernören Bligh - mer känd för Bounty og myteriet - har redan skaffat sig en oförsonlig fiende: New South Wales-kåren, även kallad rom-kåren... Read more

Bastard

By: Marcin Sobieralski

Narrated by: Jakub Kamieński

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Opowieść o takim jednym, co bardzo lubił kłopoty. Z wzajemnością.Boruta, syn Nikogo, jest jednym z niewielu, którzy ocaleli z klęski w bitwie na Ostrowie Lednickim. Zamierzając wrócić do rodzinnego Grodziszczka, by odnaleźć tam upragniony spokój, przemierza samotnie zrujnowane tereny Wielkopolski. W czasie jednego z postojów zostaje napadnięty... Read more

The Last Pendragon Saga: The Complete Series (Books 1-8)

By: Sarah Woodbury

Narrated by: Tom Mumford

Length: 31 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

He is a king, a warrior, the last hope of his people--and the chosen one of the sidhe ...Rhiann knows that demons walk the night. She has been taught to fear them. But from the moment Cade is dragged before her father's throne, beaten and having lost all of his men to her father's treachery, he stirs something inside her that she has never felt... Read more

Murder at the Victoria and Albert Museum

By: Jim Eldridge

Narrated by: Peter Wickham

Length: 9 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

17th May 1899. Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone on the site of a new museum being built in South Kensington, which she names as The Victoria and Albert Museum. Shortly after, Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton are called to the site because the dead body of a man, Andrew Page, has been found in one of the trenches. The more Wilson and... Read more

The Mapmaker's Daughter

By: Clare Marchant

Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens

Length: 10 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

‘Oh my word… fantastic… [The] stories intertwine so beautifully, it’s truly amazing. Such a lot of research must have to have been done but so worth it. I can’t recommend this book enough.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Could a rediscovered map show her the way? ... Read more