Historical Fiction audiobooks

Pykälä 58.1 – Stalinin pitkä käsi

By: Antero Raevuori

Narrated by: Markus Asunta

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Vepsäläinen puna-armeijan sotilas jää vangiksi jatkosodassa syksyllä 1941. Mies siirtyy taistelemaan suomalaisten riveihin ja asettuu sodan jälkeen Suomeen perheineen asumaan. Uudessa kotimaassa oleskelu ei ole kuitenkaan niin mutkatonta kuin aluksi vaikuttaa. Punainen Valpo nimittäin pakkopalauttaa pykälän 58.1 nojalla neuvostoliittolaisia... Read more

Distracting the Duke

By: Elizabeth Keysian

Narrated by: Deborah Balm

Length: 7 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Devonshire, England, 1820



Determined to avoid the strife-filled marriage of his parents, Marcus, the Duke of Ulvercombe, wants an amenable, biddable wife, and has set his cap for a certain pretty miss. Unfortunately, her vastly opinionated, frustrating, and lamentably beautiful guardian, Lady Clara Tinniswood, keeps distracting him, tempting him... Read more

A Dangerous Lord

By: Laura Beers

Narrated by: Gabrielle Baker

Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A hardened spy. A stubborn debutante. And a madman that is intent to see them both dead.



Lord Evan Corbyn is responsible for all of the agents of the Crown. It is a job that he takes most seriously, and it occupies nearly every moment of his waking life. When one of his agents is murdered, he is determined to bring the killer to justice. However,... Read more

Beauty’s Curse

By: Tamara Hughes

Narrated by: Gareth Richards

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

England, 1722



Amelia Archer will be the ruin of her family. Her extraordinary bad luck is burden enough, but her sweet, trusting nature often lands her in impossible scrapes. After the last straw, Amelia's harried father ships his unfortunate daughter off to the Colonies to live with her aunt. But wherever Amelia goes, bad luck is sure to follow... Read more

Death at the Manor

By: Katharine Schellman

Narrated by: Henrietta Meire

Length: 9 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Regency widow Lily Adler is looking forward to spending the autumn away from the social whirl of London. When she arrives in Hampshire with her friends, the Carroways, she doesn’t expect much more than a quiet country visit and the chance to spend time with her charming new acquaintance, Matthew Spencer. But something odd is afoot in the small... Read more

The Orphans of Mersea House

By: Marty Wingate

Narrated by: Henrietta Meire

Length: 8 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

England, 1957. Olive Kersey’s only love never returned from World War II, and now she’s alone and penniless. Then the last person she ever expected to see again returns to Southwold. Olive’s childhood friend, Margery Paxton, arrives to claim her inheritance: Mersea House, a stately old home she plans to turn into the town’s only lodging. Olive’s... Read more

Midnight on the Marne

By: Sarah Adlakha

Narrated by: John Pirhalla & Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 10 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Set during the heroism and heartbreak of World War I, and in an occupied France in an alternative timeline, Sarah Adlakha’s Midnight on the Marne explores the responsibilities love lays on us and the rippling impact of our choices.

France, 1918. Nurse Marcelle Marchand has important secrets to keep. Her role as a spy has made her both feared and... Read more

The Forgotten Cottage

By: Courtney Ellis

Narrated by: Lorna Bennett & Helen Laser

Length: 13 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Connected through time to her great-grandmother by a shared English countryside home, an American nurse tries to piece together her family's tangled history in this new historical novel from the acclaimed author of At Summer’s End.

England, 2014: Audrey Collins knows only two things about her beloved grandmother's past: She was born into... Read more

The Island

By: Victoria Hislop

Narrated by: Emma Powell

Length: 13 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A number one bestseller in the UK, this captivating and epic tale of family ties, romance, war, disease, and history is set on the beautiful Greek Island of Crete.

On the brink of a life-changing decision, Alexis Fielding plans a trip to her mother's childhood home in Plaka, Greece hoping to unravel Sofia's hidden past. Given a letter to take... Read more

The War Librarian

By: Addison Armstrong

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld & Lauren Ezzo

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

The Paris Library meets The Flight Girls in this captivating historical novel about the sacrifice and courage necessary to live a life of honor, inspired by the first female volunteer librarians during World War I and the first women accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy.

Two women. One secret. A truth worth fighting for.

1918. Timid and shy... Read more

Neither Five Nor Three

By: Helen MacInnes

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 13 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Paul Haydn was on his way home at last, to New York and the civilian life he longed for, after years of war. Yet he would never forget the tormented people, desperate for refuge in Berlin. They had survived the war—but now a new, sinister presence threatened them, their families, the whole of society.Now he discovered that, back home, some of... Read more

Musta kissa – eroottinen novelli

By: Chrystelle LeRoy

Narrated by: Elise Mantere

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Ilmapiiri ympäristökonferenssissa Busanin kaupungissa, Etelä-Koreassa, innostaa, jännittää ja hämmentää kokeneen ulkomaankirjeenvaihtajan Alian. Koreassa Alia ihastuu sekä tuntemattomaan naiseen, jolla on kissamaista kauneutta ja joka liikkuu salaman nopeaudella, että komisarioon, lempinimeltään "Apollon", joka tihkuu auktoriteettia ja tutkii... Read more

Moth

By: Melody Razak

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 12 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

“Both a heartbreaking and heart-warming story, Melody Razak’s debut transports the reader into the home of a Brahmin family in 1940s Delhi. . . . The character portrayal is so intricate that as the plot twists and turns, you'll truly care what happens to them.”—The Independent (UK)A Millions Most Anticipated Book of 2022  • An Oprah Daily Most... Read more

Widowland

By: C. J. Carey

Narrated by: Esther Wane

Length: 11 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

An alternative history with a strong feminist twist, perfect for fans of Robert Harris’s Fatherland, Christina Dalcher’s Vox, and the dystopian novels of Margaret AtwoodTo control the past, they edited history. To control the future, they edited literature.London, 1953, Coronation year—but not the Coronation of Elizabeth II.Thirteen years have... Read more

Cake Eater

By: Allyson Dahlin

Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan

Length: 13 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

""With a love story for the ages, this vivid tale takes the history we know and recasts it into an exciting, technicolor, future world that challenges what we know here in the present, and how we know it. I loved it! I couldn't put it down!"" —Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author of the Across the Universe trilogyDecadent, thrilling,... Read more

For Her Spy Only

By: Robyn DeHart

Narrated by: Lulu Russell

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

England, 1814



When Winifred is rescued from her snow-stranded carriage by the notorious and reclusive Alistair, Marquess of Coventry, she is instantly drawn to him. Jilted by her betrothed and socially ruined by untrue rumors, Winifred is tired of paying for crimes she didn't commit and decides to play the seductress London society claims she is.... Read more

Dear Little Corpses

By: Nicola Upson

Narrated by: Helen Lloyd

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

It takes a village to bury a child.September 1, 1939. As the mass evacuation takes place across Britain, thousands of children leave London for the countryside. But when a little girl vanishes without a trace, the reality of separation becomes more urgent and more deadly for those who love her.In the chaos and uncertainty of war, Josephine Tey... Read more

The French Prize

By: James L. Nelson

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 11 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed, award-winning author James L. Nelson—praised as “a master of both his period and the English language” by Patrick O’Brian—returns to the world of sea and sail in The French Prize.Jack Biddlecomb has much to live up to, being as he is the eldest son of the esteemed Captain Isaac Biddlecomb, wealthy merchant captain, leading light of... Read more

We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky

By: Emma Hooper

Narrated by: Amanda Cordner, Rong Fu, Maggie Huculak, Hailey...

Length: 12 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION*

An epic, boundary-pushing tale of five young women rebelling against an era that relies on their submission, from the acclaimed author of Etta and Otto and Russell and James.

During the golden age of the Roman Empire, five girls enjoy a modest childhood in their small Portuguese village.... Read more

The Fossil Hunter

By: Tea Cooper

Narrated by: Sophie Loughran

Length: 11 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Buried secrets. An ancient fossil. And one woman's determination to unravel a nineteenth-century mystery.Australia, 1847. The last thing Mellie Vale remembers before the fever takes her is sprinting through the bush with a monster at her heels—but no one believes her. In a bid to curb Mellie's overactive imagination, her benefactors send her to... Read more

Seduced by the Scot

By: Jillian Eaton

Narrated by: Heather Wilds

Length: 8 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A promise made . . .



When Lady Brynne Weston was just fourteen, she made a pact with her brother's friend, Lord Lachlan Campbell, a charming Scottish boy with a rebellious streak that called to her own sense of adventure. If, in ten years, neither was married, they would marry each other. The promise was sealed with a stick of sugar, and then... Read more

The Prisoner of Paradise

By: Rob Samborn

Narrated by: Zac Aleman

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A riveting thriller ignites with a time-spanning love story. Perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Diana Gabaldon, Neil Gaiman or David Mitchell.



A 400-year-old murder. A disembodied whisper: "Amore mio." My love.



Nick and Julia O'Connor's dream trip to Venice collapses when a haunting voice reaches out to Nick from Tintoretto's Paradise, the world's... Read more

Loving Her Highland Thief

By: Maeve Greyson

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

As a twenty-first century farmer, Kenzie MacMartin knows if she doesn't recover that ram that cost her a bundle, her dog won't be the only one howling in the Highlands. And to make matters worse, when she chases that sheep through a cave, she discovers a troupe of re-enactors mucking up her land with some kind of clan skirmish. The only upside... Read more

Wide Is the Gate

By: Upton Sinclair

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 28 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Wide Is the Gate, written in 1943, is the fourth of the epic eleven-part classic Lanny Budd series written by Upton Sinclair.Wide Is the Gate followed the 1943 Pulitzer Prize–winning Dragon’s Teeth and introduces Lanny as a secret double agent fighting the Nazis as a supporter of the resistance in Germany. Lanny is living in England with his... Read more