Historical Fiction audiobooks

Do Tell

By: Lindsay Lynch

Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan

Length: 10 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A scintillating debut novel that brings the golden age of Hollywood to glittering life, from star-studded opening nights to backlot brawls, on-location Westerns to the Hollywood Canteen. Through character actress turned gossip columnist Edie O'Dare's eyes, Lindsay Lynch draws back the curtain on classic Hollywood’s secrets.

"Glamorous, tawdry,... Read more

I Was Anastasia

By: Ariel Lawhon

Narrated by: Jane Collingwood, Sian Thomas & Ariel Lawhon

Length: 13 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of The Frozen River comes an enthralling feat of historical suspense that unravels the extraordinary twists and turns in Anna Anderson's fifty-year battle to be recognized as Anastasia Romanov. Is she the Russian Grand Duchess or the thief of another woman's legacy?

"Tantalizing, surprising,... Read more

The First Bright Thing

By: J.R. Dawson

Narrated by: Petrea Burchard & Tim Campbell

Length: 12 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

If you knew how dark tomorrow would be, what would you do with today?

"This is the magic circus book that I have been looking for all my life."―Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart A Doorway

"With earnestness that matches the author's poignant story, narrator Petrea Burchard introduces listeners to the Circus of the... Read more

Unsheltered

By: Barbara Kingsolver

Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver

Length: 16 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Bestseller • Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, O: The Oprah Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek“Kingsolver brilliantly captures both the price of profound change and how it can pave the way not only for future generations, but also for a radiant, unexpected expansion of the... Read more

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

By: Tia Williams

Narrated by: Mela Lee & Preston Butler

Length: 11 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

In this sexy modern-day fairytale from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June, a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician share a soul mate connection told through the history, art, and the magic of Harlem.

The daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, Ricki Wilde is the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. In her... Read more

Siren Queen

By: Nghi Vo

Narrated by: Natalie Naudus

Length: 8 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR NGHI VO COMES A DAZZLING NEW NOVEL WHERE IMMORTALITY IS JUST A CASTING CALL AWAY

"Natalie Naudus's skilled narration adds to the luminous and otherworldly qualities of Vo's historical fantasy." -AudioFile on Siren Queen

It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic.

"No maids, no funny talking, no fainting... Read more

A Power Unbound

By: Freya Marske

Narrated by: Josh Dylan

Length: 16 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A Power Unbound is the final entry in Freya Marske’s beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, the queer historical fantasy series that began with A Marvellous Light.

"Josh Dylan gives a stand-out performance in this stunning conclusion to the Last Binding trilogy...action and romance come together in a richly written and beautifully performed... Read more

The Duke's Sister and I

By: Emma-Claire Sunday

Narrated by: Beatrix Ayliff

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

“An amazing Harlequin Historical… A+, no notes” – Fated Mates 

A spellbinding sapphic love story filled with wit and queer joy, Emma-Claire Sunday’s debut Regency romance will leave you swooning!

She’s supposed to wed a duke…

But it’s his sister she can’t keep her eyes off!

As the ton’s most in-demand debutante, it should be easy for Miss Loretta... Read more

Trouble

By: Lex Croucher

Narrated by: Ell Potter

Length: 11 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A Regency-era romantic comedy with a deliciously feminist and queer twist, from the New York Times bestselling author of Gwen & Art Are Not in Love.

There's a new governess at Fairmont House, and she's going to be nothing but trouble.

Emily Laurence is a liar. She is not polite, she's not polished, and she has never taught a child in her life.... Read more

Great Circle: A Read with Jenna Pick

By: Maggie Shipstead

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell & Alex McKenna

Length: 25 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK • The unforgettable story of a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life, at any cost: an “epic trip—through Prohibition and World War II, from Montana to London to present-day Hollywood—and you’ll relish every minute” (People).

After being rescued as... Read more

Summer of '69

By: Elin Hilderbrand

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 13 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of the '60s summer when everything changed in Elin Hilderbrand's #1 New York Times bestselling historical novel.
Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century. It's 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Every year the children have looked forward... 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

The Diamond Eye

By: Kate Quinn

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld

Length: 12 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet librarian who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story.In the snowbound city of Kiev, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son—but Hitler’s... Read more

The Wisdom of Crowds

By: Joe Abercrombie

Narrated by: Steven Pacey

Length: 23 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Little Hatred comes a stunning fantasy novel that finds the world in an unstoppable revolution where heroes have nothing left to lose as darkness and destruction overtake everything.Chaos. Fury. Destruction.The Great Change is upon us . . .Some say that to change the world you must first burn it... Read more

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

By: Malinda Lo

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Length: 12 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed author of Ash Malinda Lo returns with her most personal and ambitious novel yet, a gripping story of love and duty set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the 1950s.

"That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other." And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its... Read more

Fortune Favors the Dead

By: Stephen Spotswood

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A wildly charming and fast-paced mystery written with all the panache of the hardboiled classics, Fortune Favors the Dead introduces Pentecost and Parker, an audacious new detective duo for the ages.

“Razor-sharp style, tons of flair, a snappy sense of humor, and all the most satisfying elements of a really good noir novel, plus plenty of... Read more

A Little Hatred

By: Joe Abercrombie

Narrated by: Steven Pacey

Length: 20 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling first book in Joe Abercrombie's The Age of Madness Trilogy where the age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die.
The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. But old scores run deep as ever.
On the blood-soaked borders of Angland, Leo dan Brock struggles to... Read more

A Restless Truth

By: Freya Marske

Narrated by: Aysha Kala

Length: 13 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A Restless Truth is the second entry in Freya Marske’s beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, the queer historical fantasy series that began with A Marvellous Light.

"Narrator Aysha Kala delivers action and romance in this sequel to A MARVELLOUS LIGHT."- AudioFile Magazine

“Sublime prose, top-notch world-building, delightfully queer.”—TJ... Read more

Good Night, Irene

By: Luis Alberto Urrea

Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik & Luis Alberto Urrea

Length: 13 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

This New York Times bestselling novel tells an exhilarating World War II epic that chronicles an extraordinary young woman’s heroic frontline service in the Red Cross.

“Urrea’s touch is sure, his exuberance carries you through . . . He is a generous writer, not just in his approach to his craft but in the broader sense of what he feels necessary... Read more

The Berlin Letters

By: Katherine Reay

Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld, Ann Marie Gideon & P. J. Ochlan

Length: 11 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

"Fans of codebreakers, spies, and Cold War dramas will be entrapped by Reay's tale of courage, love, and honor set against the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall." - Booklist Starred ReviewBestselling author Katherine Reay returns with an unforgettable tale of the Cold War and a CIA code breaker who risks everything to free her father from an East... Read more

Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr

By: Garth Nix

Narrated by: Tim Curry

Length: 14 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Abandoned by her mother, ignorant of her father's identity, Lirael resembles no one else in her large extended family living in the Clayr's glacier. She doesn't even have the Sight--the ability to See into the present and possibly futures--that is the very birthright of the... Read more

The Time of Contempt

By: Andrzej Sapkowski

Narrated by: Peter Kenny

Length: 11 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

To protect his ward Ciri, Geralt of Rivia sends her to train with the sorceress Yennefer. But all is not well within the Wizard's Guild in the second novel of the Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski's groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games.
 
Geralt is a Witcher: guardian of the innocent;... Read more

The Wildes

By: Louis Bayard

Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers, Damian Lynch, P.J. Ochlan & ...

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling author of The Pale Blue Eye comes a brilliantly profound and empathetic story about Oscar Wilde's wife Constance and their two sons in the aftermath of the famous playwright's imprisonment for homosexuality, told against the backdrop of Victorian England and World War I. 

In September of 1892, Oscar Wilde and his... Read more

A Conjuring of Light

By: V. E. Schwab

Narrated by: Kate Reading & Michael Kramer

Length: 19 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Londons fall and kingdoms rise while darkness sweeps the Maresh Empire, and the fraught balance of magic blossoms into dangerous territory while heroes struggle. The direct sequel to A Gathering of Shadows, and the final audiobook in the Shades of Magic epic fantasy series, A Conjuring of Light sees the newly minted New York Times bestselling... Read more