Historical Fiction audiobooks
![James by Percival Everett](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593821251_1120.jpg)
![James by Percival Everett](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593821251_1120.jpg)
James
By: Percival Everett
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 7 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view
In development as a feature film to be produced by Steven Spielberg • A Best Book of the Year of the Year so Far for 2024: The New York Times Book Review,... Read more
![The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593684122_1120.jpg)
![The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593684122_1120.jpg)
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
Length: 12 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
WINNER OF THE 2024 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRIZE FOR AMERICAN FICTION
FROM ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2024
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR/FRESH AIR, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, AND TIME MAGAZINE
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023
“A murder... Read more
![The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller](http://covers.libro.fm/9780062115577_1120.jpg)
![The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller](http://covers.libro.fm/9780062115577_1120.jpg)
The Song of Achilles
By: Madeline Miller
Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
Length: 11 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”
—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma Donoghue, author of Room, referring to The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller’s thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the... Read more
![The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty](http://covers.libro.fm/9780062963536_1120.jpg)
![The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty](http://covers.libro.fm/9780062963536_1120.jpg)
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
By: Shannon Chakraborty
Narrated by: Lameece Issaq & Amin El Gamal
Length: 16 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman’s determined quest to seize a final chance at glory—and write her own legend.Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied... Read more
View audiobook![Babel by R. F. Kuang](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063021457_1120.jpg)
![Babel by R. F. Kuang](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063021457_1120.jpg)
Babel
By: R. F. Kuang
Narrated by: Chris Lew Kum Hoi & Billie Fulford-Brown
Length: 21 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is... Read more
View audiobook![North Woods by Daniel Mason](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593790502_1120.jpg)
![North Woods by Daniel Mason](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593790502_1120.jpg)
North Woods
By: Daniel Mason
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall, Michael Crouch, Jason Culp, Mark...
Length: 11 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
A WASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of those who inhabit it across the centuries—“a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of... Read more
![The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman](http://covers.libro.fm/9781524782993_1120.jpg)
![The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman](http://covers.libro.fm/9781524782993_1120.jpg)
The Bright Sword
By: Lev Grossman
Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith & Lev Grossman
Length: 23 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
“Grossman, who is best known for his The Magicians series, is at the top of his game with The Bright Sword.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A thrilling new take on Arthurian legend. . . . Marvelous.” —The Washington Post
“If you love King Arthur as much as I do, you’ll love Lev Grossman’s The Bright Sword, a fresh and engrossing take on the... Read more
![Circe by Madeline Miller](http://covers.libro.fm/9781478975311_1120.jpg)
![Circe by Madeline Miller](http://covers.libro.fm/9781478975311_1120.jpg)
Circe
By: Madeline Miller
Narrated by: Perdita Weeks
Length: 12 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
This #1 New York Times bestseller is a "bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story" that brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey (Alexandra Alter, TheNew York Times).
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not... Read more
![The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593748985_1120.jpg)
![The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593748985_1120.jpg)
The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
Narrated by: Jane Oppenheimer & Ariel Lawhon
Length: 15 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • AN NPR BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the New York Times bestselling author of I Was Anastasia and Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.
"Fans of Outlander’s Claire... Read more
![The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250777959_1120.jpg)
![The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250777959_1120.jpg)
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
By: V. E. Schwab
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
Length: 17 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
"[Narrator Julia] Whelan's performance is unforgettable in this darkly romantic fantasy about one young woman cursed always to be forgotten...Her depiction of the darkness is smooth with a low cadence, capturing listeners' attention and their heart strings." –Booklist
In the vein of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life After Life, The Invisible Life... Read more
![Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593213865_1120.jpg)
![Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593213865_1120.jpg)
Mexican Gothic
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “It’s Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird.”—The Guardian
ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD • NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Vanity... Read more
![The Briar Club by Kate Quinn](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063244771_1120.jpg)
![The Briar Club by Kate Quinn](http://covers.libro.fm/9780063244771_1120.jpg)
The Briar Club
By: Kate Quinn
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
Length: 15 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era.Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the... Read more
View audiobook![The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593452103_1120.jpg)
![The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593452103_1120.jpg)
The Lincoln Highway
By: Amor Towles
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland & Dion Graham
Length: 16 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
More than ONE MILLION copies sold
A TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick
A New York Times Notable Book, a New York Times Readers’ Choice Best Book of the Century, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Bill Gates and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year
“Wise and wildly entertaining . . .... Read more
![Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr](http://covers.libro.fm/9781797128535_1120.jpg)
![Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr](http://covers.libro.fm/9781797128535_1120.jpg)
Cloud Cuckoo Land
By: Anthony Doerr
Narrated by: Marin Ireland & Simon Jones
Length: 14 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
AudioFile Magazine’s Best Audiobooks of 2021
On the New York Times bestseller list for over 20 weeks * A New York Times Notable Book * A National Book Award Finalist * Named a Best Book of the Year by Fresh Air, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Associated Press, and many more
“If you’re looking for a superb novel, look no further.” —The Washington Post... Read more
![Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Hernan Diaz](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593557112_1120.jpg)
![Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Hernan Diaz](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593557112_1120.jpg)
Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
By: Hernan Diaz
Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini, Jonathan Davis, Mozhan Marnò...
Length: 10 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZE
“Buzzy and enthralling . . . A glorious novel about empires and erasures, husbands and wives, staggering fortunes and unspeakable misery... Read more
![The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593907665_1120.jpg)
![The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593907665_1120.jpg)
The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love
By: India Holton
Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
Length: 10 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
"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 verge of finally capturing the... Read more
![Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse](http://covers.libro.fm/9781508283065_1120.jpg)
![Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse](http://covers.libro.fm/9781508283065_1120.jpg)
Black Sun
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
Narrated by: Cara Gee, Nicole Lewis, Kaipo Schwab & Shaun Ta...
Length: 12 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the “engrossing and vibrant” (Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Riot Baby) first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic.
A... Read more
![Weyward by Emilia Hart](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250880697_1120.jpg)
![Weyward by Emilia Hart](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250880697_1120.jpg)
Weyward
By: Emilia Hart
Narrated by: Aysha Kala, Helen Keeley & Nell Barlow
Length: 10 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
This is a multicast program.
"A spellbinding story about what may transpire when the natural world collides with a legacy of witchcraft."
—Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary
"Narrators Aysha Kala, Helen Keeley, and Nell Barlow are a magical, moving trio. Their emotional and expressive performance of the parallel... Read more
![The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250329141_1120.jpg)
![The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo](http://covers.libro.fm/9781250329141_1120.jpg)
The Familiar
By: Leigh Bardugo
Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
Length: 12 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * #1 INDIE BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“An immersive, sensual experience.” —The New York Times
"Essential." —The Washington Post
"Narrator Lauren Fortgang channels the currents of magic and intrigue running throughout Bardugo’s layered historical fantasy...Skillful narration combined with an enchanting storyline... Read more
![Long Island by Colm Toibin](http://covers.libro.fm/9781797174655_1120.jpg)
![Long Island by Colm Toibin](http://covers.libro.fm/9781797174655_1120.jpg)
Long Island
By: Colm Toibin
Narrated by: Jessie Buckley
Length: 9 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “Stunning.” —People * “Dazzling yet devastating...Tóibín is simply one of the world’s best living literary writers.” —The Boston Globe * “Momentous and hugely affecting.” —The Wall Street Journal *
From the beloved, critically acclaimed, bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving... Read more
![Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders](http://covers.libro.fm/9780553397581_1120.jpg)
![Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders](http://covers.libro.fm/9780553397581_1120.jpg)
Lincoln in the Bardo
By: George Saunders
Narrated by: George Saunders, Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, ...
Length: 7 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
WINNER OF THE AUDIE AWARD FOR AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
The “devastatingly moving” (People) first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters,... Read more
![Nicked by M. T. Anderson](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593868669_1120.jpg)
![Nicked by M. T. Anderson](http://covers.libro.fm/9780593868669_1120.jpg)
Nicked
By: M. T. Anderson
Narrated by: Euan Morton
Length: 7 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction debut. Based on a bizarre but true quest to steal the mystical corpse of a long-dead saint, Nicked is a fantastical, genre-defying, and delightfully queer historical romp
"Miracles, marvels, saints, sinners, love, plague, and treachery! M. T.... Read more
![Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward](http://covers.libro.fm/9781797161518_1120.jpg)
![Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward](http://covers.libro.fm/9781797161518_1120.jpg)
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
![A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles](http://covers.libro.fm/9780735288539_1120.jpg)
![A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles](http://covers.libro.fm/9780735288539_1120.jpg)
A Gentleman in Moscow
By: Amor Towles
Narrated by: Nicholas Guy Smith
Length: 17 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers—Now a Paramount+ with Showtime series starring Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov
From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Table for Two, a beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel
In 1922,... Read more