Historical Fiction Audiobooks

The Good Lord Bird, James McBride

The Good Lord Bird

by James McBride
List: $34.99
Sale: $24.50
Club: $17.49

Unabridged: 14 hr 35 min
Narrator: Michael Boatman
Published: 08/20/2013
Category: Historical Fiction
The Willie Lynch Letter And the Makin..., Willie Lynch

The Willie Lynch Letter And the Makin...

by Willie Lynch
List: $2.99
Sale: $2.10
Club: $1.49

Unabridged: 25 min
Narrator: Dan B
Published: 12/01/2019
Category: African American & Black Fiction
Inharmonious, Tammye Huf

Inharmonious

by Tammye Huf
List: $22.95
Sale: $16.07
Club: $11.47

Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min
Narrator: William DeMeritt
Published: 02/03/2026
Category: Historical Fiction
Where the False Gods Dwell, Denny S. Bryce

Where the False Gods Dwell

by Denny S. Bryce
List: $20.99
Sale: $14.70
Club: $10.49

Unabridged: 9 hr 4 min
Narrator: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Published: 02/24/2026
Category: Historical Fiction
The Mysterious Death of Junetta Plum, Valerie Wilson Wesley

The Mysterious Death of Junetta Plum

by Valerie Wilson Wesley
List: $20.99
Sale: $14.70
Club: $10.49

Unabridged: 6 hr 42 min
Narrator: Diana Blue
Published: 12/16/2025
Category: African American & Black Fiction
The Known World  El mundo conocido ..., Edward P. Jones

The Known World / El mundo conocido (...

by Edward P. Jones
List: $39.99
Sale: $28.00
Club: $19.99

Unabridged: 16 hr 28 min
Narrator: Victor Sabi
Published: 12/02/2025
Category: African American & Black Fiction
The Truth About Awiti, CP Patrick

The Truth About Awiti

by CP Patrick
List: $25.99
Sale: $18.20
Club: $12.99

Unabridged: 10 hr 17 min
Narrator: CP Patrick
Published: 12/02/2025
Category: African American & Black Fiction
Keeper of Lost Children, Sadeqa Johnson

Keeper of Lost Children

by Sadeqa Johnson
List: $29.99
Sale: $21.00
Club: $14.99

Unabridged: 14 hr 22 min
Narrator: Ariel Blake
Published: 02/10/2026
Category: Women
The Quarter Queen, Kayla Hardy

The Quarter Queen

by Kayla Hardy
List: $26.99
Sale: $18.89
Club: $13.49

Unabridged: 16 hr 16 min
Narrator: Angel Pean
Published: 03/31/2026
Category: African American & Black Fiction
Bad Seeds, Mary Monroe

Bad Seeds

by Mary Monroe
List: $25.99
Sale: $18.20
Club: $12.99

Unabridged: 10 hr 8 min
Narrator: Shari Peele
Published: 03/31/2026
Category: Historical Fiction
On Sundays She Picked Flowers, Yah Yah Scholfield

On Sundays She Picked Flowers

by Yah Yah Scholfield
List: $24.99
On Sale: $9.99

Unabridged: 8 hr 30 min
Narrator: Angel Pean
Published: 01/27/2026
Category: African American & Black Fiction
I Hope You Find What Youre Looking F..., Bsrat Mezghebe

I Hope You Find What You're Looking F...

by Bsrat Mezghebe
List: $19.99
Sale: $13.99
Club: $9.99

Unabridged: 9 hr 16 min
Narrator: Délé Ogundiran
Published: 02/10/2026
Category: African American & Black Fiction
Classic Black Narratives, Solomon Northup

Classic Black Narratives

by Solomon Northup
List: $20.99
Sale: $14.70
Club: $10.49

Unabridged: 31 hr 19 min
Narrator: Rhett Samuel Price
Published: 04/06/2021
Category: Biography & Autobiography
All That Is Secret, Patricia Raybon

All That Is Secret

by Patricia Raybon
List: $24.95
Sale: $17.47
Club: $12.47

Unabridged: 10 hr 5 min
Narrator: Zakiya Young
Published: 10/05/2021
Category: Mystery & Detective
Shallow Waters, Anita Kopacz

Shallow Waters

by Anita Kopacz
List: $19.99
Sale: $13.99
Club: $9.99

Unabridged: 6 hr 1 min
Narrator: Michelle Kopacz
Published: 08/03/2021
Category: African American & Black Fiction
Captured, Beverly Jenkins

Captured

by Beverly Jenkins
List: $28.99
Sale: $20.29
Club: $14.49

Unabridged: 10 hr 50 min
Narrator: Kim Staunton
Published: 10/19/2021
Category: Romance
The Black Kids, Christina Hammonds Reed

The Black Kids

by Christina Hammonds Reed
List: $24.99
Sale: $17.50
Club: $12.49

Unabridged: 8 hr 55 min
Narrator: Kiersey Clemons
Published: 08/04/2020
Category: African American & Black Fiction
Wild Women and the Blues, Denny S. Bryce

Wild Women and the Blues

by Denny S. Bryce
List: $25.99
Sale: $18.20
Club: $12.99

Unabridged: 12 hr 21 min
Narrator: Tracey Conyer Lee
Published: 03/30/2021
Category: African American & Black Fiction
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald
List: $17.99
Sale: $12.59
Club: $8.99

Unabridged: 4 hr 49 min
Narrator: Derrick Magolski
Published: 01/09/2021
Category: Romance
Lovecraft Country, Matt Ruff

Lovecraft Country

by Matt Ruff
List: $28.99
Sale: $20.29
Club: $14.49

Unabridged: 12 hr 14 min
Narrator: Kevin Kenerly
Published: 02/23/2021
Category: Fantasy

Historical fiction audiobooks are simply stories that take place in the past. They generally take place 50 or more years in the past in order to take readers out of events in their lifetime.