Audiobooks Like The Historian

10 audiobooks for fans of The Historian

1. 1

   

   The Frozen Hours

   by Jeff Shaara

   Narrated by Paul Michael

   ★ 4.43 ABR Score (5.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.4 Goodreads (4.7K) ★ 4.71 Audible (1.3K)

   20h 54m listening time • Released 2017

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2. 2

   

   The Swan Thieves

   by Elizabeth Kostova

   Narrated by John Lee, Treat Williams, Sarah Zimmerman, Anne Heche, Erin Cottrell

   ★ 3.29 ABR Score (36.7K ratings)

   ★ 3.58 Goodreads (35.6K) ★ 3.73 Audible (1.1K)

   17h 56m listening time • Released 2010

   A full cast brings depth to this multi-timeline mystery about a psychiatrist obsessed with his patient's fixation on a mysterious French impressionist painting and the woman within it.

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   A full cast brings depth to this multi-timeline mystery about a psychiatrist obsessed with his patient's fixation on a mysterious French impressionist painting and the woman within it.

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3. 3

   

   The Rising Tide

   World War II: 1939-1945 • Book 1

   by Jeff Shaara

   Narrated by Paul Michael

   ★ 4.29 ABR Score (11.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.18 Goodreads (10.2K) ★ 4.6 Audible (1.5K)

   22h 53m listening time • Released 2006

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4. 4

   

   The Shadow Land

   by Elizabeth Kostova

   Narrated by Barrie Kreinik, Fred Berman, Barbara Caruso, George Guidall

   ★ 3.69 ABR Score (16.8K ratings)

   ★ 3.73 Goodreads (16.1K) ★ 4.14 Audible (748)

   18h 36m listening time • Released 2017

   Young American Alexandra Boyd travels to Sofia seeking healing after her brother's death, only to uncover Bulgaria's dark communist past. The multi-narrator approach effectively handles the story's shifting timelines and perspectives across Bulgarian history.

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   Young American Alexandra Boyd travels to Sofia seeking healing after her brother's death, only to uncover Bulgaria's dark communist past. The multi-narrator approach effectively handles the story's shifting timelines and perspectives across Bulgarian history.

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5. 5

   

   The Evening and the Morning

   Kingsbridge

   by Ken Follett

   Narrated by John Lee

   ★ 4.67 ABR Score (149.2K ratings)

   ★ 4.39 Goodreads (136.4K) ★ 4.71 Audible (12.8K)

   24h 19m listening time • Released 2020

   Set in 997 CE England, three lives intersect during Viking raids and political chaos as a new town rises. Lee's commanding voice spans decades of medieval intrigue in this Kingsbridge prequel about power, faith, and survival.

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   Set in 997 CE England, three lives intersect during Viking raids and political chaos as a new town rises. Lee's commanding voice spans decades of medieval intrigue in this Kingsbridge prequel about power, faith, and survival.

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6. 6

   

   Fall of Giants

   The Century Trilogy • Book 1

   by Ken Follett

   Narrated by John Lee

   ★ 4.52 ABR Score (370.7K ratings)

   ★ 4.33 Goodreads (350.4K) ★ 4.53 Audible (20.3K)

   30h 38m listening time • Released 2010

   Five families' fates entwine with war, revolution, and history. John Lee's thirty-hour narration proves that epic scope and intimate human drama aren't opposites: they're inseparable.

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   Five families' fates entwine with war, revolution, and history. John Lee's thirty-hour narration proves that epic scope and intimate human drama aren't opposites: they're inseparable.

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7. 7

   

   Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

   The Pacific War Trilogy • Book 1

   by Ian W. Toll

   Narrated by Grover Gardner

   ★ 4.75 ABR Score (14.5K ratings)

   ★ 4.61 Goodreads (10.4K) ★ 4.82 Audible (4.2K)

   22h 6m listening time • Released 2011

   Grover Gardner's measured, authoritative narration transforms Toll's meticulous battle accounts into a gripping you-are-there experience—22 hours that feel essential, not exhausting.

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   Grover Gardner's measured, authoritative narration transforms Toll's meticulous battle accounts into a gripping you-are-there experience—22 hours that feel essential, not exhausting.

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8. 8

   

   Crash Dive

   Crash Dive Series • Book 1

   by Craig DiLouie

   Narrated by R.C. Bray

   ★ 4.62 ABR Score (4.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.66 Goodreads (692) ★ 4.87 Audible (4.2K)

   29h 11m listening time • Released 2019

   Submarine warfare in the Pacific comes alive through Charlie Harrison's eyes as he battles the Imperial Japanese Navy. R.C. Bray's commanding performance puts you in the claustrophobic depths of a WWII sub.

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   Submarine warfare in the Pacific comes alive through Charlie Harrison's eyes as he battles the Imperial Japanese Navy. R.C. Bray's commanding performance puts you in the claustrophobic depths of a WWII sub.

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   In Danger's Path

   The Corps • Book 8

   by W.E.B. Griffin

   Narrated by Dick Hill

   Both audiobooks deliver immersive, sprawling mysteries with meticulous world-building and protagonists caught between personal discovery and larger historical forces, enhanced by skilled narration that brings multiple perspectives to life over an engrossing 26-hour journey.

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   Both audiobooks deliver immersive, sprawling mysteries with meticulous world-building and protagonists caught between personal discovery and larger historical forces, enhanced by skilled narration that brings multiple perspectives to life over an engrossing 26-hour journey.

   ★ 4.53 ABR Score (5.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.41 Goodreads (4.3K) ★ 4.81 Audible (1.6K)

   25h 53m listening time • Released 2013

   General Fleming Pickering leads Pacific OSS operations including two covert Gobi Desert missions, unexpectedly calling his scapegrace pilot son Malcolm to dangerous duty.

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   General Fleming Pickering leads Pacific OSS operations including two covert Gobi Desert missions, unexpectedly calling his scapegrace pilot son Malcolm to dangerous duty.

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    The Other Boleyn Girl

    The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels • Book 9

    by Philippa Gregory

    Narrated by Vanessa Kirby

    ★ 4.52 ABR Score (517.3K ratings)

    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (515.4K) ★ 4.77 Audible (2.0K)

    22h 13m listening time • Released 2019

    Sibling rivalry at Henry VIII's court becomes visceral through Vanessa Kirby's performance as Mary watches her sister Anne steal both king and crown.

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    Sibling rivalry at Henry VIII's court becomes visceral through Vanessa Kirby's performance as Mary watches her sister Anne steal both king and crown.

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