The Most-Rated Historical Fiction Audiobooks
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 6,156 unabridged Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog carry store ratings. These are the 25 with the most ratings.
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The list
| # | Title | Author | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outlander | Diana Gabaldon | 32.6 hrs |
| 2 | All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr | 16 hrs |
| 3 | Before We Were Yours | Lisa Wingate | 14.5 hrs |
| 4 | The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah | 17.6 hrs |
| 5 | The Tattooist of Auschwitz | Heather Morris | 7.4 hrs |
| 6 | The Women | Kristin Hannah | 15 hrs |
| 7 | The Four Winds | Kristin Hannah | 15.3 hrs |
| 8 | The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club | Jojo Moyes | 13.9 hrs |
| 9 | Dragonfly in Amber | Diana Gabaldon | 39 hrs |
| 10 | The Alice Network | Kate Quinn | 15.1 hrs |
| 11 | Voyager | Diana Gabaldon | 43.3 hrs |
| 12 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Harriet Beecher Stowe | 18.2 hrs |
| 13 | A Gentleman in Moscow | Amor Towles | 17.9 hrs |
| 14 | Drums of Autumn | Diana Gabaldon | 44.8 hrs |
| 15 | The Fiery Cross | Diana Gabaldon | 55.5 hrs |
| 16 | Lilac Girls | Martha Hall Kelly | 17.5 hrs |
| 17 | A Breath of Snow and Ashes | Diana Gabaldon | 58 hrs |
| 18 | Tom Lake | Ann Patchett | 11.4 hrs |
| 19 | Beneath a Scarlet Sky | Mark Sullivan | 17.8 hrs |
| 20 | Circe | Madeline Miller | 12.1 hrs |
| 21 | Water for Elephants | Sara Gruen | 11.6 hrs |
| 22 | The Frozen River: A GMA Book Club Pick | Ariel Lawhon | 15.1 hrs |
| 23 | The Lincoln Highway: A Read with Jenna Pick | Amor Towles | 16.7 hrs |
| 24 | Written In My Own Heart's Blood | Diana Gabaldon | 45.1 hrs |
| 25 | Mythos: Discover the world of Zeus, Athena and Poseidon in the Greek Myths Retold | Stephen Fry | 15.6 hrs |
Ordered by the number of store ratings, most first; the counts are used only for ordering and never shown. A rating count measures popularity, never quality. Computed from unabridged English-language audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026); children's titles are not ranked. Methodology.
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