This page brings together free online books, topic searches, and audiobooks related to historical fiction set in the medieval world, including knights, castles, crusades, royalty, warfare, religion, and everyday life in the Middle Ages. The materials range from older public domain works to modern novels.
The Topics section below helps readers find books within the huge Internet Archive collection. Each topic link generates an Internet Archive search focused on that subject. Browsing the topics and selecting those of interest is usually easier and more effective than searching Internet Archive directly.
Sections below Topics provide links to vintage books and audiobooks. See those sections for more information.
Topics – Medieval Historical Fiction PDF
The topic links below lead to Internet Archive search results related to novels that take place in the Middle Ages. Each link opens a books-and-documents search focused on a particular topic.
Search results generally include fully readable books. For some subjects, Internet Archive also contains other media, such as images, audio, or video files. These can be selected from the media options above the search results. Filters on the left side of Internet Archive pages can help narrow search results by year, language, or related subjects.
English Novels Set in Middle Ages PDF Free
Vintage Free Online Historical Fiction – Middle Ages Novels Free
Vintage books were nearly always published before 1930. They can be read online or downloaded.
Public Domain Novels at HathiTrust – Medieval Historical Fiction PDF Free Download
Middle Ages Fiction Audiobooks Free
These audiobook links lead to public domain recordings from LibriVox at Internet Archive. The books recorded by Librivox volunteers were nearly all published before 1930. Recordings include Canterbury Tales, King Arthur, novels by Sir Walter Scott, Robin Hood, books about the Vikings and knights.
All Librivox audiobooks are free and can be streamed online or downloaded for offline listening.
Middle Ages Audio Books Free – Medieval Historical Fiction PDF Download
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