The longest audiobook series, measured
The longest audiobook series in our catalog is Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind: books 1-8 run 223.8 hours of real narration, about 224 days at an hour a day. We added up the store's real narration time for every series we present in reading order: 25 series run 30 hours or more across books 1 to M, 111 audiobooks and 1,718 hours between them. Longest first; each links to its in-order series page.
All 25, longest first
Sword of Truth Series by Terry Goodkind
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Stone of Tears (38.7 hrs).
The Expanse by James S. A. Corey
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Leviathan Wakes (21 hrs). One narrator throughout: Jefferson Mays.
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Ship of Magic (35.5 hrs). One narrator throughout: Anne Flosnik.
A Mercy Thompson Novel by Patricia Briggs
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Silence Fallen (11.2 hrs).
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Foundation and Earth (18.8 hrs).
Empyrean by Rebecca Yarros
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Iron Flame (28.3 hrs).
Bridgertons by Julia Quinn
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Romancing Mister Bridgerton (13.3 hrs). One narrator throughout: Rosalyn Landor.
The Ender Saga by Orson Scott Card
The Shadow Series by Orson Scott Card
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Ender's Shadow (15.7 hrs).
Divine Cities by Robert Jackson Bennett
Start with book 1. Longest volume: City of Blades (20.5 hrs). One narrator throughout: Alma Cuervo.
Legacy of Gods by Rina Kent
Start with book 1. Longest volume: God of Malice (15.5 hrs).
Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Harrow the Ninth (19.9 hrs). One narrator throughout: Moira Quirk.
Book of the Ancestor by Mark Lawrence
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Red Sister (19.6 hrs).
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Heir of Fire (17.9 hrs). One narrator throughout: Elizabeth Evans.
Dollanganger by V.C. Andrews
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Petals on the Wind (17.3 hrs).
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Accomplice to the Villain (15.4 hrs). One narrator throughout: Em Eldridge.
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Unravel Me (11.9 hrs).
Twisted by Ana Huang
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Twisted Hate (15 hrs).
Hercule Poirot Mysteries by Agatha Christie
Start with book 1. Longest volume: The Mystery of the Blue Train (7.1 hrs).
Imperial Radch by Ann Leckie
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Ancillary Justice (12.7 hrs). One narrator throughout: Adjoa Andoh.
The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Time of Contempt (12 hrs). One narrator throughout: Peter Kenny.
Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
Start with book 1. Longest volume: Network Effect (12.8 hrs). One narrator throughout: Kevin R. Free.
How this list works
A series qualifies when we present its books 1 to M in order (no gaps, at least 3 books, each with its own page), every one of those books carries the store's real listed duration (no estimates), and together they run at least 30 hours. Ranked by total hours. Series are shelved by the main genre of their books. A page lists series only while at least 8 qualify. Children's titles, memoirs and autobiographies are excluded from these rankings; they keep their regular book pages. Abridged and synthetic-voice editions are excluded too. No editorial picks, no sponsored placement. Dataset build 2026-10-12; the list recomputes with every data refresh. Full methodology
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