Long History Audiobook Series, Ranked by Total Hours
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 11 History series in our catalog have every numbered book from book 1 on, at least three books and 30 or more hours in all. Ranked by total listening time.
The list
| # | Series | Author | Books | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Story of Civilization | Will Durant | 11 | 484.9 hrs |
| 2 | The History of England Series | Peter Ackroyd | 6 | 105.6 hrs |
| 3 | Eastern Front | Prit Buttar | 4 | 86.3 hrs |
| 4 | The Basic History of the United States Series | Clarence B. Carson | 6 | 64.8 hrs |
| 5 | The Modern Era | Santiago Machain | 12 | 58.5 hrs |
| 6 | Our Vietnam Wars | William F. Brown | 4 | 53.9 hrs |
| 7 | Voices of the Middle Ages | Santiago Machain | 10 | 53.4 hrs |
| 8 | Maritime Trilogy | Peter Padfield | 3 | 52.2 hrs |
| 9 | World War II | Mark Adderley | 6 | 42.4 hrs |
| 10 | The American Revolution Series | Nathaniel Philbrick | 3 | 36.3 hrs |
| 11 | The Winning of the West | Theodore Roosevelt | 4 | 36.1 hrs |
Ranked by total listening time of the numbered books. 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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