Long Literary Fiction Audiobook Series, Ranked by Total Hours
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 103 Literary Fiction 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.
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The list
| # | Series | Author | Books | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poldark | Winston Graham | 12 | 193.7 hrs |
| 2 | 44 Scotland Street | Alexander McCall Smith | 18 | 191 hrs |
| 3 | Lymond Chronicles | Dorothy Dunnett | 6 | 147.1 hrs |
| 4 | Twilight, Texas | Lori Wilde | 14 | 138.7 hrs |
| 5 | My Struggle | Karl Ove Knausgaard | 6 | 134.1 hrs |
| 6 | Chicago Stars | Susan Elizabeth Phillips | 11 | 122.4 hrs |
| 7 | Dublin Murder Squad | Tana French | 6 | 119.5 hrs |
| 8 | Shadow Campaigns | Django Wexler | 5 | 104.8 hrs |
| 9 | Winston Brothers | Penny Reid | 9 | 101.4 hrs |
| 10 | A Lincoln Lawyer Novel | Michael Connelly | 8 | 94 hrs |
| 11 | Passage Trilogy | Justin Cronin | 3 | 92.8 hrs |
| 12 | The Shenandoah Album Novels | Emilie Richards | 5 | 78.8 hrs |
| 13 | The Detective Lavender Mysteries | Karen Charlton | 8 | 77.8 hrs |
| 14 | Wolf Hall Trilogy | Hilary Mantel | 3 | 75.9 hrs |
| 15 | The Warrior of Rome Series | Harry Sidebottom | 6 | 74.2 hrs |
| 16 | The Beach House | Mary Alice Monroe | 6 | 72.8 hrs |
| 17 | Bas-Lag | China Miéville | 3 | 72.1 hrs |
| 18 | Heaven's Cove | Liz Eeles | 8 | 70.6 hrs |
| 19 | Underworld USA Trilogy | James Ellroy | 3 | 69.2 hrs |
| 20 | Shadow on the Crown | Nicholas Carter | 6 | 68.9 hrs |
| 21 | Aurora Teagarden | Charlaine Harris | 10 | 68.4 hrs |
| 22 | Destiny Series | CJ Cooke | 6 | 67.6 hrs |
| 23 | The Neapolitan Novels | Elena Ferrante | 4 | 67 hrs |
| 24 | Watson | Peter Matthiessen | 3 | 66.7 hrs |
| 25 | The Hellenic Traders Series | Harry Turtledove | 5 | 64.5 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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