Long Police & Detective Audiobook Series, Ranked by Total Hours
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 990 Police & Detective 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 | Old-Time Radio | Carl Amari | 72 | 552.8 hrs |
| 2 | Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Mysteries | Anne Perry | 32 | 403 hrs |
| 3 | The Joe Gunther Mysteries | Archer Mayor | 33 | 312.6 hrs |
| 4 | Mrs. Murphy Mysteries | Sneaky Pie Brown | 34 | 293 hrs |
| 5 | Alex Cross | James Patterson | 33 | 287.5 hrs |
| 6 | Chief Inspector Gamache Novel | Louise Penny | 21 | 271.2 hrs |
| 7 | Amelia Peabody Mysteries | Elizabeth Peters | 19 | 267.9 hrs |
| 8 | Kinsey Millhone - Unabridged Series | Sue Grafton | 25 | 264.3 hrs |
| 9 | Joe Pickett | C.J. Box | 26 | 262.7 hrs |
| 10 | Hannah Swensen Mysteries | Joanne Fluke | 29 | 261.5 hrs |
| 11 | An Ella Dark FBI Suspense Thriller | Blake Pierce | 33 | 248.9 hrs |
| 12 | Maria Wern | Anna Jansson | 22 | 243.7 hrs |
| 13 | Lucy Stone | Leslie Meier | 31 | 239.3 hrs |
| 14 | A Death on Demand Mysteries | Carolyn Hart | 26 | 235.9 hrs |
| 15 | Cork O'Connor Mysteries | William Kent Krueger | 21 | 232.6 hrs |
| 16 | The Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries | Lindsey Davis | 20 | 232 hrs |
| 17 | The Agatha Raisin Mysteries | M. C. Beaton | 36 | 227.7 hrs |
| 18 | Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries | C.S. Harris | 21 | 222.2 hrs |
| 19 | Detective Inspector Declan Walsh | Jack Gatland | 22 | 216.9 hrs |
| 20 | Cozy Corgi Mysteries | Mildred Abbott | 26 | 208.8 hrs |
| 21 | Cold Justice® Duos | Toni Anderson | 10 | 208.8 hrs |
| 22 | Faith Fairchild Mysteries | Katherine Hall Page | 26 | 205.4 hrs |
| 23 | The Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries | Carola Dunn | 23 | 205.2 hrs |
| 24 | A Cormoran Strike Novel | Robert Galbraith | 8 | 203.3 hrs |
| 25 | Longmire Mysteries | Craig Johnson | 22 | 198.1 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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