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The Longest Military Biography & Memoir Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 47 unabridged Military (Biography & Memoir) audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.

The Military (Biography & Memoir) shelf sits under Biography & Memoir on the store.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1About Face: The Odyssey of an American WarriorJulie Sherman40.7 hrs
2Che Guevara: A Revolutionary LifeJon Lee Anderson36.7 hrs
3A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in VietnamNeil Sheehan35.8 hrs
4Lee: A BiographyClifford Dowdey33.8 hrs
5Napoleon: A LifeAndrew Roberts32.9 hrs
6The Supreme Commander: The War Years of Dwight D. EisenhowerStephen E. Ambrose32.8 hrs
7Warlord: A Life of Churchill at War, 1874–1945Carlo D’este30.1 hrs
8To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern WorldArthur Herman30 hrs
9Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant29.6 hrs
10Old Soldiers Never Die: The Life of Douglas MacArthurGeoffrey Perret29.2 hrs
11GrantJean Edward Smith29.2 hrs
12Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914Max Hastings29 hrs
13William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A LifeJames Lee McDonough28.6 hrs
14The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966Rick Atkinson28.5 hrs
15Eisenhower in War and PeaceJean Edward Smith28.4 hrs
16George Marshall: Defender of the RepublicDavid L. Roll27.7 hrs
17American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. GrantRonald C. White27.5 hrs
18Napoleon: A LifeAdam Zamoyski27 hrs
19Masters and Commanders: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945Andrew Roberts26.4 hrs
20NapoleonEmil Ludwig25.7 hrs
21NimitzE.B. Potter25.3 hrs
22Masters of the Air: How The Bomber Boys Broke Down the Nazi War MachineDonald L. Miller25.3 hrs
23Military Memoirs of a ConfederateEdward Porter Alexander25.2 hrs
24Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944John C. McManus25.2 hrs
25The Luckiest Man: Life with John McCainMark Salter25 hrs

Ordered by the store's running time, longest first. 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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