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The Longest Books with Buzz Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 50 unabridged Books with Buzz audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1The Rhythm of War: Book Four of The Stormlight ArchiveBrandon Sanderson57.4 hrs
2ItStephen King45.9 hrs
3W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963David Levering Lewis40.7 hrs
4G-Man (Pulitzer Prize Winner): J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American CenturyBeverly Gage36.6 hrs
5Alchemised: The 2025 debut novel phenomenon everyone is talking about and no one can put downSenLinYu36.3 hrs
6Empire of the DawnJay Kristoff34.7 hrs
7A Game of ThronesGeorge R. R. Martin33.8 hrs
8Game Changers Volume 2Rachel Reid33 hrs
9OutlanderDiana Gabaldon32.6 hrs
10Empire of the DamnedJay Kristoff31.6 hrs
11The Covenant of WaterAbraham Verghese31.3 hrs
12The Year of the Locust: The Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of I AM PILGRIMTerry Hayes29.3 hrs
13A Promised LandBarack Obama29.2 hrs
14A Promised Land: The powerful political memoir from the former US PresidentBarack Obama29.2 hrs
15To Paradise: A powerful novel of love, freedom, and family, from the author of the Booker-shortlisted A Little LifeHanya Yanagihara28.8 hrs
16The Calamity Club: The instant New York Times bestseller - the powerful, joyful new novel from the author of The HelpKathryn Stockett28.8 hrs
17Iron FlameRebecca Yarros28.3 hrs
18American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerMartin J. Sherwin26.5 hrs
19A Court of Silver FlamesSarah J. Maas26.1 hrs
20King SorrowJoe Hill26.1 hrs
21The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025Kiran Desai25.5 hrs
22Pucking Around: A Why Choose Hockey RomanceEmily Rath24.7 hrs
23Brimstone: The Fae & Alchemy Series, Book 2Callie Hart24.5 hrs
24Fairy TaleStephen King24.5 hrs
25Onyx StormRebecca Yarros23.9 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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