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The Longest Action & Adventure Fiction Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 217 unabridged Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.

The Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf sits under Fiction on the store.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1TexasJames A. Michener65 hrs
2The Sam Reilly CollectionChristopher Cartwright59.6 hrs
3The Big Book of Adventure StoriesOtto Penzler58.7 hrs
4Tom's CrossingMark Z. Danielewski58.2 hrs
5The CovenantJames A. Michener58.2 hrs
6AlaskaJames A. Michener57.3 hrs
7The Sam Reilly Collection Volume 2Christopher Cartwright55.4 hrs
8WhirlwindJames Clavell53 hrs
9The Count of Monte Cristo: Complete Unabridged AudiobookAlexandre Dumas52.7 hrs
10ChesapeakeJames A. Michener50.6 hrs
11CentennialJames A. Michener50.2 hrs
12The Sam Reilly Collection Volume 5Christopher Cartwright50.2 hrs
13Sons of War Series Box Set: Books 1–4Nicholas Sansbury Smith49.5 hrs
14The Count of Monte CristoAlexandre Dumas47 hrs
15ShantaramGregory David Roberts43 hrs
16King HereafterDorothy Dunnett40.2 hrs
17Don Quixote, with eBookMiguel De Cervantes39.5 hrs
18Don Quixote: Penguin ClassicsMiguel de Cervantes39.3 hrs
19The VirginiansWilliam Thackeray39.1 hrs
20Sea of Silver Light: Otherland Book 4Tad Williams37.5 hrs
21SpaceJames A. Michener37.5 hrs
22Brad Taylor's Pike Logan Collection: A Collection of Hunter Killer, American Traitor, and End of DaysBrad Taylor37.1 hrs
23Great North RoadPeter F. Hamilton36.6 hrs
24Rainbow SixTom Clancy36 hrs
25The Complete King Raven Trilogy: Hood, Scarlet, TuckStephen Lawhead35.5 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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