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The Longest Contemporary Women Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 73 unabridged Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.

The Contemporary Women shelf sits under Fiction on the store.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1Coming HomeRosamunde Pilcher40.7 hrs
2The Above the Line Series: Books 1-4: The Baxters Take One, The Baxters Take Two, The Baxters Take Three, and The Baxters Take FourKaren Kingsbury40.7 hrs
3Bridgerton Prequels Collection: Because of Miss Bridgerton, The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband, The Other Miss Bridgerton, First Comes ScandalJulia Quinn39 hrs
4Wedded by Scandal Bundle, Books 1–4Stacy Reid37 hrs
5The Charleston Trilogy: The complete seriesSherryl Woods34.1 hrs
6The Complete Jaipur Trilogy: The Henna Artist, The Secret Keeper of Jaipur, and The Perfumist of ParisAlka Joshi33.7 hrs
7Dangerous WomenGardner Dozois32.8 hrs
8FayneAnn-Marie MacDonald30.9 hrs
9The Jay Crownover Book Set 1: Featuring Rule, Jet, RomeJay Crownover30.3 hrs
10A Katherine Reay Bookish Collection: Includes Lizzy and Jane, The Bronte Plot, and The Portrait of Emily PriceKatherine Reay29.8 hrs
11Rookie Rebels Bundle, Books 1-3Kate Meader29.2 hrs
12The Falcon's EyesFrancesca Stanfill29.2 hrs
13The Calamity Club: The instant New York Times bestseller - the powerful, joyful new novel from the author of The HelpKathryn Stockett28.8 hrs
14The Calamity ClubKathryn Stockett28.7 hrs
15Tessa Bailey Book Set 1 DA Bundle: Fix Her Up / Love Her or Lose Her / Tools of EngagementTessa Bailey27.6 hrs
16Five Island Cove Boxed Set: 3 Heartfelt Women's Fiction NovelsJessie Newton27.4 hrs
17Freed: Fifty Shades Freed as Told by ChristianE L James27.3 hrs
18MatingNorman Rush26.6 hrs
19A Song in the DaylightPaullina Simons26.3 hrs
20The Gamble: Booktrack EditionKristen Ashley25.3 hrs
21Great Circle: A Read with Jenna PickMaggie Shipstead25.3 hrs
22The Hour I First BelievedWally Lamb25.2 hrs
23Sweet Dreams: Booktrack EditionKristen Ashley25.1 hrs
24The GambleKristen Ashley25 hrs
25Sweet DreamsKristen Ashley25 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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