The Longest Historical Fiction Audiobooks
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 415 unabridged Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.
The Historical (Fiction) shelf sits under Fiction on the store.
The list
| # | Title | Author | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Novels of Jane Austen | Jane Austen | 81.7 hrs |
| 2 | War And Peace: Penguin Classics | Leo Tolstoy | 67.2 hrs |
| 3 | The Complete Poppy War Trilogy: The Poppy War, The Dragon Republic, The Burning God | R. F. Kuang | 66.5 hrs |
| 4 | Les Misérables: Penguin Classics | Victor Hugo | 65.7 hrs |
| 5 | Texas | James A. Michener | 65 hrs |
| 6 | Jerusalem | Alan Moore | 60.7 hrs |
| 7 | The Man Without Qualities | Robert Musil | 60.5 hrs |
| 8 | The Covenant | James A. Michener | 58.2 hrs |
| 9 | A Breath of Snow and Ashes | Diana Gabaldon | 58 hrs |
| 10 | A Breath of Snow and Ashes 'International Edition' | Diana Gabaldon | 57.3 hrs |
| 11 | Alaska | James A. Michener | 57.3 hrs |
| 12 | The Fiery Cross 'International Edition' | Diana Gabaldon | 55.5 hrs |
| 13 | The Fiery Cross | Diana Gabaldon | 55.5 hrs |
| 14 | Noble House | James Clavell | 54.8 hrs |
| 15 | Noble House: The Epic Novel of Modern Hong Kong | James Clavell | 54.7 hrs |
| 16 | The Source | James A. Michener | 54.5 hrs |
| 17 | Against the Day | Thomas Pynchon | 53.6 hrs |
| 18 | Musashi | Eiji Yoshikawa | 53.4 hrs |
| 19 | Master of War Boxset: Books 1-3 | David Gilman | 53.1 hrs |
| 20 | Whirlwind | James Clavell | 53 hrs |
| 21 | The Count of Monte Cristo: Complete Unabridged Audiobook | Alexandre Dumas | 52.7 hrs |
| 22 | Hawaii | James A. Michener | 51.9 hrs |
| 23 | Chesapeake | James A. Michener | 50.6 hrs |
| 24 | The Northern Wolf Series: Books 1–5 | Daniel Greene | 50.5 hrs |
| 25 | Gai-Jin | James Clavell | 50.3 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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