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The Longest Asia Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 35 unabridged Asia audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.

The Asia shelf sits under History on the store.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912Donald Keene38.2 hrs
2The Search for Modern ChinaJonathan D. Spence36.9 hrs
3My Seditious Heart: Collected NonfictionArundhati Roy36.4 hrs
4Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948Ramachandra Guha36.3 hrs
5Vietnam: An Epic History of a Divisive War 1945-1975Max Hastings33.9 hrs
6Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975Max Hastings33.6 hrs
7Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's VietnamFredrik Logevall32.3 hrs
8Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern AsiaGary J. Bass31.4 hrs
9Hirohito and the Making of Modern JapanHerbert P. Bix30 hrs
10Mao: The Unknown StoryJon Halliday29.9 hrs
11Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45Barbara W. Tuchman29 hrs
12Vietnam: A HistoryStanley Karnow27.7 hrs
13Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45Max Hastings27.7 hrs
14Himalaya: A Human HistoryEd Douglas26.7 hrs
15Tower of Skulls: A History of the Asia-Pacific War • July 1937–May 1942Richard B. Frank26.5 hrs
16The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural RevolutionYang Jisheng26.3 hrs
17The Hong Kong DiariesChris Patten25.7 hrs
18China: A HistoryJohn Keay25.6 hrs
19Wild Swans: Three Daughters of ChinaJung Chang25 hrs
20Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of MidwayAnthony Tully24.8 hrs
21Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian AmericansRonald Takaki24.7 hrs
22Gandhi Before IndiaRamachandra Guha23.5 hrs
23Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With JapanRonald H. Spector23.5 hrs
24The British in India: A Social History of the RajDavid Gilmour23 hrs
25China and Japan: Facing HistoryEzra F. Vogel22.9 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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