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The Longest World Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 295 unabridged World audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.

The World shelf sits under History on the store.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1The World: A Family History of HumanitySimon Sebag Montefiore68.2 hrs
2Europe: A HistoryNorman Davies63.4 hrs
3The Ancient Wisdom Collection: Meditations, the Art of War, The Book of Five Rings, Tao Te Ching & Many More Classic WorksFrederick the Great61.7 hrs
4The Age of Faith: A History of Medieval Civilization (Christian, Islamic, and Judaic) from Constantine to Dante, AD 325–1300Will Durant61.6 hrs
51942: Crux of WarJonathan Parshall60.2 hrs
6The Complete Ethiopian Bible, 70 Book Apocrypha, Books of Enoch, Dead Sea Scrolls & Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Lost Books of the Bible Including the Book of Jubilees, 1 & 2 Enoch, Jasher, Esdras, Gospel of Thomas, Mary & MoreGreek Sources59.4 hrs
7Rousseau and Revolution: A History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715 to 1789Ariel Durant57.4 hrs
8The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi GermanyWilliam L. Shirer57.2 hrs
9The Decline of the West: Volume 1: Form and Actuality and Volume 2: Perspectives of World HistoryOswald Spengler55.9 hrs
10A Patriot’s History of the United States, Updated Edition: From Columbus’ Great Discovery to America’s Age of EntitlementMichael Allen55.8 hrs
11History of the World (Updated)J. M. Roberts54.8 hrs
12History of the Russian RevolutionLeon Trotsky53.1 hrs
13The Antiquities of the JewsFlavius Josephus51.8 hrs
14Our Oriental HeritageWill Durant50.3 hrs
15The Reformation: A History of European Civilization from Wycliffe to Calvin, 1300–1564Will Durant50.1 hrs
16Global Crisis: War, Climate Change, & Catastrophe in the Seventeenth CenturyGeoffrey Parker48.7 hrs
17Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 2): 1938-43Chips Channon48.5 hrs
18Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 3): 1943-57Chips Channon48.3 hrs
19A History of the American PeoplePaul Johnson48.3 hrs
20Mark TwainRon Chernow44.6 hrs
21The Age of Napoleon: A History of European Civilization from 1789 to 1815Ariel Durant44.5 hrs
22The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and MankindH.G. Wells44.5 hrs
23The English and Their HistoryRobert Tombs43.3 hrs
24The Second World War: A Complete HistoryMartin Gilbert43.1 hrs
25The Age of Voltaire: A History of Civlization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with Special Emphasis on the Conflict between Religion and PhilosophyAriel Durant43 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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