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The Longest Literature Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 627 unabridged Literature audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1The Complete Charles Dickens Collection: Part Two - 1844 to 1870: Great Expectations, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities, Pictures from Italy, Our Mutual Friend, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, & MoreCharles Dickens271.5 hrs
2Charles Dickens: The Complete Novels vol: 1 (Golden Deer Classics)Charles Dickens237.1 hrs
3Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The Complete NovelsFyodor Dostoyevsky175.2 hrs
4The d'Artagnan Romances: The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After & The Vicomte of Bragelonne - Ten Years LaterAlexandre Dumas132 hrs
5Poirot and Holmes: The Detective Collection: The Complete Sherlock Holmes Stories and Novels, and Hercule Poirot Books 1- 6Sir Arthur Conan Doyle103.7 hrs
6Shakespeare: The Complete WorksWilliam Shakespeare100.3 hrs
7100+ Horror Collection. Scary Stories to Read in Bed Tonight: The Tell-Tale Heart, Frankenstein, The King in Yellow, The Rose Garden, Number 13, The Call of Cthulhu, The Horror at Red Hook, The Willows and OthersFrancis Marion Crawford98.3 hrs
8The Ultimate Allan Quatermain Collection: 8 Novels, 4 Short Stories & 1 Extracanonical WorkH. Rider Haggard94.9 hrs
9The Complete Ethiopian Bible: The Lost 88‐Book Ethiopian Orthodox Canon, Including the Missing Apocrypha, Books of Enoch, Jubilees & MeqabyanVarious Ancient Writers94.7 hrs
10The Complete Leatherstocking Tales: The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers & The PrairieJames Fenimore Cooper89.5 hrs
11Apocalypse & The End Times: Lost Prophecies of Heaven, Hell, and the Second Coming of Christ: The Forgotten Christian and Jewish Texts That Reveal Visions of Judgment Day and the AfterlifeVarious Ancient Writers89.4 hrs
12Theater Five - The Ultimate CollectionsABC Radio89.3 hrs
13The Classic Wisdom Collection: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, The Art of War & Many More Classic WorksSøren Kierkegaard82.9 hrs
14The Novels of Jane AustenJane Austen81.7 hrs
15H.G. Wells: The Complete NovelsH.G. Wells81.3 hrs
16Jane Austen: The Complete NovelsJane Austen77.3 hrs
17Jack London: The CollectionJack London77.2 hrs
18The Magic Mountain 1 & 2 Buddenbrooks Royal HighnessThomas Mann76.6 hrs
19Jane Austen's Greatest Novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, PersuasionJane Austen76.6 hrs
20Anne Of Green Gables: Complete 8-Book Box SetLucy maud montgomery75.5 hrs
21The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: 15 BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisationsCharles Dickens71.7 hrs
22Oz: The Complete Collection (All 14 Audiobooks)L. Frank Baum70.6 hrs
23The Complete Oz CollectionL. Frank Baum70.5 hrs
2410 Masterpieces you have to read before you die Vol: 2Stephen Scalon70.2 hrs
25Charles Dickens 3 Classic Works: David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Oliver TwistCharles Dickens69.6 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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