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The Longest Essays & Anthologies Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 121 unabridged Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.

The Essays & Anthologies shelf sits under Literature on the store.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1Charles Dickens: The Complete Novels vol: 1 (Golden Deer Classics)Charles Dickens237.1 hrs
2Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The Complete NovelsFyodor Dostoyevsky175.2 hrs
3Poirot and Holmes: The Detective Collection: The Complete Sherlock Holmes Stories and Novels, and Hercule Poirot Books 1- 6Sir Arthur Conan Doyle103.7 hrs
4100+ 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
5The Complete Ethiopian Bible: The Lost 88‐Book Ethiopian Orthodox Canon, Including the Missing Apocrypha, Books of Enoch, Jubilees & MeqabyanVarious Ancient Writers94.7 hrs
6Apocalypse & 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
7The Classic Wisdom Collection: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, The Art of War & Many More Classic WorksSøren Kierkegaard82.9 hrs
8H.G. Wells: The Complete NovelsH.G. Wells81.3 hrs
9Jane Austen: The Complete NovelsJane Austen77.3 hrs
10Jack London: The CollectionJack London77.2 hrs
11Jane Austen's Greatest Novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, PersuasionJane Austen76.6 hrs
12Anne Of Green Gables: Complete 8-Book Box SetLucy maud montgomery75.5 hrs
13Oz: The Complete Collection (All 14 Audiobooks)L. Frank Baum70.6 hrs
1410 Masterpieces you have to read before you die Vol: 2Stephen Scalon70.2 hrs
15The Complete Strategy Collection: The Art of War, The Prince, The Book of Five Rings, Tao Te Ching, Arthashastra, On War & MoreNapoleon Bonaparte69.2 hrs
16The Complete 54-Book Apocrypha: 2022 Edition With the Deuterocanon, 1-3 Enoch, Giants, Jasher, Jubilees, Pseudepigrapha, & the Apostolic FathersCovenant Christian Coalition68 hrs
17The Big Book of Female DetectivesOtto Penzler63.2 hrs
18Sherlock Holmes: The CollectionSir Arthur Conan Doyle63 hrs
19The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever PublishedKim Newman61.7 hrs
20Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate CollectionSir Arthur Conan Doyle59.8 hrs
21The Big Book of Adventure StoriesOtto Penzler58.7 hrs
22The Big Book of Ghost StoriesOtto Penzler53.7 hrs
23The Complete Essays of MontaigneMichel Eyquem Montaigne49.7 hrs
24The Selected Letters of Ralph EllisonRalph Ellison49.2 hrs
25The David Foster Wallace ReaderDavid Foster Wallace48.5 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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