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The Longest Mystery, Thriller & Horror Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 433 unabridged Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1Orson Welles: The Ultimate CollectionOrson Welles125.3 hrs
2100+ 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
3What Doesn't Kill You: The Complete Collection Volume 1: Katie Connell and Emily Bernal MysteriesPamela Fagan Hutchins71.3 hrs
4The America Falls Omnibus: Books 1-13Scott Medbury70.4 hrs
5The Big Book of Female DetectivesOtto Penzler63.2 hrs
6The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever PublishedKim Newman61.7 hrs
7The Sam Reilly CollectionChristopher Cartwright59.6 hrs
8The Sam Reilly Collection Volume 2Christopher Cartwright55.4 hrs
9B. J. Harrison Reads The Count of Monte CristoAlexandre Dumas52.7 hrs
10Executive OrdersTom Clancy51.4 hrs
11The Sam Reilly Collection Volume 5Christopher Cartwright50.2 hrs
12The Witching HourAnne Rice50 hrs
13Old Castle 5-Audiobook Box Set: The Squatter, Billy's Experiment, Crazy Daisy, Hotel Miramar, RosieJonathan Dunne49.8 hrs
14Sherlock Holmes: The Complete BBC Collection: 60 Full-Cast DramatisationsBert Coules48.6 hrs
15Dead America - The Complete First and Second Week Series: Books 1 - 23Derek Slaton47.9 hrs
16The StandStephen King47.8 hrs
17The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes StoriesOtto Penzler46.7 hrs
18The Thriller Boxset: Dying to Tell, Every Little Breath, The People Next Door and Trust No OneKeri Beevis45.9 hrs
19ItStephen King45.9 hrs
20World Without EndKen Follett45.8 hrs
21Edgar Allan Poe: The Complete Audio Collection, Vol. 1Edgar Allan Poe44.9 hrs
22Miss Julia Renews Her VowsAnn B. Ross43.6 hrs
23Will Trent: Books 2–4: A Karin Slaughter Thriller Collection Featuring Fractured, Undone, and BrokenKarin Slaughter42.7 hrs
24Z Horizon: A Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Thriller CollectionCamille Picott42.3 hrs
25Will Trent: Books 5–7: A Karin Slaughter Thriller Collection Featuring Fallen, Criminal, and UnseenKarin Slaughter42 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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