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The Longest Suspense Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 80 unabridged Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.

The Suspense shelf sits under Mystery, Thriller & Horror on the store.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1The Big Book of Female DetectivesOtto Penzler63.2 hrs
2The Sam Reilly Collection Volume 2Christopher Cartwright55.4 hrs
3B. J. Harrison Reads The Count of Monte CristoAlexandre Dumas52.7 hrs
4The Sam Reilly Collection Volume 5Christopher Cartwright50.2 hrs
5The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes StoriesOtto Penzler46.7 hrs
6Edgar Allan Poe: The Complete Audio Collection, Vol. 1Edgar Allan Poe44.9 hrs
7Hobbes by Wilkie Martin: Unhuman Books I-IVWilkie Martin40.8 hrs
8Carrion ComfortDan Simmons39 hrs
9The SwarmFrank Schatzing37.6 hrs
10The Big Book of Victorian MysteriesOtto Penzler37.4 hrs
11Pulse: A Dick Francis NovelFelix Francis36.9 hrs
12The Joe Johnson Thriller Series Books 1-3Andrew Turpin36.5 hrs
13The Remorseless Trilogy: British Crime ThrillersWill Patching36.3 hrs
14Natchez BurningGreg Iles35.9 hrs
15The Lincoln Lawyer Novels: The Lincoln Lawyer, The Brass Verdict, The ReversalMichael Connelly34.6 hrs
16Thomas Prescott Series Premium: Books 1 through 4Nick Pirog34.4 hrs
17Victorian San Francisco Mysteries: Books 5-7: Pilfered Promises, Scholarly Pursuits, Lethal RemediesM. Louisa Locke33.2 hrs
18The Big Book of Christmas MysteriesOtto Penzler32.6 hrs
19The Forging of Luke Stone Bundle: Primary Target (#1), Primary Command (#2) and Primary Threat (#3)Jack Mars31.2 hrs
20The Hack Trilogy: International Crime Thriller Books 1 - 3Will Patching30.7 hrs
21The Crow Girl: A dark and twisty psychological thriller featuring Detective Jeanette Kihlberg, now a major TV seriesErik Axl Sund30.6 hrs
22No NameWilkie Collins29.8 hrs
23StrangersDean Koontz29.4 hrs
24The Bloody Shamrock: An 80s OdysseyRaymond Deravakian29.1 hrs
25Harry Bosch Box SetMichael Connelly27.6 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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