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The Longest Non-Fiction Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 424 unabridged Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1Dragnet – The Complete CollectionJack Webb137.3 hrs
2Dragnet: Old Time Radio -279 EpisodesJack Webb97.9 hrs
3The Complete Philosophy Collection: Meditations, The Republic, The Art of War, Beyond Good and Evil, Self-Reliance, Letters from a Stoic, The Enchiridion & MoreTim Zengerink93.4 hrs
4The Self-Help Classics Collection. Guide to Personal Freedom (40 + books): The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Think and Grow Rich, The Power of Faith, Freedom For All, The Master Key System, As A Man Thinketh and оthersNeville Goddard92.3 hrs
5The Classical Wisdom Collection: History’s Greatest Works on Philosophy, Ethics, and Political ThoughtTim Zengerink80.9 hrs
6The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New YorkRobert A. Caro66.1 hrs
7The Prophet: The Life of Leon TrotskyIsaac Deutscher62.7 hrs
850+ Classic collection. Political science: The Art of War, The Republic, The Athenian Constitution, The Prince, Utopia, Common Sense, Utilitarianism, Marxism, Anarchism, SocialismVladimir Lenin61.1 hrs
9The 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
10Biology 2eJung Choi59 hrs
11The Book of Household ManagementMrs. Isabella Beeton58.4 hrs
12The Life of Jesus Critically ExaminedDavid Friedrich Strauss58 hrs
13Rising Star: The Making of Barack ObamaDavid Garrow56.2 hrs
14Anatomy and Physiology 2ePeter DeSaix55.8 hrs
15Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & GoddessesJudika Illes55 hrs
16History of the Russian RevolutionLeon Trotsky53.1 hrs
17CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, Ninth EditionFernando Maymi51.6 hrs
18Capital: Volume 3: A Critique of Political EconomyKarl Marx50.1 hrs
19CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Eleventh Edition (Exams 220-1101 & 220-1102)Andrew Hutz48.5 hrs
20Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980Rick Perlstein45.3 hrs
21Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63Taylor Branch45.3 hrs
22Tinderbox: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New FrontiersJames Andrew Miller43.5 hrs
23Postwar: How Europe rebuilt and redefined itself after 1945Tony Judt43 hrs
24Who Dares Wins: Britain, 1979-1982Dominic Sandbrook42.6 hrs
25Iran: A Modern HistoryAbbas Amanat42 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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