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The Longest Space Opera Audiobooks

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, 86 unabridged Space Opera audiobooks in our catalog run 20 hours or more. These are the longest, by the store's own running time.

The Space Opera shelf sits under Science Fiction & Fantasy on the store.

The list

#TitleAuthorLength
1The Naked GodPeter F. Hamilton48.7 hrs
2The Excalibur Knights Saga Omnibus (Books 1-3): An Arthurian Space Opera AdventureLuke Mitchell47.3 hrs
3Amaranthe I: RiseG. S. Jennsen46 hrs
4Shadows Upon TimeChristopher Ruocchio44.4 hrs
5ALICE Boxed Set: Books 1-4Charles Lamb42 hrs
6Amaranthe VI: Verge: Riven Worlds Volume TwoG. S. Jennsen41.9 hrs
7The Reality DysfunctionPeter F. Hamilton41.2 hrs
8Judas UnchainedPeter F. Hamilton41 hrs
9The Neutronium AlchemistPeter F. Hamilton40.5 hrs
10The Intrepid Saga: Books 1-3 & Destiny LostM. D. Cooper40.2 hrs
11Amaranthe V: RivenG. S. Jennsen39.8 hrs
12Freedom’s Fire Box Set: The Complete Military Space Opera SeriesBobby Adair38 hrs
13Wind Tide: The Complete Series: A Space Opera Box SetJonathan Nevair38 hrs
14The Damned Trilogy: A Call to Arms, The False Mirror, and The Spoils of WarAlan Dean Foster36.6 hrs
15Pandora's StarPeter F. Hamilton36.5 hrs
16Starsea Collection: The Starsea Cycle Books 1-3Kyle West36.1 hrs
17Amaranthe II: RebellionG. S. Jennsen32.6 hrs
18To Sleep in a Sea of StarsChristopher Paolini32.5 hrs
19To Sleep in a Sea of Stars: Epic space opera from the author of EragonChristopher Paolini32.5 hrs
20Jack Foster Space Opera Box Set: Books 1-3John Hindmarsh32.2 hrs
21Hell's Rejects, Books 1-4M.R. Forbes31.7 hrs
22Disquiet GodsChristopher Ruocchio31.6 hrs
23The Exodus: The Archimedes EnginePeter F. Hamilton31 hrs
24The Faded Sun TrilogyC.J. Cherryh30.6 hrs
25The Star Hunters: The Complete Series: Books 1-3K.N. Salustro30.3 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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