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Recommend me a long audiobook

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BorisTheShark · 08/03/2026 11:06

I need a new audiobook 😀

I like them long, like 30 hours long, bonus points if it’s part of a series I can get in to.

have recently read/listened to Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Strike collection, Fourth Wing collection, all of the Sarah J Mass, The Goldfinch, things like that

thanks!

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Moveyourbleedingarse · 08/03/2026 12:00

The son by Phillip Meyer. Three narrators, three time periods same family.

Kind of a pre Yellowstone (but nothing to do with Yellowstone)

It was recommended on here and I listened during my lockdown walks.

Megsdaughter · 08/03/2026 11:57

The Outlander series, all over 50 hours long and there are nine of them.

Davina Porter the narrator is brilliant as well.

Throwntothewolves · 08/03/2026 11:53

The Lord of the Rings series of books and The Hobbit all narrated by Andy Serkis (who plays Gollum in the films) are excellent. They're available on Borrow Box for free

Abustedflush · 08/03/2026 11:51

Have you tried the Cazalet Chronicles series by Elizabeth Jane Howard? They follow the lives of an upper middle class English family from pre war to the late 50s. Warts and all!
edited to add if you do get sucked in, I suggest you swerve the final one, which I felt was a last ditch money grab before the author died. More plot holes than Swiss cheese!

SerendipityCat · 08/03/2026 11:46

Mick Herron, the many Slough House/Slow Horses novels.

TheCountessofLocksley · 08/03/2026 11:43

London by Edward Rutherford…..there are many of them in the series, but London remains my favourite. Paris was good too and I’m just waiting to find the right time to start the one about the New Forest.

Handeyethingyowl · 08/03/2026 11:43

I am listening to Kasuo Ishiguro Never Let Me Go at the moment. I loved Remains of the Day read by Dominic West. It was so calming yet gripping.

fairislecable · 08/03/2026 11:37

The CJ Sansom Shardlake series, each book is 12-14 hours long, and I think there are 6 of them.

The Pillars of the Earth Ken Follet is also really long.

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart is really long and although not part of a series you could follow it up by Young Mungo. These are not for the faint hearted but I loved them.

The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese is 31 hours long.

Happy listening.

Isobel201 · 08/03/2026 11:37

The earth's children series by Jean M Auel, story about a cro magnon girl living in the prehistoric ice age on audible. Great stories to listen on a long car journey.

ACatCalledPuss · 08/03/2026 11:20

I enjoyed the Tenant of Wildfell Hall and the Woman in White both of which were pretty long

OrsolaRosso · 08/03/2026 11:17

How about The Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley?

Terfymcnamechange · 08/03/2026 11:14

One I listen to repeatedly is A Woman In Berlin, which is the diary of a german woman trapped in Berlin as the Russian soldiers came in during WW2. Lots of violence and sexual violence, but fascinating.

Also Bridget Jones, and the Slow Horses series by Mick Herron. Oh, and Girl With a Dragon Tattoo!

TrueDat · 08/03/2026 11:09

I see you’ve listened to the Goldfinch. Have you also tried The Secret History, also by Donna Tartt? That’s excellent and pretty long too!