An unabridged audiobook production of all eleven volumes was produced by the Books on Tape company and was read by Alexander Adams (also known as Grover Gardner).

Full title: The Story of Civilization ~ 2 ~ The Life of Greece ~ A History of Greek Government, Industry, Manners, Morals, Religion, Philosophy, Science, Literature and Art from the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest.

Full title: The Story of Civilization ~ 3 ~ Caesar and Christ ~ This Brilliantly Written History Surveys All Aspects of Roman Life ~ Politics, Economics, Literature, Art, Morals.

It Ends with the Conflict of Pagan and Christian Forces and Raises the Curtain on the Great Struggle between Church and State.

This volume covers the Middle Ages in both Europe and the Near East, from the time of Constantine I to that of Dante Alighieri.

This volume covers the history of Italy from c.1300 to the mid 16th century, focusing on the Italian Renaissance.

Editors on the series included M. Lincoln ("Max") Schuster and Michael Korda.

All eleven volumes were Book-of-the-Month Club selections and best-sellers with total sales of more than two million copies in nine languages.

Swain noted in reviewing the third volume the book was written for a popular audience rather than scholars, and was successful at that.

[18] Sidney R. Packard, professor emeritus of history at Smith College, found the fourth volume to be quite good.

[22] Geoffrey Bruun published positive reviews of the fifth and sixth volumes for The New York Times.

[23] Garrett Mattingly, for The Saturday Review, lambasted the sixth volume but went on to say that Durant was widely-read and a capable storyteller.