A Darker Shade: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Darker Shade runs 11.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gabrielle Glaister and Mike Grady (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gabrielle Glaister
Gabrielle Glaister narrates 138 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,235 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,308 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
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- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
- That Affair Next Door
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Darker Shade is an audiobook by Multiple Authors, Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Gabrielle Glaister and Mike Grady, released May 1, 2014, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gabrielle Glaister, Mike Grady
- Released
- May 1, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- ISBN
- 9781471263118
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Darker Shade as an audiobook?
A Darker Shade runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is A Darker Shade free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Darker Shade?
A Darker Shade is narrated by Gabrielle Glaister and Mike Grady.
Is A Darker Shade worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.