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A Decent Ride by Irvine Welsh

A Decent Ride: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Decent Ride runs 14.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tam Dean Burn Burn (about 9.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Decent Ride at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 14.2 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,363 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2016 recording read by Tam Dean Burn runs about the same length (14.2 hours).

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 Decent Ride is an audiobook by Irvine Welsh: a 14.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Tam Dean Burn Burn, released April 16, 2015, on the Literary Fiction and Comedy, Satire & Parody shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.2 hrs
Narrated by
Tam Dean Burn Burn
Released
April 16, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Comedy, Satire & Parody
ISBN
9781473521247

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Decent Ride as an audiobook?

A Decent Ride runs 14.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.4 hours.

Is A Decent Ride free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates A Decent Ride?

A Decent Ride is narrated by Tam Dean Burn Burn.

Is A Decent Ride worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.4 hours, saving 4.7 hours.