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A Text Before Dying by Mcgarvey Black

A Text Before Dying: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Text Before Dying runs 8.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gail Shalan (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.2listening hrs
Psychologicalstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Text Before Dying at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.2 hours, it is shorter than 68% of the 6,732 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Psychological shelf

1,324 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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 Text Before Dying is an audiobook by Mcgarvey Black: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Gail Shalan, released October 5, 2021, on the Psychological shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.2 hrs
Narrated by
Gail Shalan
Released
October 5, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological
ISBN
9781666146189

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Text Before Dying as an audiobook?

A Text Before Dying runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.

Is A Text Before Dying free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Text Before Dying?

A Text Before Dying is narrated by Gail Shalan.