Always the First to Die: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Always the First to Die audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Petrea Burchard (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.6 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Petrea Burchard
Petrea Burchard narrates 42 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 355 hours in all.
- The Correspondent
- Mansion Beach
- Fatality at the Festival
- Infinity: A Suspense Magazine Anthology
- Drowning at the Diner
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,122 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- An American Marriage
- Daisy Jones & The Six
- The Couple Next Door
- The Life We Bury
- Call Me by Your Name
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Always the First to Die is an audiobook by R. J. Jacobs: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Petrea Burchard, released September 13, 2022, on the Suspense and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Petrea Burchard
- Released
- September 13, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781666613100
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Always the First to Die audiobook?
Always the First to Die runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is the Always the First to Die audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Always the First to Die?
Always the First to Die is narrated by Petrea Burchard.