The Books Insiderthe data-driven audiobook guide
Cover of Bag of Bones by Stephen King

Bag of Bones: Audiobook

The Bag of Bones audiobook runs an estimated 18 hours (about 12 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18est. listening hrs
3.9★37 ratings
Thrillergenre
Free with trial

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 18 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Bag of Bones at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day36 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

What our data says

  • At 18 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 93% of the thriller audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 46% longer than the average thriller audiobook (12.3 hrs across 717 titles in our dataset).

Computed from thriller audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for thriller listeners: a long-haul epic at 18 hours (estimated).

About the book

A powerful tale of grief, love’s enduring bonds, and secrets of the past set in the Castle Rock universe from #1 New York Times bestselling author and master storyteller Stephen King. Four years after the sudden death of his wife, bestselling novelist Mike Noonan is still grieving. Unable to write and plagued by vivid nightmares set at the western Maine summerhouse he calls “Sara Laughs,” Mike reluctantly returns to the lakeside getaway. There, he finds his beloved Yankee town held in the grip of a powerful millionaire, Max Devore, whose vindictive purpose is to take his three-year-old granddaughter, Kyra, away from her widowed young mother, Mattie. As Mike is drawn into Mattie’s and Kyra’s struggle—and as he falls in love with both of them—he is also drawn into the mystery of Sara Laughs…now the site of ghostly visitations and escalating terrors.

Listen to Bag of Bones free

The full audiobook is included in the audiobooks.com free trial. Cancel anytime; the trial stays free.

Start the free trial

Questions listeners ask

How long is the Bag of Bones audiobook?

Bag of Bones runs about 18 hours, our estimate from its 608 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12 hours.

Can I listen to Bag of Bones free?

Yes, with the audiobooks.com free trial. Start the trial, get Bag of Bones included, and cancel anytime; the trial stays free.

Is Bag of Bones worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12 hours, saving 6 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Bag of Bones first published?

Bag of Bones by Stephen King was first published in 1998.