Because I Could Not Stop for Death: Audiobook
Book 1 of the An Emily Dickinson Mystery series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Because I Could Not Stop for Death audiobook runs 8.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Barrie Kreinik (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 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 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on An Emily Dickinson Mystery
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 24.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because I Could Not Stop for Death | 8.5 hrs |
| 2 | I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died | 8.2 hrs |
| 3 | I Died for Beauty | 8 hrs |
More narrated by Barrie Kreinik
Barrie Kreinik narrates 215 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,156 hours in all.
- An Anonymous Girl
- The Awakening: The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book 1
- The Choice: The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book 3
- The Becoming: The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book 2
- You Are Not Alone
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,879 Police & Detective 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
Because I Could Not Stop for Death is book 1 of Amanda Flower's An Emily Dickinson Mystery series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Barrie Kreinik, released September 20, 2022, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Barrie Kreinik
- Released
- September 20, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- An Emily Dickinson Mystery #1
- ISBN
- 9780593592243
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Because I Could Not Stop for Death audiobook?
Because I Could Not Stop for Death runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is the Because I Could Not Stop for Death audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Because I Could Not Stop for Death?
Because I Could Not Stop for Death is narrated by Barrie Kreinik.