Because the Night: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Lloyd Hopkins series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Because the Night audiobook runs 9.9 hours unabridged, narrated by L.J. Ganser (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.9 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.7 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 28.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blood on the Moon | 8.7 hrs |
| 2 | Because the Night | 9.9 hrs |
| 3 | Suicide Hill | 9.5 hrs |
More narrated by L.J. Ganser
L.J. Ganser narrates 339 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,033 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,609 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 the Night is book 2 of James Ellroy's Lloyd Hopkins series: a 9.9-hour unabridged recording, read by L.J. Ganser, released November 1, 2010, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- L.J. Ganser
- Released
- November 1, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy #2
- ISBN
- 9781602832299
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Because the Night audiobook?
Because the Night runs 9.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.
Is the Because the Night audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Because the Night?
Because the Night is narrated by L.J. Ganser.