Beside a Burning Sea: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beside a Burning Sea audiobook runs 14.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Richard Poe (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.4 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Poe
Richard Poe narrates 198 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,360 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,045 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
Beside a Burning Sea is an audiobook by John Shors: a 14.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Poe, released March 20, 2009, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Poe
- Released
- March 20, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- ISBN
- 9781440708459
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Beside a Burning Sea audiobook?
Beside a Burning Sea runs 14.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.
Is the Beside a Burning Sea audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Beside a Burning Sea?
Beside a Burning Sea is narrated by Richard Poe.
Is Beside a Burning Sea worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.