Better Dead: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Better Dead audiobook runs 1.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Richard Mitchley (about 1.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 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 1.9 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 4,891 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Mitchley
Richard Mitchley narrates 599 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,080 hours in all.
About as long, on the Short Stories shelf
146 Short Stories 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
Better Dead is an audiobook by J. M. Barrie: a 1.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Mitchley, released January 1, 2020, on the Short Stories shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Mitchley
- Released
- January 1, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781839672767
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Better Dead audiobook?
Better Dead runs 1.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.2 hours.
Is the Better Dead audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Better Dead?
Better Dead is narrated by Richard Mitchley.