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Black: Audiobook

The Black audiobook runs an estimated 13.9 hours (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.9est. listening hrs
4.1★11 ratings
Fantasygenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 13.9 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Black at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

What our data says

  • At 13.9 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 77% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 26% longer than the average fantasy audiobook (11 hrs across 1861 titles in our dataset).

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

Who is this for?

Best for fantasy listeners: a solid week of commutes at 13.9 hours (estimated).

About the book

Enter an adrenaline-laced epic where dreams and reality collide. Black is an incredible story of evil and rescue, betrayal and love, pursuit and death, and a terrorist's threat unlike anything the human race has ever known. A virulent evil has been unleashed upon the people of the earth, an unstoppable force bent on the destruction of all that is good. Only Thomas Hunter can stop it, and he has been killed. Twice.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Black audiobook?

Black runs about 13.9 hours, our estimate from its 469 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.

Is the Black audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Is Black worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.6 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Black first published?

Black by Ted Dekker was first published in 2004.