Burglars Can't Be Choosers: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Bernie Rhodenbarr series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Burglars Can't Be Choosers audiobook runs 6.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Richard Ferrone (about 4.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.6 hours, it is shorter than 76% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Bernie Rhodenbarr
This is book 1. Books 1 to 9 run 67.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burglars Can't Be Choosers | 6.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Burglar in the Closet | 5.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling | 6.2 hrs |
| 4 | The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza | 6.7 hrs |
| 5 | The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian | 7.2 hrs |
| 6 | The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams | 8.3 hrs |
| 7 | The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart | 7.9 hrs |
| 8 | The Burglar in the Library | 9.6 hrs |
| 9 | The Burglar in the Rye | 8.9 hrs |
More narrated by Richard Ferrone
Richard Ferrone narrates 273 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,217 hours in all.
- Rules of Prey
- A Voice in the Wind
- An Echo in the Darkness
- New York Dead
- Silent Prey
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
3,053 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Killing Game (An Alexa Chase Suspense Thriller—Book 1)
- 3rd Degree
- Later
- The Beach House
- Twisted Twenty-Six
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
Burglars Can't Be Choosers is book 1 of Lawrence Block's Bernie Rhodenbarr series: a 6.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Ferrone, released April 10, 2009, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Ferrone
- Released
- April 10, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Bernie Rhodenbarr #1
- ISBN
- 9781436178075
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Burglars Can't Be Choosers audiobook?
Burglars Can't Be Choosers runs 6.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.4 hours.
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Who narrates Burglars Can't Be Choosers?
Burglars Can't Be Choosers is narrated by Richard Ferrone.