Ceremony: Audiobook
Book 9 of the Spenser series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Ceremony audiobook runs 4.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Prichard (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.6 hours, it is shorter than 90% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Spenser
This is book 9. Books 1 to 8 run 40.2 hours before it; books 1 to 17 run 82 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Godwulf Manuscript | 5.2 hrs |
| 2 | God Save the Child | 5.1 hrs |
| 3 | Mortal Stakes | 5.4 hrs |
| 4 | Promised Land | 5.5 hrs |
| 5 | The Judas Goat | 5.1 hrs |
| 6 | Looking for Rachel Wallace | 4.8 hrs |
| 7 | Early Autumn | 4.7 hrs |
| 8 | A Savage Place | 4.5 hrs |
| 9 | Ceremony | 4.6 hrs |
| 10 | The Widening Gyre | 4.1 hrs |
| 11 | Valediction | 4.5 hrs |
| 12 | A Catskill Eagle | 6.8 hrs |
More narrated by Michael Prichard
Michael Prichard narrates 174 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,947 hours in all.
- Rainbow Six
- Executive Orders
- Treasure Island, with eBook
- Clear and Present Danger
- The Cardinal of the Kremlin
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
700 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
Ceremony is book 9 of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series: a 4.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Prichard, released July 14, 2009, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Prichard
- Released
- July 14, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Spenser #9
- ISBN
- 9780307705211
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Ceremony audiobook?
Ceremony runs 4.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.
Is the Ceremony audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Ceremony?
Ceremony is narrated by Michael Prichard.