Child 44: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Child 44 series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Child 44 audiobook runs 12.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 53,570 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Child 44 Trilogy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 36.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Child 44 | 12.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Secret Speech | 11 hrs |
| 3 | Agent 6 | 13 hrs |
More narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris
Dennis Boutsikaris narrates 87 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 920 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf
6,917 Mystery, Thriller & Horror audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
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Other recordings
- The 2022 recording read by Jamie Parker runs 1.6 hours longer (14 hours).
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
Child 44 is book 1 of Tom Rob Smith's Child 44 series: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Dennis Boutsikaris, released April 29, 2008, on the Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dennis Boutsikaris
- Released
- April 29, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- Series
- The Child 44 Trilogy #1
- ISBN
- 9781600241604
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Child 44 audiobook?
Child 44 runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is the Child 44 audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Child 44?
Child 44 is narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris.
Is Child 44 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.