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Danse Macabre: Audiobook

by Stephen King · 1980

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Danse Macabre audiobook runs 18.2 hours (about 12.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.2listening hrs
3.8★114 ratings
Horrorgenre
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 18.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Danse Macabre at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day37 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days
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What our data says

  • At 18.2 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the horror audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 125% longer than the average horror audiobook (8.1 hrs across 217 titles in our dataset).

Computed from horror audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for horror listeners: a long-haul epic at 18.2 hours.

About the book

NOW AVAILABLE ON AUDIO! Before he gave us the “one of a kind classic” ( The Wall Street Journal ) memoir On Writing , Stephen King wrote a nonfiction masterpiece in Danse Macabre , “one of the best books on American popular culture” ( Philadelphia Inquirer ). From the author of dozens of #1 New York Times bestsellers and the creator of many unforgettable movies comes a vivid, intelligent, and nostalgic journey through three decades of horror as experienced through the eyes of the most popular writer in the genre. In 1981, years before he sat down to tackle On Writing , Stephen King decided to address the topic of what makes horror horrifying and what makes terror terrifying.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Danse Macabre audiobook?

Danse Macabre runs 18.2 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.1 hours.

Is the Danse Macabre audiobook free?

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

Is Danse Macabre worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.1 hours, saving 6.1 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Danse Macabre first published?

Danse Macabre by Stephen King was first published in 1980.