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Dark Sky by C.J. Box

Dark Sky: Audiobook

Book 21 of the Joe Pickett series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dark Sky audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by David Chandler (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.5listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Dark Sky at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Joe Pickett

This is book 21. Books 1 to 20 run 205.2 hours before it; books 1 to 26 run 262.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Open Season8 hrs
2Savage Run8.9 hrs
3Winterkill11.5 hrs
4Trophy Hunt11 hrs
5Out of Range9.2 hrs
6In Plain Sight8.4 hrs
7Free Fire11.1 hrs
8Blood Trail9.1 hrs
9Below Zero10.4 hrs
10Nowhere to Run10.3 hrs
11Cold Wind11.3 hrs
12Force of Nature11.4 hrs

More narrated by David Chandler

David Chandler narrates 88 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 895 hours in all.

All David Chandler audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

5,904 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

Dark Sky is book 21 of C.J. Box's Joe Pickett series: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Chandler, released March 2, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.5 hrs
Narrated by
David Chandler
Released
March 2, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
Joe Pickett #21
ISBN
9781980021827

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dark Sky audiobook?

Dark Sky runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.

Is the Dark Sky audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Dark Sky?

Dark Sky is narrated by David Chandler.