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Darker: The #1 Sunday Times bestseller by E L James

Darker: The #1 Sunday Times bestseller: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Fifty Shades series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Darker: The #1 Sunday Times bestseller audiobook runs 18 hours unabridged, narrated by Zachary Webber (about 12 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18listening hrs
Modernstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18 hours of listening.

Days to finish Darker: The #1 Sunday Times bestseller at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day36 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 18 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 16,241 Modern audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Modern shelf

260 Modern 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

Darker: The #1 Sunday Times bestseller is book 5 of E L James's Fifty Shades series: a 18-hour unabridged recording, read by Zachary Webber, released November 28, 2017, on the Modern shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
18 hrs
Narrated by
Zachary Webber
Released
November 28, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Modern
Series
Fifty Shades #5
ISBN
9781473558564

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Darker: The #1 Sunday Times bestseller audiobook?

Darker: The #1 Sunday Times bestseller runs 18 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12 hours.

Is the Darker: The #1 Sunday Times bestseller audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Darker: The #1 Sunday Times bestseller?

Darker: The #1 Sunday Times bestseller is narrated by Zachary Webber.

Is Darker: The #1 Sunday Times bestseller worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12 hours, saving 6 hours.