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Different Seasons: Audiobook

The Different Seasons audiobook runs an estimated 15.6 hours (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.6est. listening hrs
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 15.6 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Different Seasons at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

What our data says

  • At 15.6 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 84% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 42% longer than the average fantasy audiobook (11 hrs across 1861 titles in our dataset).

Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for fantasy listeners: a long-haul epic at 15.6 hours (estimated).

About the book

A “hypnotic” ( The New York Times Book Review ) collection of four novellas—including the inspirations behind the films Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption —from Stephen King, bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters. This gripping collection begins with “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” in which an unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge—the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption . Next is “Apt Pupil,” the inspiration for the film of the same name about top high school student Todd Bowden and his obsession with the dark and deadly past of an older man in town. In “ The Body,” four rambunctious young boys plunge through the façade of a small town and come face-to-face with life, death, and intimations of their own mortality.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Different Seasons audiobook?

Different Seasons runs about 15.6 hours, our estimate from its 529 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.

Is the Different Seasons audiobook free?

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

Is Different Seasons worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Different Seasons first published?

Different Seasons by Stephen King was first published in 1982.