Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky audiobook runs 12.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Patrick Lawlor (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 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 |
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What our data says
- At 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
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Patrick Lawlor narrates 589 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,365 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
913 Memoirs 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
Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky is an audiobook by Homer Hickam: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Lawlor, released April 26, 2022, on the Memoirs and History & Culture shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Lawlor
- Released
- April 26, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, History & Culture
- ISBN
- 9798765005842
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky audiobook?
Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is the Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky audiobook free?
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Who narrates Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky?
Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky is narrated by Patrick Lawlor.
Is Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.