Dust & Decay: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Rot & Ruin series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dust & Decay audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Brian Hutchison (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 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 |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 4,472 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Rot & Ruin
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 13.2 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 61.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rot & Ruin | 13.2 hrs |
| 2 | Dust & Decay | 12.2 hrs |
| 3 | Flesh & Bone | 10.8 hrs |
| 4 | Fire & Ash | 11.9 hrs |
| 5 | Bits & Pieces | 13.3 hrs |
More narrated by Brian Hutchison
Brian Hutchison narrates 177 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,626 hours in all.
About as long, on the Tough Topics shelf
448 Tough Topics 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
Dust & Decay is book 2 of Jonathan Maberry's Rot & Ruin series: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Brian Hutchison, released August 12, 2011, on the Mystery & Thriller and Tough Topics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Brian Hutchison
- Released
- August 12, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Thriller, Tough Topics
- Series
- Rot & Ruin #2
- ISBN
- 9781461849995
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dust & Decay audiobook?
Dust & Decay runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is the Dust & Decay audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dust & Decay?
Dust & Decay is narrated by Brian Hutchison.
Is Dust & Decay worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.