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Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay

Fear the Worst: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fear the Worst audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Buck Schirner (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.5listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Fear the Worst at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Buck Schirner

Buck Schirner narrates 50 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 504 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Suspense shelf

1,784 Suspense 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

Fear the Worst is an audiobook by Linwood Barclay: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Buck Schirner, released August 11, 2009, on the Suspense shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.5 hrs
Narrated by
Buck Schirner
Released
August 11, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense
ISBN
9781423398424

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Fear the Worst audiobook?

Fear the Worst runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is the Fear the Worst audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Fear the Worst?

Fear the Worst is narrated by Buck Schirner.

Is Fear the Worst worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.