Goodbye, Darkness: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Goodbye, Darkness audiobook runs 15 hours unabridged, narrated by Barrett Whitener (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 15 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Barrett Whitener
Barrett Whitener narrates 69 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 631 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
349 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
Goodbye, Darkness is an audiobook by William Manchester: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Barrett Whitener, released January 1, 2006, on the Memoirs and Military (Biography & Memoir) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15 hrs
- Narrated by
- Barrett Whitener
- Released
- January 1, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Military (Biography & Memoir), Military (History)
- ISBN
- 9781483065618
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Goodbye, Darkness audiobook?
Goodbye, Darkness runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.
Is the Goodbye, Darkness audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Goodbye, Darkness?
Goodbye, Darkness is narrated by Barrett Whitener.
Is Goodbye, Darkness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.