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Ground Zero by Kevin J. Anderson

Ground Zero: Audiobook

Book 3 of the X-Files series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Ground Zero audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Patrick Lawlor (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.4listening hrs
Horrorstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Ground Zero at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 8.4 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 5,506 Horror audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The X-Files

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 12.3 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 55.6 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Goblins6.6 hrs
2Whirlwind5.7 hrs
3Ground Zero8.4 hrs
4Ruins8.9 hrs
5Antibodies7.8 hrs
6Skin8.5 hrs
7Fight the Future4 hrs
8I Want to Believe5.7 hrs

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

Ground Zero is book 3 of Kevin J. Anderson's X-Files series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Lawlor, released May 19, 2015, on the Horror shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.4 hrs
Narrated by
Patrick Lawlor
Released
May 19, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Horror
Series
The X-Files #3
ISBN
9781481527781

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Ground Zero audiobook?

Ground Zero runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.

Is the Ground Zero audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Ground Zero?

Ground Zero is narrated by Patrick Lawlor.