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Hold the Dark by William Giraldi

Hold the Dark: Audiobook

by William Giraldi · narrated by Richard Ferrone · unabridged · 2014

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hold the Dark audiobook runs 6.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Richard Ferrone (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.7listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2014released
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Based on 6.7 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 6.7 hours, it is shorter than 74% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Richard Ferrone

Richard Ferrone narrates 273 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,217 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Fiction shelf

6,211 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2015 recording read by John Moraitis runs 0.3 hours longer (7 hours).

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

Hold the Dark is an audiobook by William Giraldi: a 6.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Ferrone, released September 8, 2014, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.7 hrs
Narrated by
Richard Ferrone
Released
September 8, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9781483049014

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Hold the Dark audiobook?

Hold the Dark runs 6.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.

Is the Hold the Dark audiobook free?

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Who narrates Hold the Dark?

Hold the Dark is narrated by Richard Ferrone.