In Cold Blood — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 10.4 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 69% of the romance audiobooks we measured.
- That's 16% longer than the average romance audiobook (9 hrs across 819 titles in our dataset).
Computed from romance audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.
Who is this for?
Best for romance listeners who want a murder to untangle — a solid week of commutes at 10.4 hours (estimated).
About the book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The most famous true crime novel of all time "c hills the blood and exercises the intelligence" ( The New York Review of Books ) — and haunted its author long after he finished writing it. On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. In one of the first non-fiction novels ever written, Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, generating both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.
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How long is the In Cold Blood audiobook?
In Cold Blood runs about 10.4 hours — our estimate from its 352 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Can I listen to In Cold Blood free?
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Is In Cold Blood worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours — saving 3.5 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was In Cold Blood first published?
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote was first published in 1965.