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In the Woods: Audiobook

The In the Woods audiobook runs an estimated 17.1 hours (about 11.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.1est. listening hrs
3.6★20 ratings
Thrillergenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 17.1 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish In the Woods at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

What our data says

  • At 17.1 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 91% of the thriller audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 39% longer than the average thriller audiobook (12.3 hrs across 717 titles in our dataset).

Computed from thriller audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for thriller listeners who want psychological twists and proper detective work: a long-haul epic at 17.1 hours (estimated).

About the book

The bestselling debut, with over a million copies sold, that launched Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Hunter and “the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years” ( The Washington Post ). “Required reading for anyone who appreciates tough, unflinching intelligence and ingenious plotting.” — The New York Times As dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood-filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours. Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the In the Woods audiobook?

In the Woods runs about 17.1 hours, our estimate from its 578 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.4 hours.

Is the In the Woods audiobook free?

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

Is In the Woods worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.4 hours, saving 5.7 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was In the Woods first published?

In the Woods by Tana French was first published in 2001.