Live by Night: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Joe Coughlin series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Live by Night audiobook runs 14.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Jim Frangione (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.7 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 14.7 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Joe Coughlin Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 23.8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Live by Night | 14.7 hrs |
| 2 | World Gone By | 9.1 hrs |
More narrated by Jim Frangione
Jim Frangione narrates 79 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 888 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
505 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Live by Night is book 1 of Dennis Lehane's Joe Coughlin series: a 14.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jim Frangione, released October 2, 2012, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jim Frangione
- Released
- October 2, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- Series
- Joe Coughlin Series #1
- ISBN
- 9780062204783
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Live by Night audiobook?
Live by Night runs 14.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.
Is the Live by Night audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Live by Night?
Live by Night is narrated by Jim Frangione.
Is Live by Night worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.