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Long Way Down: Audiobook

The Long Way Down audiobook runs an estimated 9.5 hours (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.5est. listening hrs
4.0★8 ratings
Young Adultgenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 9.5 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Long Way Down at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

What our data says

  • At 9.5 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 56% of the young adult audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 7% longer than the average young adult audiobook (8.9 hrs across 163 titles in our dataset).

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

Who is this for?

Best for young adult listeners who want a murder to untangle: a solid week of commutes at 9.5 hours (estimated).

About the book

“An intense snapshot of the chain reaction caused by pulling a trigger.” — Booklist (starred review) “Astonishing.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A tour de force.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) A Newbery Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Honor Book A Printz Honor Book A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner for Young Adult Literature Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award An Edgar Award Winner for Best Young Adult Fiction Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner An Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2017 A Vulture Best YA Book of 2017 A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of 2017 An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds’s electrifying novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds—the time it takes a kid to…

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Long Way Down audiobook?

Long Way Down runs about 9.5 hours, our estimate from its 321 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.

Is the Long Way Down audiobook free?

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

When was Long Way Down first published?

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds was first published in 2017.