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Nightmare by Stephen Leather

Nightmare: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Nightingale series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Nightmare audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Ralph Lister (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.5listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Nightmare at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2012 recording read by Paul Thornley runs 0.5 hours longer (13 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

Nightmare is book 3 of Stephen Leather's Nightingale series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ralph Lister, released November 20, 2012, on the Suspense and Science Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.5 hrs
Narrated by
Ralph Lister
Released
November 20, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense, Science Fiction
Series
Nightingale #3
ISBN
9781455868254

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Nightmare audiobook?

Nightmare runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is the Nightmare audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Nightmare?

Nightmare is narrated by Ralph Lister.

Is Nightmare worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.