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Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy

Outer Dark: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Outer Dark audiobook runs 7.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Ed Sala (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Outer Dark at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.2 hours, it is shorter than 69% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,883 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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

Outer Dark is an audiobook by Cormac McCarthy: a 7.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Ed Sala, released April 5, 2013, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.2 hrs
Narrated by
Ed Sala
Released
April 5, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781470366353

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Outer Dark audiobook?

Outer Dark runs 7.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.

Is the Outer Dark audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Outer Dark?

Outer Dark is narrated by Ed Sala.