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Red Dragon: Audiobook

The Red Dragon audiobook runs an estimated 11 hours (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11est. listening hrs
4.3★35 ratings
Thrillergenre
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 11 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Red Dragon at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

What our data says

  • At 11 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 62% of the thriller audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 11% shorter 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 dragons and serial-killer hunts: a solid week of commutes at 11 hours (estimated).

About the book

A quiet summer night...a neat suburban house...and another innocent, happy family is shattered -- the latest victims of a grisly series of hideous sacrificial killings that no one understands, and no one can stop. Nobody lives to tell of the unimaginable carnage. Only the blood-stained walls bear witness. All hope rests on Special Agent Will Graham, who must peer inside the killer's tortured soul to understand his rage, to anticipate and prevent his next vicious crime. Desperate for help, Graham finds himself locked in a deadly alliance with the brilliant Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the infamous mass murderer who Graham put in prison years ago. As the imprisoned Lecter tightens the reins of revenge, Graham's feverish pursuit of the Red Dragon draws him inside the warped mind of a psychopath, into an unforgettable world of demonic ritual and violence, beyond the limits of human terror.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Red Dragon audiobook?

Red Dragon runs about 11 hours, our estimate from its 373 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Can I listen to Red Dragon free?

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Is Red Dragon worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Red Dragon first published?

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris was first published in 1981.