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Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

Rot & Ruin: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Rot & Ruin series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Rot & Ruin audiobook runs 13.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Brian Hutchison (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.2listening hrs
Tough Topicsstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Rot & Ruin at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.2 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 4,472 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Rot & Ruin

This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 61.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Rot & Ruin13.2 hrs
2Dust & Decay12.2 hrs
3Flesh & Bone10.8 hrs
4Fire & Ash11.9 hrs
5Bits & Pieces13.3 hrs

About as long, on the Tough Topics shelf

288 Tough Topics 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

Rot & Ruin is book 1 of Jonathan Maberry's Rot & Ruin series: a 13.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Brian Hutchison, released December 10, 2010, on the Mystery & Thriller and Tough Topics shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.2 hrs
Narrated by
Brian Hutchison
Released
December 10, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery & Thriller, Tough Topics
Series
Rot & Ruin #1
ISBN
9781449840044

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Rot & Ruin audiobook?

Rot & Ruin runs 13.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.

Is the Rot & Ruin audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Rot & Ruin?

Rot & Ruin is narrated by Brian Hutchison.

Is Rot & Ruin worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.