Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Dustin Rubin (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Dustin Rubin
Dustin Rubin narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 48 hours in all.
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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
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian is an audiobook by Avi Steinberg: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Dustin Rubin, released October 19, 2010, on the Memoirs and Law & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dustin Rubin
- Released
- October 19, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Law & Politics, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9780307876423
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian audiobook?
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian?
Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian is narrated by Dustin Rubin.
Is Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.