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Sahara: Audiobook

The Sahara audiobook runs an estimated 17 hours (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17est. listening hrs
4.4★32 ratings
Thrillergenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 17 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Sahara at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

What our data says

  • At 17 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 90% of the thriller audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 38% longer 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: a long-haul epic at 17 hours (estimated).

About the book

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail The eleventh classic Dirk Pitt novel, where the adventurer is drawn to a secret in the burning African desert, which could destroy all life in the world's seas. Deep in the African desert, Dirk Pitt discovers that a top secret scientific installation is leaking a lethal chemical into the rivers, threatening to kill thousands of people - and to destroy all life in the world's seas. To warn the world of the catastrophe, Pitt must escape capture and death at the hands of a ruthless West African dictator and French industrialist, and undertake a long, perilous journey across the merciless Sahara... 'Clive Cussler is the guy I read' Tom Clancy 'The Adventure King' Daily Express

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Sahara audiobook?

Sahara runs about 17 hours, our estimate from its 576 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.

Is the Sahara audiobook free?

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

Is Sahara worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.7 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Sahara first published?

Sahara by Clive Cussler was first published in 1982.