Sakharov the Bear: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Michael Gresham Legal Thrillers series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sakharov the Bear audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Patrick Lawlor (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 70% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Michael Gresham Legal Thrillers
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 33 hours before it; books 1 to 10 run 83.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lawyer | 9.1 hrs |
| 2 | The Defendant's Father | 8 hrs |
| 3 | The Law Partners | 8 hrs |
| 4 | Carlos the Ant | 7.9 hrs |
| 5 | Sakharov the Bear | 8.4 hrs |
| 6 | Annie's Verdict | 8.1 hrs |
| 7 | Dead Lawyer on Aisle 11 | 8 hrs |
| 8 | 30 Days of Justis | 8.3 hrs |
| 9 | The Fifth Justice | 9.1 hrs |
| 10 | Girl, Under Oath | 8.6 hrs |
More narrated by Patrick Lawlor
Patrick Lawlor narrates 589 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,365 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
476 Legal & Political 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
Sakharov the Bear is book 5 of John Ellsworth's Michael Gresham Legal Thrillers series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Lawlor, released July 13, 2026, on the Legal & Political shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Lawlor
- Released
- July 13, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Legal & Political
- Series
- Michael Gresham Legal Thrillers #5
- ISBN
- 9798331977863
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Sakharov the Bear audiobook?
Sakharov the Bear runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is the Sakharov the Bear audiobook free?
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Who narrates Sakharov the Bear?
Sakharov the Bear is narrated by Patrick Lawlor.