The 47th Samurai: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Bob Lee Swagger series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The 47th Samurai runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Buck Schirner (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Buck Schirner
Buck Schirner narrates 50 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 504 hours in all.
- Blood of the Fold
- Soul of the Fire
- The Poet
- Ghost Story
- Phantoms
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
1,784 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
- Local Woman Missing
- The Whistler
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
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
The 47th Samurai is book 4 of Stephen Hunter's Bob Lee Swagger series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Buck Schirner, released September 11, 2007, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Buck Schirner
- Released
- September 11, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Bob Lee Swagger #4
- ISBN
- 9781597109390
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The 47th Samurai as an audiobook?
The 47th Samurai runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The 47th Samurai free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The 47th Samurai?
The 47th Samurai is narrated by Buck Schirner.
Is The 47th Samurai worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.