The 500: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Mike Ford series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The 500 runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jay Snyder (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 6,732 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Mike Ford
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 18.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The 500 | 9.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Directive | 9 hrs |
More narrated by Jay Snyder
Jay Snyder narrates 78 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 747 hours in all.
About as long, on the Psychological shelf
2,061 Psychological 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
The 500 is book 1 of Matthew Quirk's Mike Ford series: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jay Snyder, released June 5, 2012, on the Legal & Political and Psychological shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jay Snyder
- Released
- June 5, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Legal & Political, Psychological
- Series
- Mike Ford #1
- ISBN
- 9781611136999
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The 500 as an audiobook?
The 500 runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is The 500 free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The 500?
The 500 is narrated by Jay Snyder.