The Apocalypse Codex: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Laundry Files series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Apocalypse Codex runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gideon Emery (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 75% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Laundry Files
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 35.6 hours before it; books 1 to 13 run 165.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Atrocity Archives | 11 hrs |
| 2 | The Jennifer Morgue | 13.8 hrs |
| 3 | The Fuller Memorandum | 10.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Apocalypse Codex | 12 hrs |
| 5 | The Rhesus Chart | 13.4 hrs |
| 6 | The Annihilation Score | 16.4 hrs |
| 7 | The Nightmare Stacks | 14.9 hrs |
| 8 | The Delirium Brief | 13.8 hrs |
| 9 | The Labyrinth Index | 13.8 hrs |
| 10 | Dead Lies Dreaming | 11.3 hrs |
| 11 | Quantum of Nightmares | 13.6 hrs |
| 12 | Season of Skulls | 12.6 hrs |
More narrated by Gideon Emery
Gideon Emery narrates 50 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 594 hours in all.
About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
1,906 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Star Wars Legends: Darth Bane Trilogy: Path of Destruction
- Star Wars: The Old Republic - Legends: Revan
- Armada
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- Star Wars: Master & Apprentice
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 Apocalypse Codex is book 4 of Charles Stross's Laundry Files series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Gideon Emery, released August 10, 2012, on the Science Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gideon Emery
- Released
- August 10, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction
- Series
- Laundry Files #4
- ISBN
- 9781464048555
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Apocalypse Codex as an audiobook?
The Apocalypse Codex runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Apocalypse Codex free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Apocalypse Codex?
The Apocalypse Codex is narrated by Gideon Emery.
Is The Apocalypse Codex worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.