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The Ballad of Black Tom: The 'ingenious' retelling of H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror at Red Hook from the award-winning horror author by Victor LaValle

The Ballad of Black Tom: The 'ingenious' retelling of H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror at Red Hook from the award-winning horror author: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ballad of Black Tom: The 'ingenious' retelling of H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror at Red Hook from the award-winning horror author runs 3.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kevin R. Free (about 2.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.2listening hrs
Horrorstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 3.2 hours, it is shorter than 69% of the 5,506 Horror audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Ballad of Black Tom: The 'ingenious' retelling of H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror at Red Hook from the award-winning horror author is an audiobook by Victor LaValle: a 3.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin R. Free, released September 17, 2026, on the Horror and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.2 hrs
Narrated by
Kevin R. Free
Released
September 17, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Horror, BIPOC Stories & Voices
ISBN
9781529994179

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Ballad of Black Tom: The 'ingenious' retelling of H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror at Red Hook from the award-winning horror author as an audiobook?

The Ballad of Black Tom: The 'ingenious' retelling of H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror at Red Hook from the award-winning horror author runs 3.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.1 hours.

Is The Ballad of Black Tom: The 'ingenious' retelling of H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror at Red Hook from the award-winning horror author free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Ballad of Black Tom: The 'ingenious' retelling of H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror at Red Hook from the award-winning horror author?

The Ballad of Black Tom: The 'ingenious' retelling of H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror at Red Hook from the award-winning horror author is narrated by Kevin R. Free.