The Bat: Read the first thrilling Harry Hole novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Harry Hole series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bat: Read the first thrilling Harry Hole novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller runs 10.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sean Barrett (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 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 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 8,235 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sean Barrett
Sean Barrett narrates 70 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 735 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,597 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Bat: Read the first thrilling Harry Hole novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller is book 1 of Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole series: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Barrett, released October 11, 2012, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean Barrett
- Released
- October 11, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Harry Hole #1
- ISBN
- 9781448156184
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bat: Read the first thrilling Harry Hole novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller as an audiobook?
The Bat: Read the first thrilling Harry Hole novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.
Is The Bat: Read the first thrilling Harry Hole novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bat: Read the first thrilling Harry Hole novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller?
The Bat: Read the first thrilling Harry Hole novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller is narrated by Sean Barrett.
Is The Bat: Read the first thrilling Harry Hole novel from the No.1 Sunday Times bestseller worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.