The Beginning of the End: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Apocalypse Z series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beginning of the End runs 11.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nick Podehl (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.6 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 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 1,998 Horror audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nick Podehl
Nick Podehl narrates 96 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 800 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Horror shelf
226 Horror audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Cell
- The House Across the Lake
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
- Blood Canticle: The Vampire Chronicles
- The Ritual: An Unsettling, Spine-Chilling Thriller, Now a Major Film
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 Beginning of the End is book 1 of Manel Loureiro's Apocalypse Z series: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Nick Podehl, released October 23, 2012, on the Horror and Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nick Podehl
- Released
- October 23, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Horror, Apocalyptic & Dystopian
- Series
- Apocalypse Z #1
- ISBN
- 9781469217161
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Beginning of the End as an audiobook?
The Beginning of the End runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is The Beginning of the End free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Beginning of the End?
The Beginning of the End is narrated by Nick Podehl.
Is The Beginning of the End worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.