The Black Book: Audiobook
Book 1 of the A Black Book Thriller series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Book runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 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 10 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on A Black Book Thriller
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 27.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Black Book | 10 hrs |
| 2 | The Red Book: A Black Book Thriller | 8.6 hrs |
| 3 | Escape: One killer. Five victims. Who will be next? | 8.9 hrs |
More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
3,203 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist
- The Maid
- The Crash
- The Family Upstairs
- The Girl Before
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 Black Book is book 1 of James Patterson's A Black Book Thriller series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released May 4, 2017, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Edoardo Ballerini
- Released
- May 4, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- A Black Book Thriller #1
- ISBN
- 9781473538528
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Black Book as an audiobook?
The Black Book runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Black Book free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Black Book?
The Black Book is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.
Is The Black Book worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.