The Black Hills: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Hunter Buchanon Black Hills Western series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Hills runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Al Kessel (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 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 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Hunter Buchanon Black Hills Western
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 42.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Black Hills | 11.7 hrs |
| 2 | Blood in the Dust | 10.9 hrs |
| 3 | Hunter's Moon | 10.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Whip Hand | 9.1 hrs |
More narrated by Al Kessel
Al Kessel narrates 156 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,441 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,263 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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 Hills is book 1 of J.A. Johnstone's Hunter Buchanon Black Hills Western series: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Al Kessel, released December 18, 2018, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Al Kessel
- Released
- December 18, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War
- Series
- Hunter Buchanon Black Hills Western #1
- ISBN
- 9781977332103
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Black Hills as an audiobook?
The Black Hills runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is The Black Hills free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Black Hills?
The Black Hills is narrated by Al Kessel.
Is The Black Hills worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.