The Black Tower: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Tower runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.8 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 |
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What our data says
- At 9.8 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,257 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 Tower is an audiobook by Louis Bayard: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released August 26, 2008, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- August 26, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781481583367
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Black Tower as an audiobook?
The Black Tower runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is The Black Tower free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Black Tower?
The Black Tower is narrated by Simon Vance.