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The Book of the Dead by Lincoln Child, Douglas Preston

The Book of the Dead: Audiobook

Book 7 of the Agent Pendergast series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Book of the Dead runs 15.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Scott Brick (about 10.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.1listening hrs
Paranormalstore shelf
2006released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Book of the Dead at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 15.1 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 8,772 Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Agent Pendergast

This is book 7. Books 1 to 6 run 96.7 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 124.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Relic13.1 hrs
2Reliquary13.9 hrs
3The Cabinet of Curiosities17.1 hrs
4Still Life with Crows16 hrs
5Brimstone: Booktrack Edition19.7 hrs
6Dance of Death17 hrs
7The Book of the Dead15.1 hrs
8The Wheel of Darkness12.9 hrs

About as long, on the Paranormal shelf

518 Paranormal 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 Book of the Dead is book 7 of Lincoln Child's Agent Pendergast series: a 15.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Scott Brick, released May 30, 2006, on the Paranormal and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.1 hrs
Narrated by
Scott Brick
Released
May 30, 2006
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Paranormal, Action & Adventure (Fiction)
Series
Agent Pendergast #7
ISBN
9781594835223

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Book of the Dead as an audiobook?

The Book of the Dead runs 15.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.1 hours.

Is The Book of the Dead free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Book of the Dead?

The Book of the Dead is narrated by Scott Brick.

Is The Book of the Dead worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.1 hours, saving 5 hours.