The Cold Six Thousand: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Underworld USA series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cold Six Thousand runs 24.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Craig Wasson (about 16.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 24.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 49 days |
| 1 hour / day | 25 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 17 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 24.4 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Underworld USA Trilogy
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 18.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 69.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Tabloid | 18.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Cold Six Thousand | 24.4 hrs |
| 3 | Blood's A Rover | 26.3 hrs |
More narrated by Craig Wasson
Craig Wasson narrates 20 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 334 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
166 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- East Of Eden
- Cutting for Stone
- America's First Daughter
- The Witch Elm
- The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy)
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 Cold Six Thousand is book 2 of James Ellroy's Underworld USA series: a 24.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Craig Wasson, released May 8, 2001, on the Suspense and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 24.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Craig Wasson
- Released
- May 8, 2001
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense, Literary Fiction
- Series
- Underworld USA Trilogy #2
- ISBN
- 9780739300411
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Cold Six Thousand as an audiobook?
The Cold Six Thousand runs 24.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.2 hours.
Is The Cold Six Thousand free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Cold Six Thousand?
The Cold Six Thousand is narrated by Craig Wasson.
Is The Cold Six Thousand worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.2 hours, saving 8.1 hours.