The Dark Road: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dark Road runs 14.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tania Rodrigues (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tania Rodrigues
Tania Rodrigues narrates 86 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,000 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
4,707 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 Dark Road is an audiobook by Ma Jian: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tania Rodrigues, released November 7, 2013, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tania Rodrigues
- Released
- November 7, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781471246395
How to listen to The Dark Road free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dark Road as an audiobook?
The Dark Road runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is The Dark Road free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dark Road?
The Dark Road is narrated by Tania Rodrigues.
Is The Dark Road worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.