The Darkest Day: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Barbarotti series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Darkest Day runs 16.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Martin Wenner (about 11 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.5 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Barbarotti Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 33.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Darkest Day | 16.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Root of Evil | 17.2 hrs |
More narrated by Martin Wenner
Martin Wenner narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 77 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
482 Police & Detective 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 Darkest Day is book 1 of Håkan Nesser's Barbarotti series: a 16.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Martin Wenner, released November 2, 2017, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Martin Wenner
- Released
- November 2, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- The Barbarotti Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781509856015
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Darkest Day as an audiobook?
The Darkest Day runs 16.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11 hours.
Is The Darkest Day free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Darkest Day?
The Darkest Day is narrated by Martin Wenner.
Is The Darkest Day worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11 hours, saving 5.5 hours.