The Darkest Hour: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Darkest Hour runs 20.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sandra Duncan (about 13.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.5 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sandra Duncan
Sandra Duncan narrates 42 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 493 hours in all.
About as long, on the Drama shelf
180 Drama audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Nineteen Minutes
- House Rules
- The Heart's Invisible Furies
- The Signature of All Things
- The Most Fun We Ever Had
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 Hour is an audiobook by Barbara Erskine: a 20.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sandra Duncan, released July 3, 2014, on the Drama and Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sandra Duncan
- Released
- July 3, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama, Mystery
- ISBN
- 9780007546701
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Darkest Hour as an audiobook?
The Darkest Hour runs 20.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.6 hours.
Is The Darkest Hour free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Darkest Hour?
The Darkest Hour is narrated by Sandra Duncan.
Is The Darkest Hour worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.6 hours, saving 6.8 hours.