The Day of the Scorpion: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Raj Quartet series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Day of the Scorpion runs 22.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Brown (about 15 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 22.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 45 days |
| 1 hour / day | 23 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 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 22.5 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Brown
Richard Brown narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 198 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
197 Literary 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 Day of the Scorpion is book 2 of Paul Scott's Raj Quartet series: a 22.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Brown, released May 11, 2010, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 22.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Brown
- Released
- May 11, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction)
- Series
- The Raj Quartet #2
- ISBN
- 9780307751461
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Day of the Scorpion as an audiobook?
The Day of the Scorpion runs 22.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15 hours.
Is The Day of the Scorpion free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Day of the Scorpion?
The Day of the Scorpion is narrated by Richard Brown.
Is The Day of the Scorpion worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15 hours, saving 7.5 hours.