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The Death’s Head Chess Club by John Donoghue

The Death’s Head Chess Club: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Death’s Head Chess Club runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.4listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Death’s Head Chess Club at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Death’s Head Chess Club is an audiobook by John Donoghue: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Stefan Rudnicki, released May 12, 2015, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.4 hrs
Narrated by
Stefan Rudnicki
Released
May 12, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9781483081557

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Death’s Head Chess Club as an audiobook?

The Death’s Head Chess Club runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.

Is The Death’s Head Chess Club free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Death’s Head Chess Club?

The Death’s Head Chess Club is narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

Is The Death’s Head Chess Club worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.