The Detour: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Detour runs 8.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dan Butler (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Dan Butler
Dan Butler narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 139 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,506 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 Detour is an audiobook by Andromeda Romano-Lax: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Dan Butler, released February 14, 2012, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dan Butler
- Released
- February 14, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781609988555
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Detour as an audiobook?
The Detour runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is The Detour free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Detour?
The Detour is narrated by Dan Butler.