The Dry: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dry runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephen Shanahan (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Stephen Shanahan
Stephen Shanahan narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 62 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,506 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2016 recording read by Steve Shanahan runs 0.3 hours shorter (9.8 hours).
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 Dry is an audiobook by Jane Harper: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Shanahan, released January 10, 2017, on the Police & Detective and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephen Shanahan
- Released
- January 10, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781250117632
How to listen to The Dry free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dry as an audiobook?
The Dry runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Dry free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dry?
The Dry is narrated by Stephen Shanahan.
Is The Dry worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.