The Expendable Man: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Expendable Man runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ron Butler (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.9 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ron Butler
Ron Butler narrates 349 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,989 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
554 Classics (Literature) 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 Expendable Man is an audiobook by Dorothy B Hughes: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Ron Butler, released April 16, 2026, on the BIPOC Stories & Voices and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ron Butler
- Released
- April 16, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- BIPOC Stories & Voices, Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781035068289
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Expendable Man as an audiobook?
The Expendable Man runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Expendable Man free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Expendable Man?
The Expendable Man is narrated by Ron Butler.