The First Patient: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Patient runs 11.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Phil Gigante (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.6 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Phil Gigante
Phil Gigante narrates 188 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,860 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,433 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
- Local Woman Missing
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
- That Affair Next Door
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 First Patient is an audiobook by Michael Palmer: a 11.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Phil Gigante, released February 19, 2008, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Phil Gigante
- Released
- February 19, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- ISBN
- 9781597370684
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The First Patient as an audiobook?
The First Patient runs 11.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is The First Patient free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The First Patient?
The First Patient is narrated by Phil Gigante.
Is The First Patient worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.9 hours.