The Friend: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Friend runs 11.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Josh Bloomberg and Hillary Huber (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 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 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Josh Bloomberg
Josh Bloomberg narrates 117 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,156 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
1,119 Action & Adventure (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 Friend is an audiobook by Joakim Zander: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Josh Bloomberg and Hillary Huber, released June 25, 2019, on the Espionage and Legal & Political shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Josh Bloomberg, Hillary Huber
- Released
- June 25, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage, Legal & Political, Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9780062931313
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Friend as an audiobook?
The Friend runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is The Friend free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Friend?
The Friend is narrated by Josh Bloomberg and Hillary Huber.
Is The Friend worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.