The Hard Stuff: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Joe the Bouncer series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hard Stuff runs 8.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Poe (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.4 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 8.4 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Poe
Richard Poe narrates 198 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,360 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,703 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2019 recording read by Jeff Harding runs about the same length (8.4 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 Hard Stuff is book 2 of David Gordon's Joe the Bouncer series: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Poe, released July 2, 2019, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Poe
- Released
- July 2, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Joe the Bouncer #2
- ISBN
- 9781980048008
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hard Stuff as an audiobook?
The Hard Stuff runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is The Hard Stuff free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hard Stuff?
The Hard Stuff is narrated by Richard Poe.