The Hermit Kingdom: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shane Riley Thrillers series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hermit Kingdom runs 8.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nick Thacker (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.6 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 |
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 8.6 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shane Riley Thrillers
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 19 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hermit Kingdom | 8.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Giza Cipher | 10.4 hrs |
More narrated by Nick Thacker
Nick Thacker narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 105 hours in all.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
1,037 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 Hermit Kingdom is book 1 of Nick Thacker's Shane Riley Thrillers series: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Nick Thacker, released December 30, 2024, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nick Thacker
- Released
- December 30, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- Shane Riley Thrillers #1
- ISBN
- 9798347948628
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hermit Kingdom as an audiobook?
The Hermit Kingdom runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The Hermit Kingdom free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hermit Kingdom?
The Hermit Kingdom is narrated by Nick Thacker.