The Hostage: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hostage runs 4.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Ferrone and Johnny Heller (about 2.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 4.4 hours, it is shorter than 87% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Ferrone
Richard Ferrone narrates 273 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,217 hours in all.
- Rules of Prey
- A Voice in the Wind
- An Echo in the Darkness
- New York Dead
- Silent Prey
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
1,953 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 Hostage is an audiobook by Theodore Taylor: a 4.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Ferrone and Johnny Heller, released March 22, 2013, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Ferrone, Johnny Heller
- Released
- March 22, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781470357245
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hostage as an audiobook?
The Hostage runs 4.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.9 hours.
Is The Hostage free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hostage?
The Hostage is narrated by Richard Ferrone and Johnny Heller.