The Hunter: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Parker Novels series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hunter runs 5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Chancer (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5 hours, it is shorter than 89% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Parker Novels
This is book 1. Books 1 to 20 run 105 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hunter | 5 hrs |
| 2 | The Man with the Getaway Face | 4.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Outfit | 5.1 hrs |
| 4 | The Mourner | 4.2 hrs |
| 5 | The Score | 4.3 hrs |
| 6 | The Jugger | 4.1 hrs |
| 7 | The Seventh | 4.4 hrs |
| 8 | The Handle | 4.4 hrs |
| 9 | The Rare Coin Score | 4.6 hrs |
| 10 | The Green Eagle Score | 4.7 hrs |
| 11 | The Black Ice Score | 3.9 hrs |
| 12 | The Sour Lemon Score | 4.1 hrs |
More narrated by John Chancer
John Chancer narrates 110 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,225 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
1,104 Police & Detective 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 Hunter is book 1 of Donald E. Westlake's Parker Novels series: a 5-hour unabridged recording, read by John Chancer, released November 1, 2010, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Chancer
- Released
- November 1, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- The Parker Novels #1
- ISBN
- 9781609980306
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hunter as an audiobook?
The Hunter runs 5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.
Is The Hunter free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hunter?
The Hunter is narrated by John Chancer.