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Cover of The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul runs an estimated 8.4 hours (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.4est. listening hrs
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 8.4 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

What our data says

  • At 8.4 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 67% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 24% shorter than the average fantasy audiobook (11 hrs across 1861 titles in our dataset).

Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for fantasy listeners who want proper detective work and a comic streak: a solid week of commutes at 8.4 hours (estimated).

About the book

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a 1988 humorous fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams. It is the second book by Adams featuring private detective Dirk Gently, the first being [Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163714W). It was followed by the [Salmon of Doubt](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2163715W), an incomplete Dirk Gently novel included in a posthumous collection of the same name. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul has been adapted for radio, and several plot lines appear in the 2010 BBC TV series.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul as an audiobook?

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul runs about 8.4 hours, our estimate from its 285 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.

Is The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

When was The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul first published?

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams was first published in 1988.