The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 8.4 hours of listening (estimated).
| 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 —
What our data says
- At 8.4 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 73% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
- That's 32% shorter than the average fantasy audiobook (12.3 hrs across 761 titles in our dataset).
Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.
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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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.
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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.