The Message: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Message runs 12.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rory Barnett (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 2,729 Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rory Barnett
Rory Barnett narrates 53 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 468 hours in all.
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- ZC One: Zombie Castle Series Book 1
- ZC Two: Zombie Castle Series Book 2
- Just Visiting This Planet, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: Further Scientific Adventures of Merlin from Omniscia
- ZC Three: Zombie Castle Series Book 3
About as long, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf
557 Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) 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 Message is an audiobook by Mai Jia: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Rory Barnett, released March 5, 2020, on the Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rory Barnett
- Released
- March 5, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- ISBN
- 9781838939908
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Message as an audiobook?
The Message runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is The Message free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Message?
The Message is narrated by Rory Barnett.
Is The Message worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.