The New York Times Book of the Dead: Obituaries of Extraordinary People: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The New York Times Book of the Dead: Obituaries of Extraordinary People runs 55 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kiff Vandenheuvel and Gemma Dawson and others (about 36.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 55 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 110 days |
| 1 hour / day | 55 days |
| 2 hours / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 37 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 55 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kiff Vandenheuvel
Kiff Vandenheuvel narrates 37 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 428 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
15 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- The Antiquities of the Jews
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 New York Times Book of the Dead: Obituaries of Extraordinary People is an audiobook by William McDonald: a 55-hour unabridged recording, read by Kiff Vandenheuvel, Gemma Dawson and Ron Butler and others, released October 18, 2016, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 55 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kiff Vandenheuvel, Gemma Dawson, Ron Butler, Lauren Fortgang, Rick Zieff, Allyson Johnson
- Released
- October 18, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781478913429
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The New York Times Book of the Dead: Obituaries of Extraordinary People as an audiobook?
The New York Times Book of the Dead: Obituaries of Extraordinary People runs 55 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 36.7 hours.
Is The New York Times Book of the Dead: Obituaries of Extraordinary People free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The New York Times Book of the Dead: Obituaries of Extraordinary People?
The New York Times Book of the Dead: Obituaries of Extraordinary People is narrated by Kiff Vandenheuvel, Gemma Dawson, Ron Butler and Lauren Fortgang and others.
Is The New York Times Book of the Dead: Obituaries of Extraordinary People worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 36.7 hours, saving 18.3 hours.