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The Nightmare by Lars Kepler

The Nightmare: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Joona Linna series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Nightmare runs 15.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Seån Barrett (about 10.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.3listening hrs
Psychologicalstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Nightmare at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.3 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 6,732 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Psychological shelf

252 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2018 recording read by Saul Reichlin runs 0.6 hours longer (15.9 hours).

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 Nightmare is book 2 of Lars Kepler's Joona Linna series: a 15.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Seån Barrett, released September 13, 2012, on the Horror and Psychological shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.3 hrs
Narrated by
Seån Barrett
Released
September 13, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Horror, Psychological
Series
Joona Linna #2
ISBN
9780007466634

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Nightmare as an audiobook?

The Nightmare runs 15.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.2 hours.

Is The Nightmare free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Nightmare?

The Nightmare is narrated by Seån Barrett.

Is The Nightmare worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.2 hours, saving 5.1 hours.