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The Organ Takers by Richard Van Anderson

The Organ Takers: Audiobook

Book 1 of the McBride series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Organ Takers runs 10.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joel Richards (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.1listening hrs
Suspensestore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Organ Takers at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The McBride Trilogy

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 26.7 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Organ Takers10.1 hrs
2The Organ Growers7.3 hrs
3CoVid9.3 hrs

About as long, on the Suspense shelf

3,187 Suspense 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 Organ Takers is book 1 of Richard Van Anderson's McBride series: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Joel Richards, released May 15, 2018, on the Suspense and Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.1 hrs
Narrated by
Joel Richards
Released
May 15, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense, Fiction
Series
The McBride Trilogy #1
ISBN
9781977377982

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Organ Takers as an audiobook?

The Organ Takers runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.

Is The Organ Takers free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Organ Takers?

The Organ Takers is narrated by Joel Richards.

Is The Organ Takers worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.