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The Queen by Steven James

The Queen: Audiobook

Book 5 of the Bowers Files series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Queen runs 16 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Ferrone (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16listening hrs
Psychologicalstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Queen at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 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 16 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 6,732 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Bowers Files

This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 58.6 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 114.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Pawn13.3 hrs
2The Rook14.8 hrs
3The Knight14.6 hrs
4The Bishop15.9 hrs
5The Queen16 hrs
6The King12.9 hrs
7Checkmate14.7 hrs
8Opening Moves12.3 hrs

More narrated by Richard Ferrone

Richard Ferrone narrates 273 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,217 hours in all.

All Richard Ferrone audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Psychological shelf

202 Psychological 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 Queen is book 5 of Steven James's Bowers Files series: a 16-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Ferrone, released September 1, 2011, on the Psychological shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
16 hrs
Narrated by
Richard Ferrone
Released
September 1, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological
Series
Bowers Files #5
ISBN
9781461847267

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Queen as an audiobook?

The Queen runs 16 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.

Is The Queen free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Queen?

The Queen is narrated by Richard Ferrone.

Is The Queen worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.3 hours.