The Quick and the Dead: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Quick and the Dead runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ellie Gossage (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 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 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ellie Gossage
Ellie Gossage narrates 130 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,126 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,398 Literary Fiction 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 Quick and the Dead is an audiobook by Joy Williams: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Ellie Gossage, released June 9, 2026, on the Psychological and Westerns & War shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ellie Gossage
- Released
- June 9, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological, Westerns & War, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9798217411306
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Quick and the Dead as an audiobook?
The Quick and the Dead runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is The Quick and the Dead free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Quick and the Dead?
The Quick and the Dead is narrated by Ellie Gossage.
Is The Quick and the Dead worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.