The Quiet Boy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Quiet Boy runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by William Demeritt (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 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 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by William Demeritt
William Demeritt narrates 46 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 419 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
2,185 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Dark Places
- The Black Echo
- The Thursday Murder Club: (The Thursday Murder Club 1)
- Winterkill
- The Thursday Murder Club
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 Quiet Boy is an audiobook by Ben H. Winters: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by William Demeritt, released May 18, 2021, on the Police & Detective and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- William Demeritt
- Released
- May 18, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781549184130
How to listen to The Quiet Boy free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Quiet Boy as an audiobook?
The Quiet Boy runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is The Quiet Boy free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Quiet Boy?
The Quiet Boy is narrated by William Demeritt.
Is The Quiet Boy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.