The Race: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Race runs 13.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Boatman (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Boatman
Michael Boatman narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 418 hours in all.
- Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela: Booktrack Edition
- Hope to Die
- Cross My Heart
- Alex Cross, Run
- Who Asked You?
About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf
399 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2014 recording read by William Hope runs 0.3 hours longer (13.9 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 Race is an audiobook by Richard North Patterson: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Boatman, released October 30, 2007, on the Legal & Political and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Boatman
- Released
- October 30, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Legal & Political, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781427201829
How to listen to The Race free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Race as an audiobook?
The Race runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is The Race free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Race?
The Race is narrated by Michael Boatman.
Is The Race worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.5 hours.