The Reluctant Hero: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Reluctant Hero runs 11.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Thorpe (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.9 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Thorpe
David Thorpe narrates 356 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,606 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,253 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
- Local Woman Missing
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
- That Affair Next Door
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 Reluctant Hero is an audiobook by Michael Dobbs: a 11.9-hour unabridged recording, read by David Thorpe, released March 12, 2015, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Thorpe
- Released
- March 12, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- ISBN
- 9781471150807
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Reluctant Hero as an audiobook?
The Reluctant Hero runs 11.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Is The Reluctant Hero free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Reluctant Hero?
The Reluctant Hero is narrated by David Thorpe.
Is The Reluctant Hero worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 4 hours.