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The Road to Ruin by Donald E. Westlake

The Road to Ruin: Audiobook

Book 11 of the Dortmunder series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Road to Ruin runs 9.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by William Dufris (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.2listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2007released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Road to Ruin at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

6,120 Police & Detective 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 Road to Ruin is book 11 of Donald E. Westlake's Dortmunder series: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by William Dufris, released April 1, 2007, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.2 hrs
Narrated by
William Dufris
Released
April 1, 2007
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
Series
The Dortmunder Series #11
ISBN
9781602831124

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Road to Ruin as an audiobook?

The Road to Ruin runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.

Is The Road to Ruin free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Road to Ruin?

The Road to Ruin is narrated by William Dufris.