The Road: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The Road runs an estimated 7.6 hours (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 7.6 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 7.6 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 72% of the science fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 28% shorter than the average science fiction audiobook (10.5 hrs across 820 titles in our dataset).
Computed from science fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for science fiction listeners who want dystopian stakes: a weekend-size listen at 7.6 hours (estimated).
About the book
The searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece. A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food-and each other. The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love.
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How long is The Road as an audiobook?
The Road runs about 7.6 hours, our estimate from its 256 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.
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When was The Road first published?
The Road by Cormac McCarthy was first published in 2006.
