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The Rule of Thoughts (Mortality Doctrine, Book Two) by James Dashner

The Rule of Thoughts (Mortality Doctrine, Book Two): Audiobook

Book 2 of the Mortality Doctrine series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rule of Thoughts (Mortality Doctrine, Book Two) runs 10.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Erik Davies (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.2listening hrs
Teen & YAstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.2 hours of listening.

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30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
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What our data says

  • At 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 17,065 Teen & YA audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Mortality Doctrine

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.6 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 28.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Eye of Minds (The Mortality Doctrine, Book One)8.6 hrs
2The Rule of Thoughts (Mortality Doctrine, Book Two)10.2 hrs
3The Game of Lives (The Mortality Doctrine, Book Three)9.6 hrs

More narrated by Erik Davies

Erik Davies narrates 53 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 665 hours in all.

All Erik Davies audiobooks, measured

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 Rule of Thoughts (Mortality Doctrine, Book Two) is book 2 of James Dashner's Mortality Doctrine series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Erik Davies, released August 26, 2014, on the Teen & YA shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.2 hrs
Narrated by
Erik Davies
Released
August 26, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Teen & YA
Series
The Mortality Doctrine #2
ISBN
9780804122511

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Rule of Thoughts (Mortality Doctrine, Book Two) as an audiobook?

The Rule of Thoughts (Mortality Doctrine, Book Two) runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.

Is The Rule of Thoughts (Mortality Doctrine, Book Two) free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Rule of Thoughts (Mortality Doctrine, Book Two)?

The Rule of Thoughts (Mortality Doctrine, Book Two) is narrated by Erik Davies.

Is The Rule of Thoughts (Mortality Doctrine, Book Two) worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.