The Rules: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ryan Jacobs series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rules runs 4.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Shaun Mendum (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 4.4 hours, it is shorter than 88% of the 2,356 Mystery & Thriller audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ryan Jacobs
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 8.6 hours in all.
More narrated by Shaun Mendum
Shaun Mendum narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 28 hours in all.
About as long, on the Mystery & Thriller shelf
71 Mystery & Thriller 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 Rules is book 1 of Paul Orton's Ryan Jacobs series: a 4.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Shaun Mendum, released March 11, 2023, on the Mystery & Thriller shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shaun Mendum
- Released
- March 11, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mystery & Thriller
- Series
- Ryan Jacobs #1
- ISBN
- 9798368935461
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rules as an audiobook?
The Rules runs 4.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.
Is The Rules free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rules?
The Rules is narrated by Shaun Mendum.