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The Shell Game by Steve Alten

The Shell Game: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Shell Game runs 15 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Keith Szarabajka (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15listening hrs
Legal & Politicalstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Shell Game at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 15 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Keith Szarabajka

Keith Szarabajka narrates 155 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,519 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf

220 Legal & Political 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 Shell Game is an audiobook by Steve Alten: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Keith Szarabajka, released November 8, 2016, on the Espionage and Legal & Political shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15 hrs
Narrated by
Keith Szarabajka
Released
November 8, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage, Legal & Political
ISBN
9781504785419

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Shell Game as an audiobook?

The Shell Game runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.

Is The Shell Game free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Shell Game?

The Shell Game is narrated by Keith Szarabajka.

Is The Shell Game worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.