The Tightrope Walkers: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tightrope Walkers runs 8.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Halverson (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.5 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 4,472 Tough Topics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Halverson
Richard Halverson narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 37 hours in all.
About as long, on the Tough Topics shelf
1,106 Tough Topics 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 Tightrope Walkers is an audiobook by David Almond: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Halverson, released March 24, 2015, on the Tough Topics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Halverson
- Released
- March 24, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Tough Topics
- ISBN
- 9781501221651
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Tightrope Walkers as an audiobook?
The Tightrope Walkers runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The Tightrope Walkers free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Tightrope Walkers?
The Tightrope Walkers is narrated by Richard Halverson.