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The Western Lands by William S. Burroughs

The Western Lands: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Red Night series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Western Lands runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ray Porter (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Western Lands at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 8.8 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Red Night Trilogy

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 19.4 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 28.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Cities of the Red Night9.6 hrs
2The Place of Dead Roads9.8 hrs
3The Western Lands8.8 hrs

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,668 Literary Fiction 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 Western Lands is book 3 of William S. Burroughs's Red Night series: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Ray Porter, released December 27, 2016, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.8 hrs
Narrated by
Ray Porter
Released
December 27, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
Series
The Red Night Trilogy #3
ISBN
9781504700115

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Western Lands as an audiobook?

The Western Lands runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.

Is The Western Lands free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Western Lands?

The Western Lands is narrated by Ray Porter.