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Top Secret by William E. Butterworth Iv, W.E.B. Griffin

Top Secret: Audiobook

Book 1 of the A Clandestine Operations Novel series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Top Secret audiobook runs 13.2 hours unabridged, narrated by William E. Butterworth IV (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.2listening hrs
Westerns & Warstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Top Secret at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 13.2 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 5,087 Westerns & War audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on A Clandestine Operations Novel

This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 25.1 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Top Secret13.2 hrs
2The Assassination Option11.9 hrs

About as long, on the Westerns & War shelf

492 Westerns & War 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

Top Secret is book 1 of William E. Butterworth Iv's A Clandestine Operations Novel series: a 13.2-hour unabridged recording, read by William E. Butterworth IV, released August 5, 2014, on the Westerns & War and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.2 hrs
Narrated by
William E. Butterworth IV
Released
August 5, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Westerns & War, Mystery, Thriller & Horror
Series
A Clandestine Operations Novel #1
ISBN
9781491528396

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Top Secret audiobook?

Top Secret runs 13.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.

Is the Top Secret audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Top Secret?

Top Secret is narrated by William E. Butterworth IV.

Is Top Secret worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.