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Vertical by Rex Pickett

Vertical: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Sideways series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Vertical audiobook runs 17.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Scott Brick (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.5listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Vertical at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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

What our data says

  • At 17.5 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

1,858 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

Vertical is book 2 of Rex Pickett's Sideways series: a 17.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Scott Brick, released March 15, 2013, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.5 hrs
Narrated by
Scott Brick
Released
March 15, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
Series
The Sideways Series #2
ISBN
9781483061719

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Vertical audiobook?

Vertical runs 17.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.

Is the Vertical audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Vertical?

Vertical is narrated by Scott Brick.

Is Vertical worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.8 hours.