Waking Hours: Audiobook
Book 1 of the East Salem series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Waking Hours audiobook runs 10.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Devon O'day (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The East Salem Trilogy
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 30.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waking Hours | 10.7 hrs |
| 2 | Darkness Rising | 10 hrs |
| 3 | Fatal Tide | 9.8 hrs |
More narrated by Devon O'day
Devon O'day narrates 97 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 796 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
4,663 Police & Detective 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
Waking Hours is book 1 of Pete Nelson's East Salem series: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Devon O'day, released October 3, 2011, on the Police & Detective and Suspense shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Devon O'day
- Released
- October 3, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Suspense
- Series
- The East Salem Trilogy #1
- ISBN
- 9781401685300
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Waking Hours audiobook?
Waking Hours runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is the Waking Hours audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Waking Hours?
Waking Hours is narrated by Devon O'day.
Is Waking Hours worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.