Whirlwind: Audiobook
Book 2 of the X-Files series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Whirlwind audiobook runs 5.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Patrick Lawlor (about 3.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.7 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 5,506 Horror audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The X-Files
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 6.6 hours before it; books 1 to 8 run 55.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goblins | 6.6 hrs |
| 2 | Whirlwind | 5.7 hrs |
| 3 | Ground Zero | 8.4 hrs |
| 4 | Ruins | 8.9 hrs |
| 5 | Antibodies | 7.8 hrs |
| 6 | Skin | 8.5 hrs |
| 7 | Fight the Future | 4 hrs |
| 8 | I Want to Believe | 5.7 hrs |
More narrated by Patrick Lawlor
Patrick Lawlor narrates 589 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,365 hours in all.
- The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
- No Hiding in Boise
- Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
- The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons From the World's Happiest People
- Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
About as long, on the Horror shelf
374 Horror audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- I Am Legend
- The Mist
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Rosemary's Baby
- What Moves the Dead
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
Whirlwind is book 2 of Charles Grant's X-Files series: a 5.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Lawlor, released April 7, 2015, on the Horror shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Lawlor
- Released
- April 7, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Horror
- Series
- The X-Files #2
- ISBN
- 9781481524100
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Whirlwind audiobook?
Whirlwind runs 5.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.8 hours.
Is the Whirlwind audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Whirlwind?
Whirlwind is narrated by Patrick Lawlor.