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Cover of The Bachman Books (Long Walk / Rage / Roadwork / Running Man) by Stephen King

The Bachman Books (Long Walk / Rage / Roadwork / Running Man) — Audiobook

by Stephen King · 1985

26.7est. listening hrs
3.9★166 ratings
Thrillergenre
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 26.7 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Bachman Books (Long Walk / Rage / Roadwork / Running Man) at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day54 days
1 hour / day27 days
2 hours / day14 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×18 days
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What our data says

  • At 26.7 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 97% of the thriller audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 107% longer than the average thriller audiobook (12.9 hrs across 259 titles in our dataset).

Computed from thriller audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.

Who is this for?

Best for thriller listeners who want dystopian stakes — a long-haul epic at 26.7 hours (estimated).

About the book

Omnibus collection of four early Bachman novels ([Rage][1], [The Long Walk][2], [Roadwork][3], [The Running Man][4]) and the essay "Why I Was Bachman" ([source][5]) [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149154W/Rage [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14917769W/The_Long_Walk [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149156W/Roadwork [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149188W/The_Running_Man [5]: https://stephenking.com/library/bachman_novel/bachman_books_the.html

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Bachman Books (Long Walk / Rage / Roadwork / Running Man) as an audiobook?

The Bachman Books (Long Walk / Rage / Roadwork / Running Man) runs about 26.7 hours — our estimate from its 902 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17.8 hours.

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Is The Bachman Books (Long Walk / Rage / Roadwork / Running Man) worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17.8 hours — saving 8.9 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was The Bachman Books (Long Walk / Rage / Roadwork / Running Man) first published?

The Bachman Books (Long Walk / Rage / Roadwork / Running Man) by Stephen King was first published in 1985.