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The Stand by Stephen King narrated by Grover Gardner is about 47 hours long at normal speed. At 1.5× that drops to about 31 hr 20 min, and at 2× to about 23 hr 30 min.
Runtimes are approximate and vary slightly by edition and retailer. Check the length shown in Audible, Libby, Spotify or Apple Books for your copy.
| Playback speed | Total time |
|---|---|
| 0.8× | 58 hr 45 min |
| 1× | 47 hr |
| 1.25× | 37 hr 36 min |
| 1.5× | 31 hr 20 min |
| 1.75× | 26 hr 51 min |
| 2× | 23 hr 30 min |
| 2.5× | 18 hr 48 min |
| 3× | 15 hr 40 min |
Plan your listen
At one hour a day and normal speed, you'll finish in about 47 days. Speed it up to 1.5× and the same hour a day finishes it in about 32 days. At 45 minutes a day and 1.5×, plan on about 42 days.
The table below shows whole days needed for every combination of speed and daily listening time.
| Speed | 15 min | 30 min | 45 min | 1 hr | 1.5 hr | 2 hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1× | 188 | 94 | 63 | 47 | 32 | 24 |
| 1.25× | 151 | 76 | 51 | 38 | 26 | 19 |
| 1.5× | 126 | 63 | 42 | 32 | 21 | 16 |
| 2× | 94 | 47 | 32 | 24 | 16 | 12 |
How long, really
At 47 hr, The Stand is more than a full day and a half of non-stop listening. That's longer than about 97% of the 169 popular audiobooks we list.
Spoken at an average narration pace, The Stand comes to roughly 437,000 words. Narrators vary, so a faster or slower reader will shift that number and the total runtime.
Want to try other speeds or your own schedule? Use the audiobook speed calculator or the listening goal calculator to find the daily minutes you need.
Track it as you listen
Booktrace is an iPhone audiobook tracker that logs your sessions, chapters, narrator and playback speed in one place, so you can see real progress through The Stand and how many hours remain, whichever app you listen in.
Common questions
The The Stand audiobook by Stephen King runs about 47 hours at normal (1x) speed, in the edition narrated by Grover Gardner. Exact runtime can differ by a few minutes between editions and stores.
At 1.5x speed, The Stand takes about 31 hours and 20 minutes. At 2x it takes about 23 hours and 30 minutes.
At one hour a day and normal speed, The Stand takes about 47 days. At 1.5x speed and an hour a day it takes about 32 days. At 30 minutes a day and normal speed it takes about 94 days.
Compared with the 169 popular audiobooks on this site, The Stand is longer than about 97% of them. At 47 hr it is more than a full day and a half of non-stop listening.
