I listened to two audio books lately:

• Under the Dome ~ Stephen King (1088 pages)

• Magic Street ~ Orson Scott Card (416 pages)

Both successful writers, obviously.

I can’t particularly recommend either novel. Both I enjoyed. But both were too long. Long sections that didn’t add anything to the story. Filler.

Novels these days are mostly 80,000 – 120,000 words. But why?… Is it some legacy of the dead tree publishing industry?

As an audio book fan, I’d like to see more concise novels. Shorter novels.

On Audible.com you can search their collection by number of hourse, “Running Time”.