A Confederacy of Dunces: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Confederacy of Dunces runs 13.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Barrett Whitener (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Barrett Whitener
Barrett Whitener narrates 69 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 631 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,604 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2022 recording read by Reginald D. Hunter runs 0.6 hours shorter (13 hours).
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
A Confederacy of Dunces is an audiobook by John Kennedy Toole: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Barrett Whitener, released December 1, 1997, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Barrett Whitener
- Released
- December 1, 1997
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781483054612
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Confederacy of Dunces as an audiobook?
A Confederacy of Dunces runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is A Confederacy of Dunces free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Confederacy of Dunces?
A Confederacy of Dunces is narrated by Barrett Whitener.
Is A Confederacy of Dunces worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.