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A Walk on the Wild Side by Nelson Algren

A Walk on the Wild Side: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Walk on the Wild Side runs 10.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Keith Szarabajka (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.7listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Walk on the Wild Side at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.7 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Keith Szarabajka

Keith Szarabajka narrates 155 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,519 hours in all.

All Keith Szarabajka audiobooks, measured

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 Walk on the Wild Side is an audiobook by Nelson Algren: a 10.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Keith Szarabajka, released June 24, 2009, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.7 hrs
Narrated by
Keith Szarabajka
Released
June 24, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781481585422

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Walk on the Wild Side as an audiobook?

A Walk on the Wild Side runs 10.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is A Walk on the Wild Side free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates A Walk on the Wild Side?

A Walk on the Wild Side is narrated by Keith Szarabajka.

Is A Walk on the Wild Side worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.6 hours.