Albert & the Whale: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Albert & the Whale audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Hilliar (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Paul Hilliar
Paul Hilliar narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 97 hours in all.
- The End of the Road: A journey around Britain in search of the dead
- Casting Shadows: Fish and Fishing in Britain
- Planting the World: Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany
- The Book of Wonders: How Euclid’s Elements Built the World
- Bright Star, Green Light: The Beautiful and Damned Lives of John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
2,232 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Albert & the Whale is an audiobook by Philip Hoare: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Hilliar, released March 4, 2021, on the Arts & Entertainment and Memoirs shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Hilliar
- Released
- March 4, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment, Memoirs
- ISBN
- 9780008323318
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Albert & the Whale audiobook?
Albert & the Whale runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is the Albert & the Whale audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Albert & the Whale?
Albert & the Whale is narrated by Paul Hilliar.