Asylum: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Asylum audiobook runs 8.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Ian Mckellen (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.7 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 7,690 Mystery audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ian Mckellen
Ian Mckellen narrates 13 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 167 hours in all.
- The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: 15 BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations
- The Charles Dickens BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Later Years: Eight BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations
- Classic BBC Radio Shakespeare: Tragedies: Hamlet; Macbeth; Romeo and Juliet
- The Oscar Wilde BBC Radio Drama Collection: Five full-cast productions
- Look Back in Anger: A BBC Radio 4 full-cast production
About as long, on the Mystery shelf
1,600 Mystery 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
Asylum is an audiobook by Patrick McGrath: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Ian Mckellen, released October 1, 2004, on the Psychological and Mystery shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ian Mckellen
- Released
- October 1, 2004
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological, Mystery
- ISBN
- 9781602831308
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Asylum audiobook?
Asylum runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is the Asylum audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Asylum?
Asylum is narrated by Ian Mckellen.