Bear Island: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bear Island audiobook runs 12.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Jonathan Oliver (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 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 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jonathan Oliver
Jonathan Oliver narrates 27 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 340 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
400 Classics (Literature) 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
Bear Island is an audiobook by Alistair MacLean: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Oliver, released February 29, 2024, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Oliver
- Released
- February 29, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9780008667900
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bear Island audiobook?
Bear Island runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is the Bear Island audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Bear Island?
Bear Island is narrated by Jonathan Oliver.
Is Bear Island worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.