Big Sur: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Big Sur audiobook runs 6.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Ethan Hawke (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.7 hours, it is shorter than 74% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 58 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,589 Literary Fiction 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
Big Sur is an audiobook by Jack Kerouac: a 6.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Ethan Hawke, released October 6, 2020, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ethan Hawke
- Released
- October 6, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction, Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9780593342763
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Big Sur audiobook?
Big Sur runs 6.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is the Big Sur audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Big Sur?
Big Sur is narrated by Ethan Hawke.