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Blindness by José Saramago

Blindness: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Blindness series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blindness audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Jonathan Davis (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Blindness at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Blindness is book 1 of José Saramago's Blindness series: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Davis, released August 5, 2008, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.5 hrs
Narrated by
Jonathan Davis
Released
August 5, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
Series
The Blindness Series #1
ISBN
9781602834453

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Blindness audiobook?

Blindness runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is the Blindness audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Blindness?

Blindness is narrated by Jonathan Davis.

Is Blindness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.