Bright Lights, Big City: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bright Lights, Big City audiobook runs 5.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Daniel Passer (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.2 hours, it is shorter than 84% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Daniel Passer
Daniel Passer narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 58 hours in all.
- The 19th Wife
- Things Not Seen
- An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
- Amaryllis
- Coal Run
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
844 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things
- Infinite Country
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle
- Exit West
- Notes From The Underground (Version 2)
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
Bright Lights, Big City is an audiobook by Jay McInerney: a 5.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Daniel Passer, released August 25, 2009, on the Coming of Age and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Daniel Passer
- Released
- August 25, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Coming of Age, Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780307578167
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Bright Lights, Big City audiobook?
Bright Lights, Big City runs 5.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.
Is the Bright Lights, Big City audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Bright Lights, Big City?
Bright Lights, Big City is narrated by Daniel Passer.