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Butcher by Joyce Carol Oates

Butcher: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Butcher audiobook runs 13.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Jeremy Carlisle Parker and Max Meyers and others (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish Butcher at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.2 hours, it runs longer than 85% 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

Butcher is an audiobook by Joyce Carol Oates: a 13.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Max Meyers and Amy Shiels and others, released May 21, 2024, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.2 hrs
Narrated by
Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Max Meyers, Amy Shiels, Edoardo Ballerini, Danny Campbell, Tavia Gilbert
Released
May 21, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780593906859

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Butcher audiobook?

Butcher runs 13.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.

Is the Butcher audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Butcher?

Butcher is narrated by Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Max Meyers, Amy Shiels and Edoardo Ballerini and others.

Is Butcher worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.