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Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernières

Captain Corelli's Mandolin: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Captain Corelli's Mandolin audiobook runs 17.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Maloney (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.5listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Captain Corelli's Mandolin at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day35 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 17.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

798 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2011 recording read by Robert Powell runs 14.1 hours shorter (3.4 hours).

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

Captain Corelli's Mandolin is an audiobook by Louis De Bernières: a 17.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Maloney, released May 7, 2015, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.5 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Maloney
Released
May 7, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9781471293450

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Captain Corelli's Mandolin audiobook?

Captain Corelli's Mandolin runs 17.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.

Is the Captain Corelli's Mandolin audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Captain Corelli's Mandolin?

Captain Corelli's Mandolin is narrated by Michael Maloney.

Is Captain Corelli's Mandolin worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.8 hours.