Chronic City: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Chronic City audiobook runs 15 hours unabridged, narrated by Mark Deakins (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 15 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mark Deakins
Mark Deakins narrates 211 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,380 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,059 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
Chronic City is an audiobook by Jonathan Lethem: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Deakins, released October 13, 2009, on the Literary Fiction and Comedy, Satire & Parody shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Deakins
- Released
- October 13, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Comedy, Satire & Parody, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780307577269
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Chronic City audiobook?
Chronic City runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.
Is the Chronic City audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Chronic City?
Chronic City is narrated by Mark Deakins.
Is Chronic City worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.