Empire Falls: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Empire Falls audiobook runs 20.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Ron McLarty (about 13.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.4 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ron McLarty
Ron McLarty narrates 79 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 595 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
311 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
Empire Falls is an audiobook by Richard Russo: a 20.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Ron McLarty, released October 11, 2011, on the Drama and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ron McLarty
- Released
- October 11, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780307967404
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Empire Falls audiobook?
Empire Falls runs 20.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.6 hours.
Is the Empire Falls audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Empire Falls?
Empire Falls is narrated by Ron McLarty.
Is Empire Falls worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.6 hours, saving 6.8 hours.