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Folly and Glory by Larry McMurtry

Folly and Glory: Audiobook

Book 4 of the Berrybender Narratives series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Folly and Glory audiobook runs 8.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Alfred Molina (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.5listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2004released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Folly and Glory at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.5 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Berrybender Narratives

This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 29 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 37.5 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Sin Killer8 hrs
2The Wandering Hill10 hrs
3By Sorrow's River11 hrs
4Folly and Glory8.5 hrs

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

Folly and Glory is book 4 of Larry McMurtry's Berrybender Narratives series: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Alfred Molina, released May 4, 2004, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.5 hrs
Narrated by
Alfred Molina
Released
May 4, 2004
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War, Drama
Series
Berrybender Narratives #4
ISBN
9780743567176

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Folly and Glory audiobook?

Folly and Glory runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is the Folly and Glory audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Folly and Glory?

Folly and Glory is narrated by Alfred Molina.