History of Violence: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the History of Violence audiobook runs 5 hours unabridged, narrated by Joseph Kloska (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5 hours, it is shorter than 85% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joseph Kloska
Joseph Kloska narrates 24 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 166 hours in all.
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- Butcher, Blacksmith, Acrobat, Sweep: The Tale of the First Tour de France
- The First Tour de France: Sixty Cyclists and Nineteen Days of Daring on the Road to Paris
- Turf Wars: The Complete Series: Four full-cast BBC Radio comedies
- On the Rocks: The Complete Series 1 and 2: A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
770 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
History of Violence is an audiobook by Édouard Louis: a 5-hour unabridged recording, read by Joseph Kloska, released July 12, 2018, on the Literary Fiction and LGBTQ+ (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joseph Kloska
- Released
- July 12, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, LGBTQ+ (Fiction), Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9781473563391
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the History of Violence audiobook?
History of Violence runs 5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.
Is the History of Violence audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates History of Violence?
History of Violence is narrated by Joseph Kloska.