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Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

Inherent Vice: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Inherent Vice audiobook runs 14.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Ron McLarty (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Inherent Vice at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 90% 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.

All Ron McLarty audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,239 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

Inherent Vice is an audiobook by Thomas Pynchon: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ron McLarty, released August 4, 2009, on the Psychological and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.5 hrs
Narrated by
Ron McLarty
Released
August 4, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781101079409

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Inherent Vice audiobook?

Inherent Vice runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.

Is the Inherent Vice audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Inherent Vice?

Inherent Vice is narrated by Ron McLarty.

Is Inherent Vice worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.