Kafka on the Shore: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Kafka on the Shore audiobook runs 19.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Oliver Le Sueur and Sean Barrett (about 12.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 19.2 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Sean Barrett
Sean Barrett narrates 70 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 735 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
187 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Kafka on the Shore is an audiobook by Haruki Murakami: a 19.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Oliver Le Sueur and Sean Barrett, released August 6, 2013, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Oliver Le Sueur, Sean Barrett
- Released
- August 6, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Literary Fiction, Fantasy
- ISBN
- 9780804166553
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Kafka on the Shore audiobook?
Kafka on the Shore runs 19.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.8 hours.
Is the Kafka on the Shore audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Kafka on the Shore?
Kafka on the Shore is narrated by Oliver Le Sueur and Sean Barrett.
Is Kafka on the Shore worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.8 hours, saving 6.4 hours.