Leaves of Grass: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Leaves of Grass audiobook runs 19.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Various Readers (about 12.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.3 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 19.3 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 3,749 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Various Readers
Various Readers narrates 475 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,903 hours in all.
About as long, on the Poetry shelf
8 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2010 recording read by Mel Foster runs 3.8 hours shorter (15.5 hours).
- The 2009 recording read by Robin Field runs 0.5 hours shorter (18.8 hours).
- The 2026 recording read by Geoffrey Giuliano and The Rebellion runs 0.7 hours shorter (18.7 hours).
- The 2025 recording read by William Hope runs 0.5 hours shorter (18.8 hours).
- The 2023 recording read by Foon runs 0.7 hours shorter (18.7 hours).
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
Leaves of Grass is an audiobook by Walt Whitman: a 19.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Various Readers, released January 1, 2011, on the Poetry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Various Readers
- Released
- January 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Poetry
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Leaves of Grass audiobook?
Leaves of Grass runs 19.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.9 hours.
Is the Leaves of Grass audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Leaves of Grass?
Leaves of Grass is narrated by Various Readers.
Is Leaves of Grass worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.9 hours, saving 6.4 hours.