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Madness by Roald Dahl

Madness: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Madness audiobook runs 6.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Cillian Murphy and Adrian Scarborough and others (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.9listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Madness at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day14 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.9 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Madness is an audiobook by Roald Dahl: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Cillian Murphy, Adrian Scarborough and Andrew Scott and others, released August 18, 2016, on the Literary Fiction and Short Stories shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.9 hrs
Narrated by
Cillian Murphy, Adrian Scarborough, Andrew Scott, Tamsin Greig, Stephanie Beacham, Juliet Stevenson
Released
August 18, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Short Stories
ISBN
9781405930536

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Madness audiobook?

Madness runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.

Is the Madness audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Madness?

Madness is narrated by Cillian Murphy, Adrian Scarborough, Andrew Scott and Tamsin Greig and others.