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My Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

My Ishmael: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Ishmael series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the My Ishmael audiobook runs 8.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Emma Galvin (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish My Ishmael at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 8.8 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Ishmael Series

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 20.5 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 29.3 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Ishmael8.7 hrs
2The Story of B11.8 hrs
3My Ishmael8.8 hrs

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,708 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

My Ishmael is book 3 of Daniel Quinn's Ishmael series: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Emma Galvin, released June 29, 2021, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.8 hrs
Narrated by
Emma Galvin
Released
June 29, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Literary Fiction, Religious Fiction
Series
Ishmael Series #3
ISBN
9780593416457

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the My Ishmael audiobook?

My Ishmael runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.

Is the My Ishmael audiobook free?

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

Who narrates My Ishmael?

My Ishmael is narrated by Emma Galvin.