My Struggle, Book 5: Audiobook
Book 5 of the My Struggle series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the My Struggle, Book 5 audiobook runs 21.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 14.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 43 days |
| 1 hour / day | 22 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 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 21.5 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on My Struggle
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 68.6 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 134.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Struggle, Book 1 | 16.2 hrs |
| 2 | My Struggle, Book 2: A Man in Love | 21.1 hrs |
| 3 | My Struggle, Book 3 | 15 hrs |
| 4 | My Struggle, Book 4 | 16.3 hrs |
| 5 | My Struggle, Book 5 | 21.5 hrs |
| 6 | My Struggle, Book 6 | 43.9 hrs |
More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
252 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 Struggle, Book 5 is book 5 of Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle series: a 21.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released April 19, 2016, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Edoardo Ballerini
- Released
- April 19, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- Series
- My Struggle #5
- ISBN
- 9781490650050
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the My Struggle, Book 5 audiobook?
My Struggle, Book 5 runs 21.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.3 hours.
Is the My Struggle, Book 5 audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates My Struggle, Book 5?
My Struggle, Book 5 is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.
Is My Struggle, Book 5 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.3 hours, saving 7.2 hours.