Novelist as a Vocation: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Novelist as a Vocation audiobook runs 7.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Kotaro Watanabe (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kotaro Watanabe
Kotaro Watanabe narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 34 hours in all.
About as long, on the Biography & Memoir shelf
4,849 Biography & Memoir 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
Novelist as a Vocation is an audiobook by Haruki Murakami: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Kotaro Watanabe, released November 8, 2022, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kotaro Watanabe
- Released
- November 8, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781510085824
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Novelist as a Vocation audiobook?
Novelist as a Vocation runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.
Is the Novelist as a Vocation audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Novelist as a Vocation?
Novelist as a Vocation is narrated by Kotaro Watanabe.