On the Road: Audiobook
Part of Penguin Audio Classics
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On the Road audiobook runs 11 hours unabridged, narrated by Will Patton (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Will Patton
Will Patton narrates 35 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 346 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,270 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
On the Road is an audiobook by Jack Kerouac: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Will Patton, released October 18, 2007, on the Coming of Age and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- Will Patton
- Released
- October 18, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Coming of Age, Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- Series
- Penguin Audio Classics
- ISBN
- 9781429592406
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the On the Road audiobook?
On the Road runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is the On the Road audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates On the Road?
On the Road is narrated by Will Patton.
Is On the Road worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.