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Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth

Portnoy's Complaint: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Portnoy's Complaint audiobook runs 8.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Ron Silver (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Portnoy's Complaint at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.5 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,553 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

Portnoy's Complaint is an audiobook by Philip Roth: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ron Silver, released March 14, 2024, on the Literary Fiction and Religious Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.5 hrs
Narrated by
Ron Silver
Released
March 14, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Religious Fiction
ISBN
9781529914993

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Portnoy's Complaint audiobook?

Portnoy's Complaint runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.

Is the Portnoy's Complaint audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Portnoy's Complaint?

Portnoy's Complaint is narrated by Ron Silver.