Richard III: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Richard III audiobook runs 3.5 hours unabridged, narrated by LibriVox Volunteers (about 2.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 3.5 hours, it is shorter than 90% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
1,224 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2005 recording read by a full cast and Margaret Robertson runs about the same length (3.6 hours).
- The 2020 recording read by full cast and Richard Wordsworth runs about the same length (3.4 hours).
- The 2011 recording read by Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Robert Stephens runs 0.2 hours shorter (3.3 hours).
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
Richard III is an audiobook by William Shakespeare: a 3.5-hour unabridged recording, read by LibriVox Volunteers, released January 29, 2015, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- LibriVox Volunteers
- Released
- January 29, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Richard III audiobook?
Richard III runs 3.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.3 hours.
Is the Richard III audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Richard III?
Richard III is narrated by LibriVox Volunteers.