Sometimes a Great Notion: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sometimes a Great Notion audiobook runs 26.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 17.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 26.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 54 days |
| 1 hour / day | 27 days |
| 2 hours / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 18 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 26.8 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
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
117 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- East Of Eden
- The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy)
- A Little Life
- The Valley of Amazement
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
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
Sometimes a Great Notion is an audiobook by Ken Kesey: a 26.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released August 12, 2025, on the Drama and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 26.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Edoardo Ballerini
- Released
- August 12, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama, Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9798217170326
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Sometimes a Great Notion audiobook?
Sometimes a Great Notion runs 26.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17.9 hours.
Is the Sometimes a Great Notion audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Sometimes a Great Notion?
Sometimes a Great Notion is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.
Is Sometimes a Great Notion worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17.9 hours, saving 8.9 hours.