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The 39 Steps by John Buchan

The 39 Steps: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The 39 Steps runs 4.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Geoffrey Giuliano And The Icon Players (about 2.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.4listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 4.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The 39 Steps at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day9 days
1 hour / day5 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 4.4 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

253 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2024 recording read by James Harrington runs 0.9 hours shorter (3.5 hours).
  • The 2020 recording read by Simon Hester runs 0.3 hours shorter (4.1 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

The 39 Steps is an audiobook by John Buchan: a 4.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Geoffrey Giuliano And The Icon Players, released July 18, 2020, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.4 hrs
Narrated by
Geoffrey Giuliano And The Icon Players
Released
July 18, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction)
ISBN
9781662128677

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The 39 Steps as an audiobook?

The 39 Steps runs 4.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.9 hours.

Is The 39 Steps free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The 39 Steps?

The 39 Steps is narrated by Geoffrey Giuliano And The Icon Players.