The Accidental Tourist: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Accidental Tourist runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jefferson Mays (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jefferson Mays
Jefferson Mays narrates 98 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,070 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,018 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
The Accidental Tourist is an audiobook by Anne Tyler: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Jefferson Mays, released January 1, 2021, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jefferson Mays
- Released
- January 1, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781705016053
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Accidental Tourist as an audiobook?
The Accidental Tourist runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is The Accidental Tourist free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Accidental Tourist?
The Accidental Tourist is narrated by Jefferson Mays.
Is The Accidental Tourist worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.