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The Anatomy Lesson by Philip Roth

The Anatomy Lesson: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Nathan Zuckerman series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Anatomy Lesson runs 7.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Anatomy Lesson at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Nathan Zuckerman Series

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 10 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 32.2 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Ghost Writer4.5 hrs
2Zuckerman Unbound5.5 hrs
3The Anatomy Lesson7.6 hrs
4The Prague Orgy2.3 hrs
5The Counterlife12.3 hrs

More narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner

Malcolm Hillgartner narrates 285 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,361 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,130 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 Anatomy Lesson is book 3 of Philip Roth's Nathan Zuckerman series: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Malcolm Hillgartner, released July 5, 2016, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.6 hrs
Narrated by
Malcolm Hillgartner
Released
July 5, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
Series
The Nathan Zuckerman Series #3
ISBN
9781504724845

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Anatomy Lesson as an audiobook?

The Anatomy Lesson runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

Is The Anatomy Lesson free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Anatomy Lesson?

The Anatomy Lesson is narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner.