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The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem

The Arrest: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Arrest runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Fass (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Arrest at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,093 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 Arrest is an audiobook by Jonathan Lethem: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Fass, released November 10, 2020, on the Literary Fiction and Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.5 hrs
Narrated by
Robert Fass
Released
November 10, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Apocalyptic & Dystopian
ISBN
9780062938985

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Arrest as an audiobook?

The Arrest runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is The Arrest free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Arrest?

The Arrest is narrated by Robert Fass.