The Barbarian Nurseries: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Barbarian Nurseries runs 16 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Frankie J. Alvarez (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Frankie J. Alvarez
Frankie J. Alvarez narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 49 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
831 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 Barbarian Nurseries is an audiobook by Héctor Tobar: a 16-hour unabridged recording, read by Frankie J. Alvarez, released September 27, 2011, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16 hrs
- Narrated by
- Frankie J. Alvarez
- Released
- September 27, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781483072647
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Barbarian Nurseries as an audiobook?
The Barbarian Nurseries runs 16 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.
Is The Barbarian Nurseries free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Barbarian Nurseries?
The Barbarian Nurseries is narrated by Frankie J. Alvarez.
Is The Barbarian Nurseries worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.3 hours.