The Beetle: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beetle runs 12.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Foley and Gunnar Cauthery and others (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Foley
John Foley narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 47 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
387 Classics (Literature) 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 Beetle is an audiobook by Richard Marsh: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by John Foley, Gunnar Cauthery and Natalie Simpson and others, released October 26, 2021, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Foley, Gunnar Cauthery, Natalie Simpson, Jonathan Aris, Andrew Wincott
- Released
- October 26, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781781983911
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Beetle as an audiobook?
The Beetle runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Beetle free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Beetle?
The Beetle is narrated by John Foley, Gunnar Cauthery, Natalie Simpson and Jonathan Aris and others.
Is The Beetle worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.