The Best of Thomas Hardy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Best of Thomas Hardy runs 30.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joe Jameson and Jilly Bond (about 20.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 30.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 62 days |
| 1 hour / day | 31 days |
| 2 hours / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 21 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 30.7 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joe Jameson
Joe Jameson narrates 232 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,168 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
63 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Covenant of Water
- The Goldfinch
- The Fountainhead
- The City of Mirrors
- A Little Life
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 Best of Thomas Hardy is an audiobook by Thomas Hardy: a 30.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Jameson and Jilly Bond, released February 1, 2022, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 30.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joe Jameson, Jilly Bond
- Released
- February 1, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781666540604
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Best of Thomas Hardy as an audiobook?
The Best of Thomas Hardy runs 30.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 20.4 hours.
Is The Best of Thomas Hardy free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Best of Thomas Hardy?
The Best of Thomas Hardy is narrated by Joe Jameson and Jilly Bond.
Is The Best of Thomas Hardy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 20.4 hours, saving 10.2 hours.