The Bonfire of the Vanities: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bonfire of the Vanities runs 27.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joe Barrett (about 18.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 27.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 55 days |
| 1 hour / day | 28 days |
| 2 hours / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 19 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 27.5 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joe Barrett
Joe Barrett narrates 394 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,244 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
108 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- East Of Eden
- The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy)
- The City of Mirrors
- A Little Life
- The Valley of Amazement
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Todd Boyce runs 0.7 hours longer (28.2 hours).
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 Bonfire of the Vanities is an audiobook by Tom Wolfe: a 27.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Barrett, released May 29, 2009, on the Literary Fiction and Comedy, Satire & Parody shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 27.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joe Barrett
- Released
- May 29, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Comedy, Satire & Parody
- ISBN
- 9781483077543
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bonfire of the Vanities as an audiobook?
The Bonfire of the Vanities runs 27.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18.3 hours.
Is The Bonfire of the Vanities free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bonfire of the Vanities?
The Bonfire of the Vanities is narrated by Joe Barrett.
Is The Bonfire of the Vanities worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18.3 hours, saving 9.2 hours.