The Book Thief: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The Book Thief runs an estimated 16.6 hours (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 16.6 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 16.6 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 86% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 42% longer than the average historical fiction audiobook (11.7 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).
Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting: a long-haul epic at 16.6 hours (estimated).
About the book
DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY , MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF . The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read . When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.
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How long is The Book Thief as an audiobook?
The Book Thief runs about 16.6 hours, our estimate from its 560 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.
Can I listen to The Book Thief free?
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Is The Book Thief worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.5 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Book Thief first published?
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak was first published in 1998.
