The Books of Jacob: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Books of Jacob runs 35.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gilli Messer and Allen Lewis Rickman (about 23.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 35.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 72 days |
| 1 hour / day | 36 days |
| 2 hours / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 24 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 35.6 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 5,422 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gilli Messer
Gilli Messer narrates 39 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 347 hours in all.
- The Quiet Tenant
- More Than I Love My Life
- The Wolf Hunt
- The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles during the Holocaust
- In the Shadow of the Greenbrier
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
25 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Plains of Passage
- The Land of Painted Caves
- Paris
- When Christ and His Saints Slept
- Dragonfly in Amber 'International Edition'
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Books of Jacob is an audiobook by Olga Tokarczuk: a 35.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Gilli Messer and Allen Lewis Rickman, released February 1, 2022, on the Historical (Fiction) and Essays & Anthologies shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 35.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gilli Messer, Allen Lewis Rickman
- Released
- February 1, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Essays & Anthologies, Religious Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780593395264
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Books of Jacob as an audiobook?
The Books of Jacob runs 35.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 23.7 hours.
Is The Books of Jacob free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Books of Jacob?
The Books of Jacob is narrated by Gilli Messer and Allen Lewis Rickman.
Is The Books of Jacob worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 23.7 hours, saving 11.9 hours.