The Broom of the System: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Broom of the System runs 16.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Petkoff (about 11 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.5 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 22,803 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Petkoff
Robert Petkoff narrates 154 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,719 hours in all.
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- Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
956 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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 Broom of the System is an audiobook by David Foster Wallace: a 16.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Petkoff, released June 1, 2010, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Petkoff
- Released
- June 1, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781607883890
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Broom of the System as an audiobook?
The Broom of the System runs 16.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11 hours.
Is The Broom of the System free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Broom of the System?
The Broom of the System is narrated by Robert Petkoff.
Is The Broom of the System worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11 hours, saving 5.5 hours.