The Castle in the Forest: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Castle in the Forest runs 15.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 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 15.6 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner
Malcolm Hillgartner narrates 285 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,361 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
911 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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 Castle in the Forest is an audiobook by Norman Mailer: a 15.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Malcolm Hillgartner, released April 4, 2017, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Malcolm Hillgartner
- Released
- April 4, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781522637677
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Castle in the Forest as an audiobook?
The Castle in the Forest runs 15.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.
Is The Castle in the Forest free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Castle in the Forest?
The Castle in the Forest is narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner.
Is The Castle in the Forest worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours.