The Casual Vacancy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Casual Vacancy runs 17.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Hollander (about 11.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.9 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tom Hollander
Tom Hollander narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 73 hours in all.
- A Legacy of Spies
- The Evelyn Waugh BBC Radio Drama Collection: Decline and Fall, Brideshead Revisited and other full-cast dramatisations
- Rev. The Complete First Series
- Anti-Heroes: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Five Full-Cast Dramatisations Including Macbeth, Emma & The Great Gatsby
- The Graham Greene BBC Radio Drama Collection: The Early Years: Eight full-cast productions including Stamboul Train, Brighton Rock & The Power and the Glory
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
233 Literary 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 Casual Vacancy is an audiobook by J.K. Rowling: a 17.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Hollander, released September 27, 2012, on the Literary Fiction and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tom Hollander
- Released
- September 27, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781619695016
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Casual Vacancy as an audiobook?
The Casual Vacancy runs 17.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.9 hours.
Is The Casual Vacancy free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Casual Vacancy?
The Casual Vacancy is narrated by Tom Hollander.
Is The Casual Vacancy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.9 hours, saving 6 hours.