The Cider House Rules: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cider House Rules runs 24.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 16.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 24.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 49 days |
| 1 hour / day | 25 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 17 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 24.2 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
169 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 Cider House Rules is an audiobook by John Irving: a 24.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released January 4, 2005, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 24.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- January 4, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780060790035
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Cider House Rules as an audiobook?
The Cider House Rules runs 24.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.1 hours.
Is The Cider House Rules free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Cider House Rules?
The Cider House Rules is narrated by Grover Gardner.
Is The Cider House Rules worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.1 hours, saving 8.1 hours.