The Counterlife: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Nathan Zuckerman series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Counterlife runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Nathan Zuckerman Series
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 19.9 hours before it; books 1 to 5 run 32.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ghost Writer | 4.5 hrs |
| 2 | Zuckerman Unbound | 5.5 hrs |
| 3 | The Anatomy Lesson | 7.6 hrs |
| 4 | The Prague Orgy | 2.3 hrs |
| 5 | The Counterlife | 12.3 hrs |
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
2,264 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 Counterlife is book 5 of Philip Roth's Nathan Zuckerman series: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Malcolm Hillgartner, released October 1, 2016, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Malcolm Hillgartner
- Released
- October 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- Series
- The Nathan Zuckerman Series #5
- ISBN
- 9781504744058
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Counterlife as an audiobook?
The Counterlife runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Counterlife free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Counterlife?
The Counterlife is narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner.
Is The Counterlife worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.