The David Foster Wallace Reader: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The David Foster Wallace Reader runs 48.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sally Foster Wallace and Ben Shenkman and others (about 32.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 48.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 97 days |
| 1 hour / day | 49 days |
| 2 hours / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 33 days |
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What our data says
- At 48.5 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
16 Essays & Anthologies 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 David Foster Wallace Reader is an audiobook by David Foster Wallace: a 48.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sally Foster Wallace, Ben Shenkman and Khristine Hvam and others, released November 11, 2014, on the Comedy and Essays & Anthologies shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 48.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sally Foster Wallace, Ben Shenkman, Khristine Hvam, Paul Garcia, Robert Petkoff, David Foster Wallace
- Released
- November 11, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Comedy, Essays & Anthologies, Comedic Voices
- ISBN
- 9781478983071
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The David Foster Wallace Reader as an audiobook?
The David Foster Wallace Reader runs 48.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 32.3 hours.
Is The David Foster Wallace Reader free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The David Foster Wallace Reader?
The David Foster Wallace Reader is narrated by Sally Foster Wallace, Ben Shenkman, Khristine Hvam and Paul Garcia and others.
Is The David Foster Wallace Reader worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 32.3 hours, saving 16.2 hours.