The Day of the Locust: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Day of the Locust runs 5.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.4 hours, it is shorter than 83% 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
917 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Day of the Locust is an audiobook by Nathanael West: a 5.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released December 24, 2018, on the Literary Fiction and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- December 24, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781982546380
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Day of the Locust as an audiobook?
The Day of the Locust runs 5.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.
Is The Day of the Locust free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Day of the Locust?
The Day of the Locust is narrated by Grover Gardner.