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The Dying Animal by Philip Roth

The Dying Animal: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dying Animal runs 4.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Stechschulte (about 2.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 4.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Dying Animal at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day9 days
1 hour / day5 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

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What our data says

  • At 4.2 hours, it is shorter than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

465 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 Dying Animal is an audiobook by Philip Roth: a 4.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Stechschulte, released May 2, 2008, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.2 hrs
Narrated by
Tom Stechschulte
Released
May 2, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781436136006

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Dying Animal as an audiobook?

The Dying Animal runs 4.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.8 hours.

Is The Dying Animal free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Dying Animal?

The Dying Animal is narrated by Tom Stechschulte.