The Evening Star: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Evening Star runs 15 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dana Ivey (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 15 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Dana Ivey
Dana Ivey narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 80 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,059 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 Evening Star is an audiobook by Larry McMurtry: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by Dana Ivey, released February 1, 1997, on the Westerns & War and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dana Ivey
- Released
- February 1, 1997
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Westerns & War, Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780743546881
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Evening Star as an audiobook?
The Evening Star runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.
Is The Evening Star free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Evening Star?
The Evening Star is narrated by Dana Ivey.
Is The Evening Star worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.