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The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer

The Executioner's Song: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Executioner's Song runs 42.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Maxwell Hamilton (about 28.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

42.7listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 42.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Executioner's Song at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day86 days
1 hour / day43 days
2 hours / day22 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×29 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 42.7 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Maxwell Hamilton

Maxwell Hamilton narrates 33 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 386 hours in all.

All Maxwell Hamilton audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

21 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 Executioner's Song is an audiobook by Norman Mailer: a 42.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Maxwell Hamilton, released May 15, 2018, on the Literary Fiction and Essays & Anthologies shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
42.7 hrs
Narrated by
Maxwell Hamilton
Released
May 15, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Essays & Anthologies
ISBN
9781549169205

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Executioner's Song as an audiobook?

The Executioner's Song runs 42.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 28.5 hours.

Is The Executioner's Song free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Executioner's Song?

The Executioner's Song is narrated by Maxwell Hamilton.

Is The Executioner's Song worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 28.5 hours, saving 14.2 hours.