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The Fifth Heart by Dan Simmons

The Fifth Heart: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fifth Heart runs 23.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Pittu (about 15.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

23.5listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 23.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Fifth Heart at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day47 days
1 hour / day24 days
2 hours / day12 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×16 days

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What our data says

  • At 23.5 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

246 Historical (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 Fifth Heart is an audiobook by Dan Simmons: a 23.5-hour unabridged recording, read by David Pittu, released March 24, 2015, on the Historical (Fiction) and Mystery, Thriller & Horror shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
23.5 hrs
Narrated by
David Pittu
Released
March 24, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Mystery, Thriller & Horror
ISBN
9781478983156

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Fifth Heart as an audiobook?

The Fifth Heart runs 23.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.7 hours.

Is The Fifth Heart free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Fifth Heart?

The Fifth Heart is narrated by David Pittu.

Is The Fifth Heart worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.7 hours, saving 7.8 hours.