The Folding Star: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Folding Star runs 16.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Samuel West (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 16.6 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Samuel West
Samuel West narrates 83 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 897 hours in all.
- The Fall of Gondolin
- The Planets
- Unfinished Tales
- Eye of the Needle
- Beren and Lúthien
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
695 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 Folding Star is an audiobook by Alan Hollinghurst: a 16.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Samuel West, released June 28, 2018, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Samuel West
- Released
- June 28, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781509888924
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Folding Star as an audiobook?
The Folding Star runs 16.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.
Is The Folding Star free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Folding Star?
The Folding Star is narrated by Samuel West.
Is The Folding Star worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.5 hours.