The Fountainhead: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fountainhead runs 32.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Christopher Hurt (about 21.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 32.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 65 days |
| 1 hour / day | 33 days |
| 2 hours / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 22 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 32.1 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Christopher Hurt
Christopher Hurt narrates 20 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 268 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
51 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Covenant of Water
- The Goldfinch
- The City of Mirrors
- The Brothers Karamazov
- Until I Find You
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 Fountainhead is an audiobook by Ayn Rand: a 32.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Christopher Hurt, released December 1, 1994, on the Literary Fiction and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 32.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christopher Hurt
- Released
- December 1, 1994
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781483077048
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Fountainhead as an audiobook?
The Fountainhead runs 32.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 21.4 hours.
Is The Fountainhead free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Fountainhead?
The Fountainhead is narrated by Christopher Hurt.
Is The Fountainhead worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 21.4 hours, saving 10.7 hours.