The Friend (National Book Award Winner): Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Friend (National Book Award Winner) runs 6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Hillary Huber (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 6 hours, it is shorter than 79% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Hillary Huber
Hillary Huber narrates 795 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 7,790 hours in all.
- The Boy
- Pretty Things
- My Brilliant Friend
- The Twisted Ones
- No Hiding in Boise
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,219 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 Friend (National Book Award Winner) is an audiobook by Sigrid Nunez: a 6-hour unabridged recording, read by Hillary Huber, released February 6, 2018, on the Literary Fiction and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Hillary Huber
- Released
- February 6, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women
- ISBN
- 9780525528340
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Friend (National Book Award Winner) as an audiobook?
The Friend (National Book Award Winner) runs 6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.
Is The Friend (National Book Award Winner) free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Friend (National Book Award Winner)?
The Friend (National Book Award Winner) is narrated by Hillary Huber.