The Glass Bead Game: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Glass Bead Game runs 21.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Colacci (about 14.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 43 days |
| 1 hour / day | 22 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 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 21.3 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Colacci
David Colacci narrates 378 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,605 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
253 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 Glass Bead Game is an audiobook by Herman Hesse: a 21.3-hour unabridged recording, read by David Colacci, released October 8, 2008, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Colacci
- Released
- October 8, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781602834996
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Glass Bead Game as an audiobook?
The Glass Bead Game runs 21.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.2 hours.
Is The Glass Bead Game free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Glass Bead Game?
The Glass Bead Game is narrated by David Colacci.
Is The Glass Bead Game worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.2 hours, saving 7.1 hours.