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The Gospel According to the Son by Norman Mailer

The Gospel According to the Son: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gospel According to the Son runs 5.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Buffalo Mailer (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.2listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Gospel According to the Son at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 5.2 hours, it is shorter than 83% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

3,619 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 Gospel According to the Son is an audiobook by Norman Mailer: a 5.2-hour unabridged recording, read by John Buffalo Mailer, released October 25, 2016, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.2 hrs
Narrated by
John Buffalo Mailer
Released
October 25, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9781522637271

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Gospel According to the Son as an audiobook?

The Gospel According to the Son runs 5.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.

Is The Gospel According to the Son free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Gospel According to the Son?

The Gospel According to the Son is narrated by John Buffalo Mailer.