The Great American Novel: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great American Novel runs 14.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James Daniels (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.6 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by James Daniels
James Daniels narrates 31 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 303 hours in all.
- Midnight Bayou
- The Forgotten Man
- The Overton Window
- Chesapeake Blue
- The Watchman
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,229 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 Great American Novel is an audiobook by Philip Roth: a 14.6-hour unabridged recording, read by James Daniels, released July 2, 2024, on the Literary Fiction and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Daniels
- Released
- July 2, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9798212383448
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Great American Novel as an audiobook?
The Great American Novel runs 14.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is The Great American Novel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Great American Novel?
The Great American Novel is narrated by James Daniels.
Is The Great American Novel worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.9 hours.