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The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

The Great Believers: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Believers runs 18.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Crouch (about 12.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Great Believers at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day37 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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What our data says

  • At 18.3 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

504 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 Believers is an audiobook by Rebecca Makkai: a 18.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Crouch, released June 19, 2018, on the Coming of Age and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
18.3 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Crouch
Released
June 19, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Coming of Age, Drama, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780525630814

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Great Believers as an audiobook?

The Great Believers runs 18.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.2 hours.

Is The Great Believers free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Great Believers?

The Great Believers is narrated by Michael Crouch.

Is The Great Believers worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.2 hours, saving 6.1 hours.