The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter runs 12.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Cherry Jones (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Cherry Jones
Cherry Jones narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 79 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,168 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 Heart Is A Lonely Hunter is an audiobook by Carson McCullers: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Cherry Jones, released July 6, 2004, on the Literary Fiction and Coming of Age shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cherry Jones
- Released
- July 6, 2004
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Coming of Age, BIPOC Stories & Voices
- ISBN
- 9780060782627
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter as an audiobook?
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter?
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter is narrated by Cherry Jones.
Is The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.