The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy runs 5.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephen Fry (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.9 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
916 Science 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 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is book 1 of Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy series: a 5.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Fry, released April 5, 2005, on the Science Fiction and Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Stephen Fry
- Released
- April 5, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Action & Adventure (Fiction)
- Series
- The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy #1
- ISBN
- 9780739322215
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as an audiobook?
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy runs 5.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.
Is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is narrated by Stephen Fry.