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The Ides of March by Thornton Wilder

The Ides of March: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ides of March runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Andy Cresswell and Piper Goodeve and others (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.7listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Ides of March at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.7 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,662 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 Ides of March is an audiobook by Thornton Wilder: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Andy Cresswell, Piper Goodeve and Gary Furlong and others, released May 5, 2020, on the Literary Fiction and Classics (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.7 hrs
Narrated by
Andy Cresswell, Piper Goodeve, Gary Furlong, Morag Sims, Jane Copland, Peter Noble
Released
May 5, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9780062972231

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Ides of March as an audiobook?

The Ides of March runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.

Is The Ides of March free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Ides of March?

The Ides of March is narrated by Andy Cresswell, Piper Goodeve, Gary Furlong and Morag Sims and others.