The Inklings: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Inklings: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends runs 12.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bernard Mayes (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 12.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bernard Mayes
Bernard Mayes narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 524 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
791 Memoirs 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 Inklings: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends is an audiobook by Humphrey Carpenter: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Bernard Mayes, released December 12, 1990, on the Memoirs shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bernard Mayes
- Released
- December 12, 1990
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs
- ISBN
- 9781538483930
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Inklings: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends as an audiobook?
The Inklings: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is The Inklings: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Inklings: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends?
The Inklings: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends is narrated by Bernard Mayes.
Is The Inklings: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.2 hours.