The Jungle Book: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Jungle Book runs 5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Meredith Hughes (about 3.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 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 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 2,649 Action & Adventure (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Kids) shelf
239 Action & Adventure (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- My Side of the Mountain
- Alone
- The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club
- Lone Wolf (Wolves of the Beyond #1)
- Hero
Other recordings
- The 2020 recording read by Samantha Novak runs about the same length (5.1 hours).
- The 1905 recording read by Phil Chenevert runs 2.5 hours shorter (2.5 hours).
- The 2011 recording read by Ralph Cosham runs 0.2 hours shorter (4.9 hours).
- The 2016 recording read by Gildart Jackson runs 1 hours longer (6 hours).
- The 2011 recording read by Saddleback Educational Publishing runs 3.5 hours shorter (1.6 hours).
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 Jungle Book is an audiobook by Rudyard Kipling: a 5-hour unabridged recording, read by Meredith Hughes, released August 13, 2008, on the Classics (Kids) and Action & Adventure (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Meredith Hughes
- Released
- August 13, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Kids), Action & Adventure (Kids)
How to listen to The Jungle Book free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Jungle Book as an audiobook?
The Jungle Book runs 5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.4 hours.
Is The Jungle Book free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Jungle Book?
The Jungle Book is narrated by Meredith Hughes.