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The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Books: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Jungle Books runs 15.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Homer Todiwala (about 10.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.3listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Jungle Books at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 15.3 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

328 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2021 recording read by Frank Bryce and Anna Cohen runs 2.9 hours shorter (12.3 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 Books is an audiobook by Rudyard Kipling: a 15.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Homer Todiwala, released November 4, 2021, on the Classics (Literature) and Short Stories shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.3 hrs
Narrated by
Homer Todiwala
Released
November 4, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Short Stories
ISBN
9780241441015

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Jungle Books as an audiobook?

The Jungle Books runs 15.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.2 hours.

Is The Jungle Books free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Jungle Books?

The Jungle Books is narrated by Homer Todiwala.

Is The Jungle Books worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.2 hours, saving 5.1 hours.