The Kindly Ones: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Kindly Ones runs 39.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 26.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 39.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 79 days |
| 1 hour / day | 40 days |
| 2 hours / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 27 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 39.1 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
32 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 Kindly Ones is an audiobook by Jonathan Littell: a 39.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released March 3, 2009, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 39.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- March 3, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780061890925
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Kindly Ones as an audiobook?
The Kindly Ones runs 39.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 26.1 hours.
Is The Kindly Ones free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Kindly Ones?
The Kindly Ones is narrated by Grover Gardner.
Is The Kindly Ones worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 26.1 hours, saving 13 hours.