The Listener: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Listener runs 8.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Crouch and Robert Fass (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8.1 hours, it is shorter than 61% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Crouch
Michael Crouch narrates 500 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,231 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,325 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 Listener is an audiobook by Rachel Basch: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Crouch and Robert Fass, released April 21, 2020, on the Coming of Age and LGBTQ+ (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Crouch, Robert Fass
- Released
- April 21, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Coming of Age, LGBTQ+ (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781666558227
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Listener as an audiobook?
The Listener runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is The Listener free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Listener?
The Listener is narrated by Michael Crouch and Robert Fass.