The Listener: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Listener runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jefferson Mays (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 12 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jefferson Mays
Jefferson Mays narrates 98 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,070 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,448 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 Shira Nayman: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Jefferson Mays, released March 26, 2010, on the Literary Fiction and Psychological shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jefferson Mays
- Released
- March 26, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Psychological
- ISBN
- 9781440790850
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Listener as an audiobook?
The Listener runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 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 Jefferson Mays.
Is The Listener worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.