The Magic Barrel: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Magic Barrel runs 0.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Naama Potok and Jensen Wheeler and others (about 0.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 0.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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 0.5 hours, it is shorter than 93% of the 2,498 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Theatre & Radio shelf
176 Theatre & Radio 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 Magic Barrel is an audiobook by Bernard Malamud: a 0.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Naama Potok, Jensen Wheeler and Malcolm Rothman and others, released January 3, 2020, on the Theatre & Radio shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 0.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Naama Potok, Jensen Wheeler, Malcolm Rothman, Marge Kotlisky, David Cromer, Shelley Berman
- Released
- January 3, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Theatre & Radio
- ISBN
- 9781682661239
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Magic Barrel as an audiobook?
The Magic Barrel runs 0.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.3 hours.
Is The Magic Barrel free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Magic Barrel?
The Magic Barrel is narrated by Naama Potok, Jensen Wheeler, Malcolm Rothman and Marge Kotlisky and others.