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The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy

The Orchard Keeper: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Orchard Keeper runs 8.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ed Sala (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Orchard Keeper at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 8.2 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,349 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 Orchard Keeper is an audiobook by Cormac McCarthy: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Ed Sala, released June 14, 2013, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.2 hrs
Narrated by
Ed Sala
Released
June 14, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781470337117

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Orchard Keeper as an audiobook?

The Orchard Keeper runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.

Is The Orchard Keeper free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Orchard Keeper?

The Orchard Keeper is narrated by Ed Sala.