The Pale King: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Pale King runs 19 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Petkoff (about 12.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 38 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 19 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Petkoff
Robert Petkoff narrates 385 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,502 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
433 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 Pale King is an audiobook by David Foster Wallace: a 19-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Petkoff, released April 15, 2011, on the Psychological and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Petkoff
- Released
- April 15, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological, Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781609419769
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Pale King as an audiobook?
The Pale King runs 19 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.7 hours.
Is The Pale King free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Pale King?
The Pale King is narrated by Robert Petkoff.
Is The Pale King worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.7 hours, saving 6.3 hours.