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The Porpoise by Mark Haddon

The Porpoise: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Porpoise runs 10.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tim Mcinnerny (about 7.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.9listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Porpoise at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 68% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Porpoise is an audiobook by Mark Haddon: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Mcinnerny, released June 18, 2019, on the Historical (Fiction) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.9 hrs
Narrated by
Tim Mcinnerny
Released
June 18, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781984891419

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Porpoise as an audiobook?

The Porpoise runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.2 hours.

Is The Porpoise free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Porpoise?

The Porpoise is narrated by Tim Mcinnerny.

Is The Porpoise worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.2 hours, saving 3.6 hours.