The Rum Diary: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rum Diary runs 6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Christopher Lane (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 6 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Christopher Lane
Christopher Lane narrates 87 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,017 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
458 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Rum Diary is an audiobook by Hunter S. Thompson: a 6-hour unabridged recording, read by Christopher Lane, released October 25, 2011, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christopher Lane
- Released
- October 25, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Horror
- ISBN
- 9781442349940
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rum Diary as an audiobook?
The Rum Diary runs 6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.
Is The Rum Diary free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rum Diary?
The Rum Diary is narrated by Christopher Lane.