The School of Night: The dark and electrifying new novel from ‘one of the finest writers alive’ New York Times: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The School of Night: The dark and electrifying new novel from ‘one of the finest writers alive’ New York Times runs 19.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rory Alexander (about 13 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
You'll finish in – by –
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What our data says
- At 19.5 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rory Alexander
Rory Alexander narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 236 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
387 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 School of Night: The dark and electrifying new novel from ‘one of the finest writers alive’ New York Times is an audiobook by Karl Ove Knausgaard: a 19.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Rory Alexander, released November 6, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Psychological shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rory Alexander
- Released
- November 6, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Psychological, Religious Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781529977707
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The School of Night: The dark and electrifying new novel from ‘one of the finest writers alive’ New York Times as an audiobook?
The School of Night: The dark and electrifying new novel from ‘one of the finest writers alive’ New York Times runs 19.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13 hours.
Is The School of Night: The dark and electrifying new novel from ‘one of the finest writers alive’ New York Times free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The School of Night: The dark and electrifying new novel from ‘one of the finest writers alive’ New York Times?
The School of Night: The dark and electrifying new novel from ‘one of the finest writers alive’ New York Times is narrated by Rory Alexander.
Is The School of Night: The dark and electrifying new novel from ‘one of the finest writers alive’ New York Times worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13 hours, saving 6.5 hours.