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The School of Night by Karl Ove Knausgaard

The School of Night: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The School of Night runs 19.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rory Alexander (about 13 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

19.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 19.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The School of Night at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day39 days
1 hour / day20 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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

What our data says

  • At 19.5 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

384 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 is an audiobook by Karl Ove Knausgaard: a 19.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Rory Alexander, released January 13, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Paranormal shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
19.5 hrs
Narrated by
Rory Alexander
Released
January 13, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Paranormal, Religious Fiction
ISBN
9798217163649

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The School of Night as an audiobook?

The School of Night runs 19.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13 hours.

Is The School of Night free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The School of Night?

The School of Night is narrated by Rory Alexander.

Is The School of Night worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13 hours, saving 6.5 hours.