The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Hendrik Groen series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Derek Jacobi (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 12 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Derek Jacobi
Derek Jacobi narrates 29 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 295 hours in all.
- The Chronicles of Narnia Complete Audio Collection
- Shakespeare: The Complete Works
- The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel
- The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
- Tales from the Perilous Realm
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,061 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 Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen is book 1 of Hendrik Groen's Hendrik Groen series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Jacobi, released July 11, 2017, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Derek Jacobi
- Released
- July 11, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- Series
- Hendrik Groen #1
- ISBN
- 9781478970040
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen as an audiobook?
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen?
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen is narrated by Derek Jacobi.
Is The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.