The Son: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Son runs 17.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Clifton Collins and Scott Shepherd and others (about 11.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.8 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Scott Shepherd
Scott Shepherd narrates 17 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 160 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
538 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2013 recording read by Clifton Collins, Jr. and Scott Shepherd runs 0.5 hours shorter (17.3 hours).
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 Son is an audiobook by Philipp Meyer: a 17.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Clifton Collins, Scott Shepherd and Kate Mulgrew and others, released May 28, 2013, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Clifton Collins, Scott Shepherd, Kate Mulgrew, Will Patton
- Released
- May 28, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780062263353
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Son as an audiobook?
The Son runs 17.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.9 hours.
Is The Son free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Son?
The Son is narrated by Clifton Collins, Scott Shepherd, Kate Mulgrew and Will Patton.
Is The Son worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.9 hours, saving 5.9 hours.