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The Sunset Limited by Cormac McCarthy

The Sunset Limited: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sunset Limited runs 1.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Austin Pendleton and Ezra Knight and others (about 1.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.7listening hrs
Theatre & Radiostore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 1.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Sunset Limited at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day4 days
1 hour / day2 days
2 hours / day1 day
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 1.7 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 2,498 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Sunset Limited is an audiobook by Cormac McCarthy: a 1.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Austin Pendleton, Ezra Knight and Tom Stechschulte, released August 27, 2010, on the Theatre & Radio shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
1.7 hrs
Narrated by
Austin Pendleton, Ezra Knight, Tom Stechschulte
Released
August 27, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Theatre & Radio
ISBN
9781440792540

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Sunset Limited as an audiobook?

The Sunset Limited runs 1.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.2 hours.

Is The Sunset Limited free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Sunset Limited?

The Sunset Limited is narrated by Austin Pendleton, Ezra Knight and Tom Stechschulte.