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The Switch by Elmore Leonard

The Switch: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Switch runs 7.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Hammer (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.6listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Switch at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.6 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

632 Classics (Literature) 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 Switch is an audiobook by Elmore Leonard: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Hammer, released June 5, 2025, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.6 hrs
Narrated by
Mark Hammer
Released
June 5, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781837310326

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Switch as an audiobook?

The Switch runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

Is The Switch free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Switch?

The Switch is narrated by Mark Hammer.