The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise runs 8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Cowley (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 8 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jonathan Cowley
Jonathan Cowley narrates 93 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 927 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,312 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Couple Next Door
- The Life We Bury
- Call Me by Your Name
- Yellowface
- Normal People
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 Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise is an audiobook by Julia Stuart: a 8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Cowley, released August 10, 2010, on the Literary Fiction and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jonathan Cowley
- Released
- August 10, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9780307751591
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise as an audiobook?
The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise runs 8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise?
The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise is narrated by Jonathan Cowley.