The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy runs an estimated 24.1 hours (about 16.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 24.1 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 49 days |
| 1 hour / day | 25 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 17 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 24.1 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 97% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
- That's 119% longer than the average fantasy audiobook (11 hrs across 1861 titles in our dataset).
Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for fantasy listeners who want a comic streak: a long-haul epic at 24.1 hours (estimated).
About the book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.”— The Washington Post Book World SOON TO BE A HULU SERIES • Now celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of the original radio show on which the book was based. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as an audiobook?
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy runs about 24.1 hours, our estimate from its 815 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.1 hours.
Is The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Is The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.1 hours, saving 8 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy first published?
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams was first published in 1996.
