The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Audiobook
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 94% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
- That's 96% longer than the average fantasy audiobook (12.3 hrs across 761 titles in our dataset).
Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.
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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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.
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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.