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The Volunteer by Salvatore Scibona

The Volunteer: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Volunteer runs 13.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.7listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Volunteer at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,527 Literary Fiction 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 Volunteer is an audiobook by Salvatore Scibona: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released March 5, 2019, on the Westerns & War and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.7 hrs
Narrated by
Edoardo Ballerini
Released
March 5, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Westerns & War, Drama, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781984838933

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Volunteer as an audiobook?

The Volunteer runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.

Is The Volunteer free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Volunteer?

The Volunteer is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.

Is The Volunteer worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.