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The Wall by John Hersey

The Wall: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Wall runs 29.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Bramhall (about 19.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

29.3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 29.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Wall at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day59 days
1 hour / day30 days
2 hours / day15 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×20 days

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

What our data says

  • At 29.3 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

78 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 Wall is an audiobook by John Hersey: a 29.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Bramhall, released October 15, 2019, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
29.3 hrs
Narrated by
Mark Bramhall
Released
October 15, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction, Religious Fiction
ISBN
9780593164853

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Wall as an audiobook?

The Wall runs 29.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 19.5 hours.

Is The Wall free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Wall?

The Wall is narrated by Mark Bramhall.

Is The Wall worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 19.5 hours, saving 9.8 hours.