The Whaler: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Island of Sylt series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Whaler runs 8.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nicol Zanzarella (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 8.2 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Island of Sylt
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 16.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Whaler | 8.2 hrs |
| 2 | The Beachcomber | 8.3 hrs |
More narrated by Nicol Zanzarella
Nicol Zanzarella narrates 237 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,369 hours in all.
- The Last Time I Lied
- Ruthless Game
- Those Girls
- The Woman Inside
- The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,380 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 Whaler is book 1 of Ines Thorn's Island of Sylt series: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicol Zanzarella, released September 1, 2017, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nicol Zanzarella
- Released
- September 1, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- Series
- The Island of Sylt #1
- ISBN
- 9781536670226
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Whaler as an audiobook?
The Whaler runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is The Whaler free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Whaler?
The Whaler is narrated by Nicol Zanzarella.