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To Build a Fire by Jack London

To Build a Fire: Audiobook

by Jack London · narrated by Michael Scott · unabridged · 2006

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the To Build a Fire audiobook runs 0.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Scott (about 0.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

0.8listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2006released
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What our data says

  • At 0.8 hours, it is shorter than 94% of the 2,447 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Michael Scott

Michael Scott narrates 35 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 41 hours in all.

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

39 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

  • Justice is Blind: A Classic WesternHarlan Creed · 0.8 hrs
  • It Happened One Night: Adapted from the screenplay & performed for radio by the original film starsMr Punch · 0.8 hrs
  • The Iron Line: A Mountain Man AdventureSilas Whitmore · 0.8 hrs
  • The Last Claim: A Classic WesternC.C. Cochrane · 0.8 hrs
  • The Cabin in the Pines: A Classic WesternRex Slade · 0.8 hrs

Other recordings

  • The 2020 recording read by Michael Troy runs about the same length (0.7 hours).
  • The 2026 recording read by AI Voice runs 0.1 hours shorter (0.6 hours).
  • The 2024 recording read by John Lingua runs 0.2 hours shorter (0.6 hours).
  • The 2022 recording read by Evan Schmitt runs about the same length (0.7 hours).
  • The 2020 recording read by Ghizela Rowe and Christopher Ragland runs about the same length (0.8 hours).

Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

To Build a Fire is an audiobook by Jack London: a 0.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Scott, released January 1, 2006, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
0.8 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Scott
Released
January 1, 2006
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction)

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the To Build a Fire audiobook?

To Build a Fire runs 0.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.5 hours.

Is the To Build a Fire audiobook free?

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Who narrates To Build a Fire?

To Build a Fire is narrated by Michael Scott.