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Vigil by George Saunders

Vigil: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Vigil audiobook runs 5.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Stephen Root and Aaron Goodson and others (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Vigil at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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

What our data says

  • At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 82% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

992 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

Vigil is an audiobook by George Saunders: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Root, Aaron Goodson and Kimberly M. Wetherell and others, released January 27, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Paranormal shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.5 hrs
Narrated by
Stephen Root, Aaron Goodson, Kimberly M. Wetherell, Barrett Leddy, Eric Jason Martin, Karissa Vacker
Released
January 27, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Paranormal
ISBN
9798217290192

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Vigil audiobook?

Vigil runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.

Is the Vigil audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Vigil?

Vigil is narrated by Stephen Root, Aaron Goodson, Kimberly M. Wetherell and Barrett Leddy and others.