Walden: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Walden audiobook runs 14.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Gord MacKenzie (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
2,241 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind: The multi-million copy bestseller
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0)
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Other recordings
- The 2008 recording read by Mel Foster runs 2.8 hours shorter (11.5 hours).
- The 2025 recording read by Asher Stone and Miles Turner runs 0.2 hours shorter (14.2 hours).
- The 2025 recording read by James Harrington runs 4.5 hours shorter (9.9 hours).
- The 2024 recording read by Gary Middleton runs 13.8 hours shorter (0.5 hours).
- The 2023 recording read by The Glade and Robert Noel runs about the same length (14.4 hours).
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
Walden is an audiobook by Henry David Thoreau: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Gord MacKenzie, released September 22, 2016, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gord MacKenzie
- Released
- September 22, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
How to listen to Walden free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Walden audiobook?
Walden runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.
Is the Walden audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Walden?
Walden is narrated by Gord MacKenzie.
Is Walden worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.